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Out There - Korea
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Nov 10(Tue)
Nov 11(Wed) |
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Daehangno Arts Theater Small Theater |
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Technical finesse that uses fingertips to the tips of toes
The calligrapher of solo dance that has recreated movement itself
Meet the hope of contemporary dance whose talent has been acknowledged on the international stage
In a piece combining sound and media. |
Lee Sun-A was awarded the Grand Prix at the International Choreography Concourt in Yokohama, Japan. She was also named 'The New Artist of the Year' by Tanz magazine in Germany. She is an artist who is armed with an almost basic instinct toward dance.
She was deeply inspired by the media artist, Kim in-Jeong's The Breathing Door, which is rich in color and imagination. She was also lucky to find the electronic musician, N2. Since then, she has worked jointly with the musician on the minimal and abstractly beautiful, Out There.
The piece starts off with a self-reflective phase in which the dancer looks back on herself after a session of breathing and meditation in her own private space. The conflict between concept and form takes place. It is followed by a certain period of waiting, and then the door toward formalism opens up and allows her artistic energy to be expressed.
The identical issue facing the two artists, Lee Sun-A and Kim Min-Jeong, with different backgrounds provides the common ground as well as the source of creation of art. They have been contemplating the question of 'what mental processes an artist should undergo to become a true and pure artist'. They are in unison in saying that in order to create free and uninhibited creative energy and to find the true value of an artist, one should know oneself, discard the outer later of form surrounding oneself, and go in search of true freedom within oneself after having gotten rid of the general sets of concepts.
In reality, numerous hurdles hamper this process. In spite of this, for those striving toward true communication with someone like a free artist by opening the door or the door of form, there is the young musician, N2. His energy is felt beyond the movements of Lee Sun-A and the breathing door of Kim Min-Jeong with the flow of time to make us fall deeply into the work without even being aware of this. His sounds are regular like soft waves that undulate with small distortions. They create waves of allure with subtle changes that begin to be divided into smaller parts and then fill the space. The musician actually makes an appearance on stage for sound mixing. Although the three genres of media art, dance and music are clearly delineated, they remain compact enough to be treated as a single work.
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'My artistic desire is smoldering
But there is a limit to expressing my desire.
I feel frustrated. Can I ever fly over the limit?'
The artist is frustrated with how to express inspirations and images that emerge in the mind. This piece illustrates the yearning of the artist to express her mind with clarity.
'The outside' can be interpreted as the world outside the door. At the same time, it signifies the creation of an artwork (freedom of expression).
The world within the door is the world of inspiration, and Out there portrays the limitations of time and space in materializing such inspirations.
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| Choreographer |
Lee Sun-A received the Grand Prix for her solo performance of Performing Dream at the Yokohama Dance Collection R in 2007. (And in the solo and duo section, Young Choreographer Award by the French Embassy). At the MASDANZA dance competition in Spain, she took 2nd place for solo performance and was named the Best Solo Dancer by the audience. She took lodgings at the Cite des Arts at the invitation of the French Cultural Center to take part in performances at the CND (France), Juli Dans (The Netherlands), The Place (UK), Full Moon Dance (Finland), Tanzmesse (Germany) and Free Dance (Ukraine) showcasing Korean choreography.
In 2009, she was invited to the Yokohama award winners' performance to perform Out There, which earned acclaim from artistic directors of dance festivals in Europe. The same work is expected to be presented at the Platform of Young Choreographers 2009 in Zagrab, Croatia at the end of September 2009, the Estonian Art Museum in November and Esplande-Singapore in August 2010. She has been invited to serve as resident choreographer at the Caen/Basse-Normandie National Contemporary Dance Company between August and September 2009. At the moment, she is working on a new project. Her period there will also coincide with two performances in Paris.
Major Works:
Out There, Space of Memory, Performing Dream, Hazy etc.
Awards:
• Mentioned in the dance magazine published in Germany [Ballet-tanz, Year Book].
• 2008 - Lodging at Cité des Arts
• 2007 - 2nd place for solo at 12MASDANZA and Best Solo voted by audience
• 2007 - Lodge at Cité des Arts at the invitation of the French Cultural Institute
• 2007 - Grand Prix for solo and duo at the Yokohama Dance Collection
(Young Choreographer Award from the French Embassy) |
Reviews
"Sun-A Lee seems to reinvent movement itself and has won prizes in solo contests from Japan to Europe. She endears audiences of all ages with her virtuosity which reaches even to the tips of her toes and fingers and her talent for expressing deep humanity is achieved in a simple, but subtle way"
2008 Ballet-tanz, Year Book
"Lee Sun-A has proven the power of Korean dance with her Performing Dream. Performing with Tommy Kitty of the Helsinki Dance Company, she has shown a high-level of concentration, while maintaining restrained movements and keeping her center like the fluttering Tinker Bell landing on the shoulder of Peter Pan, reminding one of the dream of Chuangtzu."
2007 Dance Monthly Body, Dance in Focus /Finland, Written by. Kim Shin-A
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