Dance New Amsterdam Presents: Sunhwa Chung/Ko-Ryo Dance Theater October 17, 2012

October 17-20
WED-FRI at 7:30pm
SAT at 3:00pm and 7:30pm
Tickets: $17 general, $12 DNA members, $14 students/seniors, $12 advance

*There will be an opening reception at 6:30pm on October 17. There will be a post show discussion following the October 19 show.
OPEN REHEARSAL: Come see Sunhwa Chung/Ko-Ryo Dance Theater as they prepare for their opening night! Tuesday, September 25 from 6:00-8:00pm.

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Arirang - We Go Beyond the Crossroad
Direction and Choreography by Sunhwa Chung

Artist’s Description: This piece is about the artist’s life upon coming to the United States in the winter of 1994. She felt the need to remain close to her roots, but also to become secure enough to go beyond her own culture and learn to accept the new customs and ideas of another.

‘Ms.Chung’s work is “genuine … somber and haunting,” like “re-living a powerful dream.”‘ - Paul Ben-Itzak, The Dance Insider

‘An “adept modern-dance choreographer” and “a delicately compelling performer of Korean traditional dance.”‘ - Jennifer Dunning, New York Times

“The evening’s indubitable showstopper was Ko-Ryo Dance Theater…” - Rebecca J. Ritzel, Washington Post

‘Sunhwa Chung’s choreography “… is dense, intense and hurtles forward.” “She spins a whole vocabulary of original gestures.” She is described as “highly effective” with an “inventive, fertile mind.”‘ - Pamela Kidron, Washington Post

Official Website: http://www.dnadance.org/site/theater/2012-2013/sunhwa/