The Place, London
Double bill of Jaeyoung Lee’s Mechanism and Sung Im Her’s Everything Falls Dramatic opens the sixth annual Korea showcase, which this year tours for the first time
The thriving contemporary dance scene in Korea gets its annual showcase, now in its sixth year in London, and touring for the first time too. It opens with a double bill from the Korea National Contemporary Dance Company, with works by Jaeyoung Lee, founder of Company Siga, and London-based Sung Im Her, who recently impressed with her movement direction on Paradise Now! at the Bush theatre.
There are coincidental similarities between the two pieces. Both involve rhythmic repetition, the power of unison and a slow crescendo that leads to everybody jumping gleefully up and down (a formula that ensures a certain amount of audience satisfaction), but they have their own signatures.
A Festival of Korean Dance continues to 11 May at The Place, Warwick Arts Centre, The Lowry, Salford, and The Dance Space, Brighton.
