Alongside working as a dance artist and choreographer, Sung Im Her really enjoys working as a movement director.
After working on Jazz Woodstock’s Paradise Now! at the Bush Theatre in London in 2022, Sung Im became fascinated by the potential of the movement directors role. She was able to participate in the theatre director’s world and add her own abstract movement. Working with actors allows for a new perspective, are their characters heavy, light, nervous or calm? This influences how they move and walk, which is a fundamental part of the character’s personality on stage during each play.
Sung Im Her’s work as movement director for Paradise Now! lead to her being named as one of ten "Stage sensations to watch out for in 2023" by The Guardian.
Part of the excitement of the position of movement director is that each play needs different movement and each director has a different way of working. Sung Im is always looking to connect with theatre world and beyond for collaborations. If you are interested in discussing the opportunities for Sung Im to work with your production, please contact us via the contact page.
Sung Im Her’s Previous Movement Director Work Includes:
Shed: Exploded View, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
February - March 2024
Thoughtful, powerful, theatre with a dark background and realism
Samuel Takes a Break, Yard Theatre, London
February - March 2024
It’s those wild swings from one extreme to the other that make this play so fresh and fascinating; its unpredictability, its seriousness of purpose and its lightness of touch in achieving it.
- Time Out
The Flea, Yard Theatre, London
October - November 2023
So ambitious, imaginative, and unashamedly unfettered by convention.
- What’sOnStage
After the Act, New Diorama Theatre, London
March 2023
This fizzing, fiery musical tells the story of that legislation and how its effect brought shame, secrecy, loneliness, trauma and abuse on those growing up gay under it.
- The Guardian
Paradise Now!, Bush Theatre, London
December 2022 - January 2023
