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This is your life - Korea
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| Time : |
Nov 6(Fri) 20:00
Nov 7(Sat) 16:00 |
| Venue : |
Arko Arts Theater Main Hall |
| Ticket Price : |
General R : 35,000 won, S : 25,000 won
Y/S R : 25,000 won, S : 15,000 won |
| Choreographer : |
Youngsoon Hue |
| Company : |
Universal ballet II |
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Lucid choreography characterized by witty humor, sadness, romance and a move away from the everyday humdrum of life. A daring piece from Youngsoon Hue, invited to the Joyce Theater in New York, the Mecca of international modern dance! |
| Like protagonists in the TV series popular in the 50s and 60s in the US and Europe, each of the dancers describes his or her story - from that of the wife who has witnessed her husband's infidelity, to the unhappy businessman, to the hair stylist who prides herself in her ability to make other women beautiful, and to the woman who is anxious about her boyfriend's infidelity. Every one of them is an ordinary person with his or her own story to tell us through dance. A beautiful romance and a succession of sadness and witty, hilarious incidents are unveiled to you. |
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| Choreographer |
Young-Soon Hue moved to the Monaco Royal Ballet Academy while a student at Sunwha Arts High School to study under Marika Besobrasova. After joining the Frankfurt Ballet Company, she worked with choreographers such as Ergon Madison, John Cranko, George Balanchine and Uwe Scholz. She has danced at the Zurich Ballet Company and Basel Ballet Company. She then served as the main ballerina and coach at the Dusseldorf Ballet Company. It was during this period that she had the chance to work alongside William Forsythe, Mats Ek, Niels Christ, Heinz Schupheleri, Uwe Scholz, Nacho Duato, Christopher Bruce, Hans Van Manen, and Yuri Vamoss. Judith Jameison, Paul Taylor, Roy Thobias, and James Jeon.
Following her retirement as a dancer in the summer of 2004, she has been working as a ballet tutor and lecturer at ballet schools in Europe, the US, Korea and some countries in Africa. Elle Chant, which she choreographed with serious acclaim, has placed her on the ranks of notable choreographers. She worked as deputy choreographer for Mats Ek's Carmen performed by the National Ballet in 2006 while premiering her Backstage. She is keeping herself busy as a choreographer at other companies. Currently, besides choreography, she is serving as a coach in Dusseldorf and a professor in Korea. |
| Company |
A ballet company supporting audience-friendly performances!
Universal Ballet II is leading a new trend in making ballet more open to the public with a diverse and experimental series of works.
Universal Ballet II (under artistic director, Baek Yeon-Ok) is the second-line company consisting of fourteen young dancers from Universal Ballet. Their major repertoire is contemporary ballet with roots in classical ballet. At the time of the establishment of the company in 2007, their work was selected to be performed at the opening of SPAF2007. It has remained active by taking part in festivals including the Sungnam International Dance Festival hosted by the Sungnam Arts Center, Chunggaechun Culture Festival hosted by Seoul Metropolitan City and the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, performance at the Culture Hall of Shinsegae Department Store, Ballet Expo Seoul hosted by the Korea Ballet Association, selected work at SPAF2008, and opening performance at the 4th Busan International Dance Festival. In 2009, plans are in place for performances at Sungnam Arts Center, the Culture Hall of Shinsegae Department Store and SPAF2009.
www.ubcballet.com |
| Staff |
Music: Gabe and Piazolla
Costume: Jo Wimer |
Review
She marks the beginning of the age of contemporary ballet in Korea with her toe-shoes-free performance of fluid movement of the upper torso combined with speed and energetic power within the format structure of ballet.
- Dance Monthly Momm (Oct.2008)
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