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2021 OnStage Korea at Home: Annyeong, Hello! performed by Lee K Dance

Apr 21, 2021 | 734 Hit


OnStage Korea at Home | 2021 Season

Annyeong, Hello!
A short dance film by Lee K-Dance
 
Premiere: Thursday, April 29 at 6:00 p.m. EST

OnStage Korea at Home presented by the Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C. (KCCDC) kicks off its 2021 Season with Annyeong, Hello! by Lee K-Dance, available to view starting Thursday, April 29 at 6:00 p.m. EST.
 
From one of Korea’s top contemporary dance companies and Artistic Director Lee Kyung-eun, the dance performance short film Annyeong, Hello! explores the complex emotions of people are forced to leave their homes—and parts of themselves—behind, forming a diaspora. It weaves together Korean history and culture, from the dark days of the 1950-53 Korean War to the modern legacy of the demilitarized zone (DMZ), enduring national symbols, and foundational traditional culture. The Korean domestic experience provides a useful reference to ponder traumatic migrations more universally, including refugees, displaced and wandering communities, personal anxiety and loss of identity, and the long-term consequences of war and division.
 
Ultimately, Annyeong, Hello! is about the process of living day to day and the need to keep going, says its creator. The title thus incorporates the casual Korean greeting annyeong, a simple term imbued with emotions of joy, longing, and regret that derive from its various meanings: “Hello!” “How are you?” and “See you again soon.” This new dance short film, produced in an immersive, experimental, and cinematic style, is a condensed version of the company’s original 2019 one-hour stage performance of the same name.
 
This content is available to view online starting Thursday, April 29 at 6:00 p.m. via the KCCDC website, YouTube channel (@Koreaculturedc), and Facebook page (@Koreaculturedc). For more information on this performance, scroll down or visit the KCCDC website.
Above: still cut images from the 2021 Annyeong, Hello! short dance film. Below: images of the original 2019 Annyeong, Hello! stage production. 
Credits
 
Production | Lee K-Dance
Artistic Director | Lee Kyung-eun
Film Director | Seong Seung-jung
Choreographer | Lee Kyung-eun
Director of Photography | Seong Seung-jung
Lighting | Shin Sangh-wan
Focus Puller | Kang Gyeong-tae
Assistant | Song Ki-ho
Shooting Locations | Studio Kyung-dong, Olympic Park
Music Composer | SERT Jimmy
Dramaturgy | Ahn Kyung-mo
Scenography | Do Hyun-jin
Costume | Bae Kyung-sool
Hair & Makeup | Baek Ji-young
Photography | Ok Sang-hoon
Filming | FIFIFIfilm
Dancers | Kwon Lyon-Eun, Kim Jin-seon, Kim Sun-ju, Koo Bon-jun, Kim Mi-ri, Lim Jae-hong, Kim Young-Eun, Kim Hyun-Joo, Park Jung-mu
Additional support provided by Arts Council Korea

Lee K-Dance is a contemporary dance company founded in 2002 by Lee Kyung-eun, a choreographer with an artistic philosophy of communicating with the public through authentic dance. The company’s work is characterized by geometric movements, explosive energy, and portrayals of individual and collective social experiences. Lee K. Dance's creative works have earned the Korea Choreographer Festival Gold Prize, the First Choreography Prize of the Solo-Tantz-Tether Festival in Germany, and three years of participation in the Arts Group Intensive Upbringing Project (2007-2010). The company has performed its repertoire globally, including in Germany, France, Hungary, Africa, Japan, and the United States. In 2016, Lee K-Dance co-produced a performance with France's Rencontres chorégraphiques de Seine-Saint-Denis and the Seoul International Dance Festival and was the first Korean dance company to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival’s Dance Base in 2017. The company won the Seoul Dance Festival’s Excellence Prize and Choreography Award in 2018 for their work Annyeong.
 
Choreographer and Lee K-Dance Artistic Director Lee Kyung-eun captures the attention of global audiences with her unique and explosive dance ideas. Lee first developed an interest in the potential of the human body after seeing Olympic gymnastics at age five. She started learning ballet at eight, her first step into the world of dance. Lee earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in dance studies from Hanyang University and her doctoral degree in performing arts from the Graduate school of Kyonggi University. In 2002, she founded Lee K-Dance and pursued her career in choreography. She participated in the l'Atelier du Monde session at Festival Montpellier Danse on a fellowship program that same year and was awarded the 1st Choreography Prize; since then she has staged numerous productions at home and abroad in addition to attending the American Dance Festival on a full scholarship in 2016. For more information about the choreographer, see the complete event listing on the KCCDC website.
 
OnStage Korea at Home seeks to discover brilliant artists actively performing in the U.S., Korea, and around the world in order to showcase these artists' creativity online for the American public at large. Presented by the Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C., the “at Home” version of the longtime OnStage Korea series employs a virtual stage format. The program advances the KCCDC mission of fostering cultural exchange by expanding the visibility of excellent Korean performing arts and artists in American society. The 2021 Season of Onstage Korea at Home will present a variety of exceptional and rarely-seen performances free online, expanding audience access and the variety of featured content.



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