JUNGLE

Tour of the Korea National Contemporary Dance Company

Choreographic Piece

JUNGLE

On 10 August, the Korea National Contemporary Dance Company will perform on the stage of the Astana Opera House. The guests will present a choreographic piece Jungle. The choreographer and artistic director of KNCDC is Kim Sungyong. The premiere of the performance took place at the International Modern Dance Festival (MODAFE) in October 2023.

Synopsis:

Jungle, a place where the instincts of the body and vitality fiercely collide with each other. Happenings unfolding on the stage turned into a jungle are seen from a perspective view. The scenes portraying the jungle, in which making and being made, the hidden and the revealed, stillness and motion as well as relaxation and tension coexist, are just like our everyday lives. Jungle is an attempt to reflect on the movements observed on stage, making us contemplate the weight and depth of our existence, heavier than thought and deeper than seen. This work is based on the atypical movement research, “Process Init,” developed by the KNCDC’s artistic director Kim Sungyong. Through “Process Init,” dancers awaken their individual concrete senses and explore mutual responses, creating changes and expansions of movement.

PRODUCTION TEAM:

Choreographer: Kim Sungyong

Rehearsal Director: Lee Junwook

Composer and Music Director: Marihiko Hara

Text and Dramaturgy: Kim Meyoung

Scenographer: You Jaehun (Youjam Studio)

Lighting Designer: Lee Jungyoon

Costume Designer: Bae Kyongsool

Sound Director: Jung Saerom

Technical Director: Cho Yoongeun

Stage Manager: Sel Yoseub

PROCESSORS

Kang Seongryong, Kang Seunghyun, Kim Minah, Kim Yoonmee, Kim Yunhyun, Sung Minjung, Yang Jiyeon, Yu Dajeong, Lee Kyungyub, Lee Jisoo, Jung Jaewoo, Jung Juryung, Jo Hyundo, Cheon Youngdon, Choi Yeonjin, Ha Jihye, Hong Jeehyun

Choreographer: Kim Sungyong (artistic director of KNCDC)

Tickets purchased at the Astana Opera are exchangeable and refundable only in cases of cancelled or postponed performances. In all other cases, no refunds and exchanges are possible.