Choreography: Ahn Aesoon

Casting: Seoljin Kim, Jinyeob Cha, Differ(Kihun Kim), Yonggeol Kim, Jiyoung Kim, Chuljoo Oh Dramaturg: Dongjin Seo

Link: https://youtu.be/4TGRKXG4yZI

Starting with a fundamental question, i.e. ‘what is modern dance?’, this work looks at various phenomena of dance, including traditional, ballet, hip hop, and contemporary dance, from the perspective of ‘here and now.’ Thus, it explores the essence of modern dance or contemporaneity. A judgment that this process requires something more than dance necessitates direct lectures by dancers on their own performance. On the border of dance and non-dance, an inquiry is made into the intrinsic nature of dance, which expands to a bolder ‘cross-cut’ approach. The primary plan of the work is to mobilize contemporary dancers who are not considered modern dancers on stage along with modern dancers, but not to determine what they will say in advance. Accordingly, the dramatic framework of this performance is built on the basis of individual interviews with the dancers, with impromptu speeches made during rehearsal giving it substance. This makes their words their own stories, which nonetheless may be excessive gestures by the dancers who feel awkward at speaking. Despite such difficulty, the performance stages secret private stories, divergent understandings of body and motions, and genre-specific institutional problems.