About performance
Those with the name of laborer
Let us gather at the altar one by one
To make the offering.
If this life is of anonymity, neither respected nor cared,
At least here we can burn the time we have got to offer to gods.

In that darkness with no ray of light
Our head lanterns always shed a light on our working hands
Let us rely on that light to work
Let us use that light to dance.

If we can burn the endlessly repeated days
And make this life remembered with beauty
Let us rise like the clouds of incense smoke and reach the gods.
Let us fly as the fragrance on the altar of burnt offering.

Synopsis
The time of labor – a reminder that it is already a sacred product dedicated to heaven, thus presenting an offering from this era
Many types of dance on earth originated from “offerings.” What forms do “offerings” take in the current era, and how can we interpret their significance? The burnt offering in the Old Testament offers the scent from burning something, as opposed to presenting a sacrifice of animals or food. Similar to the scent from a burnt offering, human life builds its meaning by burning the time that is moving towards death. The choreographer of this piece found sublime beauty in such a life.
Adding the meaning of the burnt offering to the monotonous life of workers, a contemporary offering is presented on stage with the hope that their lives, being burned up through labor, will never be wasted away in vain.

About company
Founded in 2014, 99 Art Company aims to create a new Korean dance that links tradition and contemporaneity under the motto of ‘dance that resonates with the soul.’ In their work, 99 Art Company always keeps the aspiration of resembling a tree that grows firmer roots as it reaches higher towards the sky.

Credits
Choreographer/ Hye-rim Jang
Co-Composition/ Bo-ra Ju, Jin-a Hwang
Co-Creation/ Go-woon Lee, Seo-yi Jang
Writer/ Joo-hee Lee
Promotion·Ticketing/ 99 Art Company
Stage Director/ Min-ho Park
Stage Design/ Tae-yang Lee
Light Design/ Geon-yeong Kim
Cast: Go-woon Lee, Seo-yi Jang, Bo-ra Ju, Jin-a Hwang

*Photo Credit: Kyung-min Kang