SUNG IM HER - CV
Artistic Direction, Choreography & Research
2024
Co-Commissioned by Seoul Performing Arts Festival (SPAF) (KR) & The Place (UK). Additional support from FABRIC (UK), New Italian Dance Platform (IT), Duncan Center (Greece) Horizon Showcase Created in England (UK), TEN (IT), Fuorimagine(IT) S’ala (IT), Zeit (IT).
Premiere in Korea Kontemporary Festival in the UK, May 2024
Supported by Korean Arts Council, Arko Selection (KR), Needcompnay (BE)
Premiered in DaeHakro Grand Theatre, Seoul, Mar 2024
2022
Supported by Korean National Contemporary Dance Company
Premiered in Seoul, Seo Jong Arts Center, Oct 2022
Other performances include KVS Brussels, The Place, London, Theatros del Canal, Madrid and The Lowry, Salford
2020
Supported by Seoul Foundation of Arts and Culture, Platform L and Arts Council England
Premiered in Platform L, Seoul, Nov 2020
Supported by Victoria & Albert Museum, Arts Council England and Needcompany
Premiered at Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
2019
Supported by Korea Arts Council (Arko partner)
Premiered in Seoul, Arko Grand Theatre, Sep 2019
Supported by Korea Arts Council (creative performance scheme)
Premiered in Seoul, Arko Theatre
Other performances include The Place, London, December Dance Festival, Belgium and Brighton Dome Studio Theatre, UK
2018
Meaningless Meaning
DaeGu Dance Company (Korea) Choreography
Supported by Korean Arts Council
Presented in V&A Museum, Theatre Delicatessen and British Museum as a part of Refugee Week Festival
2017
You Are Okay!
Supported by Tanz recherche #17 BONN, Seoul Dance Center, Korean Arts Council, NRW KULTURsekretariat, Oost Vlaanderen, Cocoon dance Residence in School van Gaasbeek, Trip Space , GC Woeker , De grote Post, WP Zimmer, Bedfordshire University, Roehampton University
Presented in Solo Tanz festival, Theatre Im Ballsaal, Bonn, Germany
2015
Nymf
Collaboration with Abattoir Ferme
Supported by Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Flamish Overheid Subsidie.
Residence and Performance in Mullae Art Center , Seoul, Korea
Selected by Korean Dance Critics Association “Best dance piece of 2015”
2014
Tuning (Solo dance project with Abattoir Ferme)
Collaboration with Su-Mi Jang & Thomas Jeker
Supported by LIG Art Center, Korea Art Council, Theater Freiburg
Residence in LIG Art Center (Seoul and Pusan), Theater Freiburg, Ufer studio Berlin
Performed in Berlin Ufer studio, Theater Freiburg, Korea LIG Theatre Seoul, Solothurn
2013
Entrance
Performed in Nona Mechelen, Brigittines Brussels, Hanpac Seoul
2012
Philia (Collaboration with Su-Mi Jang)
Performed in Theater Freiburg, Korea SPAF Festival, Zurich Spektakel Festival
Performance Experience
2019
Choreographer and dancer
Troi Contes (Devil in the belfry), Lille Opera, France
Actress
Hotel Poseidon, Abattoir Ferme, Belgium
2009-2021
Dancer for Needcompany, Choreographed by Grace Ellen Barkey (Belgium)
Odd But True
Mushroom
This door is too small (for bear)
Intolleranza 1960
Dancer for Needcompany, Choreographed by Jan Lauwers (Belgium)
Marketplace76
House of Our Fathers
Isabella’s Room
2011
Dancer for Abattoir Ferme (Belgium)
Monkey
2008-2009
Dancer for Les Ballets C de la B / Koen Augustijnen (Belgium)
Ashes
2006-2008
Dancer for Troubleyn / Jan Fabre (Belgium)
Quandol’uomoprincipaleèunedonna (Solo Performance)
2007
Dancer for William Forsythe (Belgium)
Human writes
Movement Direction & Other Professional Experience
2024
Movement Director
Shed: Exploded View, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Samuel Takes a Break, Yard Theatre, London
2023
Movement Director
The Flea, Yard Theatre, London
After the Act, New Diorama Theatre, London
Paradise Now!, Bush Theatre, London
2019
Movement Director & Choreographic Assistant
PIE, Needcompany, Belgium
2016-2018
Actress & Movement Director
BUKO, Abattoir Ferme, Belgium
2014-2015
Choreographic Assistant
Time Between Two Mistakes, Needcompany, Belgium
Actress
Begin the Beguine, Burgtheater & Needcompany Collaboration, Austria
Education & Training
2004-2006
Second Cycle, Choreography and Dance (3th & 4th year)
P.A.R.T.S. (Performance Arts Research and Training Studios) Artist director Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
2002-2003
Master of Arts in Contemporary Dance
Han-sung University Graduate School (Seoul)
1995-1999
Contemporary Dance Bachelor
Han-sung University (Seoul)