AUDITION FOR MALE AND FEMALE DANCERS FOR DANCE FILM “HORSE & I”, PAID REHEARSAL & FILM SHOOTING

AUDITION WILL BE HELD JULY 28 AT 10AM AT GIBNEY DANCE CENTRE, 890 BROADWAY

Rehearsal: BETWEEN August 1 to August 18 / Film Shooting : BetweenAugust 19 to August 25

DANCE WITH HORSE ON TANG POETRY

SYNOPSIS

The project involves a film of dancing  with horses inspired by Tang poetry on Horses.  Tang poetry and art are widely regarded as a pinnacle of classical Chinese culture comparable to the Italian Renaissance. The poet Li Bai’s metaphoric vision, the totemic strength of the predator, the speed and elegance will be translated into dance and the relationship with horses.  

There is strong and wide diversity of poems  on the horse.  The  horse  plays an important role in the history of   china as in the history of the west. There has been a  cross cultural interests in the horse as a symbol of our lost contact with nature. In dancing with horses, I propose to reexamine and restore  that lost contact.  This dance will have universal appeal for audiences in both east and west. I would like to portrait human connection to nature through dancing with horses.

The film will be shown to Jumping Frames International Dance Video Festival in Hong Kong, International Video Dance Festival in Korea and New York.  It also will be submitted to various International Screen Dance, Dance Film Festival. 

About Choreographer/Director: Hyonok Kim

Hyonok Kim is Award winning choreographer and director. Gold Award Dance on Camera for Teile dich Nacht, New York, Grand Prix Teruel International Video Competition, Spain, Minister of Culture Award, South Korea, a??Best Artist of the year, Korean Press Chosun Daily.

She has choreographed and directed 15 dance films such as ODE ON A KOREAN URN, ISLE OF WAITING SOULS, PASSION & REBIRTH, SOUTH SEA TO ISANG YUN, L’HEURE DU COQ, etc.

Her dance films were Official Selected by Dance on Camera New York, Brooklyn Film Festival, Cinedans Dance Scree in Amsterdam, Festival International of Film on in Montreal, Canada , Jumping Frames Dace Video Festival in Hong Kong, Moving Image Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema, Videodanza (Napoli,Italy).

Her dance films have been broadcasted by the Shanghai  National TV, KBS (Korean National TV), and Canal + TV (France), Kanal 4 (Germany), ABC (Australia) VPRO-TV (Netherlands)a??, No TV & Movies (USA. 1991) and have been presented by Berlin Film Festival.

Her works were warmly received by the press and has been presented in 22 countries including Korea, China, Japan, Australia, U.S.A. Germany, and France.

She is currently faculty in the Dance department at Keimyung University, South Korea.Her works were warmly received by the press and has been presented in 22 countries including Korea, China, Japan, Australia, U.S.A. Germany, and France.

She is currently faculty in the Dance department at Keimyung University, South Korea.

She graduated from the University of Paris IV Cursus de Diplome de Danse, and received a Ph.D in Arts. She studied film directing at the New York Film Academy in 2005.

 

DANCE REVIEWS

Swept away: dancer-choreographer Hyonok KIM in this haunting film (Teile dich Nacht, Gold winner Dance on Camera, New York)a??Ellen Cohen, THE VILLAGE VOICE, NEW YORK (U.S.A.)

Korea's Pina BAUSCH? A brilliant genius and rare creativity on the Korean stage. Mary Lee Mooney, THE KOREA TIMES (Korea)

Ritualistic, sculptural tableaux: the work of Korea'sa??Graham's taut psychological stances and Kim's perception of deep personal inwardness. Lee Christofis, THE AUSTRALIAN (Australia)

Kim herself is a performer of extraordinary directness, beauty, and authority. Robin Grove, THE AGE (Australia)

A poetic illumination.a??Gabriel Viotti, ARTS VIDEO (Spain)

Hyonok KIM's performance is filled with full of poetic images. Hironobu, ART & PERFORMANCE (Japan)

Her dance itself was queen, absolute and immortal.a??Aline Aposstolska, LES SAISONS DE LA DANSE (France)