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Anti Space - Korea
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| Time : |
Nov 14(Sat) 18:00
Nov 15(Sun) 18:00 |
| Venue : |
Daehangno Arts Theater Small Theater |
| Ticket Price : |
20,000 won |
| Choreographer : |
Lee, Na Hyun (Yong In) |
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An investigation of space as a means of getting closer to a true substance
Highlighting the possibility of warped cognition of matter due to human fallibility through the use of space and dance. |
A Quest for True Substance
In the other world that I can see from a small opening in the door
There might be a larger world that I was totally unaware of.
What I see and know may be only one part of what I
Can see from the opening.
Highlighting the possibility of a distorted perception of things owing to limitations in human perspective through the use of space and dance.
Lee Na-Hyun's new piece, Anti-Space premiered with two dancers at the Twelve Contemporary Artists 2009 held earlier this year. To accommodate the Small Theater at Daehangno Arts Theater for SPAF 2009, the work has been modified to accommodate five dancers.
The impact on human awareness is illustrated by the employment of special lighting and spatial features. A distorted awareness of existence due to human's limited perspective is examined through dance.
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At the Twelve Contemporary Artists 2009, Lee Na-Hyun, the choreographer, received critical acclaim for her diverse use of and approach to space using dynamic and flourishing dance language and lighting. Once again, she shows she is intent on solidifying her style of dance with a better-rounded composition with five dancers at the SPAF 2009.
So what should we be looking for?
Is what we are seeing in front of us real substance?
Is it true that what we see is what is really there?
How should we be aware of this, and what determines the process?
This work brings forth such questions as it also examines 'others' and 'me'.
The newly performed Anti-Space will give the audience a chance to encounter the no-nonsense minimal composition and unique dance language of Lee Na-Hyun.
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| Choreographer |
Choreographer, Lee Na-Hyun, graduated from the Department of Dance at Ewha Women's University. She is recognized as a world-class dancer in Korea and Europe and has taken part in projects with other choreographers. Since 2002 when she danced at the Saarlandische Staatstheater Ballett in Germany, she has worked on solo choreographic works. Her uniqueness, freshness and sophistication have earned her critical recognition as well as invitations to numerous stages around the world.
To take part in choreography in earnest, she returned to Korea in 2005 to establish the UBIN Dance Company. With support from the Arts Council Korea, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture and Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation, she was able to pursue her world of dance as the next-generation dancer in Korea.
The source of her working process is movement, the essence of dance. In reality where dance is negating dance, she has strived to create a world of dance where dance takes center stage.
On the basis of her long experience on the European stage, she has persistently worked to create her own space of dance with her rich and unique body language.
Currently, she is the artistic director at Ubin Dance Company
1999 Selected New Artist of the Year
2004 Grand Prix for Best Dancer at the Solo Tanz Festival in Stuttgart, Germany
2007 Selected for Young Artist Support Scheme (NArt) by the Seoul Culture Foundation
2007 Performance as Young Choreographer chosen by critics
2008 Performance at New York Japan Society
2009 Twelve Contemporary Artists
2007/2008/2009 Invited to SPAF |
| Company |
Having worked at prestigious dance companies in both Germany and the US, Lee Na-Hyun set up UBIN Dance in 2005. Although based on classical ballet, the company is known for its uniqueness combining contemporary sophistication and the beauty of deconstruction.
Since its establishment, UBIN Dance Company has become one of the most active contemporary dance companies in Korea. It was selected as PAMS Choice for two consecutive years in 2006 and 2007,has been invited for three years in a row to SPAF beginning in 2007, and to SIDANCE in 2006, and APAP Japan Society in 2008 in New York.
Solidifying its position as the next-generation contemporary dance company, UBIN Dance is gaining increasing acclaim for its minimal composition, unique and fresh perspective, technical sophistication and perfection. |
Reviews
Fluid and sensitive movements, and at times, her extremely sophisticated feminine articulation of the body by Lee Na-Hyun is gorgeous.
- May Edition of 2009 MOMM , Moon Ae-Ryeung (Dance Critic)
Anti-Space by Lee Na-Hyun is a work that has substituted search for space with that of human nature.
- May Edition of 2009 Dance and People , Go Suk-Rim (Dance Critic)
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