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Company Introduction
Led by choreographer Jae-deok Kim, young dance company Modern Table ceaselessly communicates with the audiece by collaborating openly with diverse genres. Based on contemporary dance, they blur boundaries of genres such as musical, pansori, rock and hip hop. They have drawn attention from audiences and international critics by suggesting fresh ideas and experiments that are unpredictable (e.g. singing dancer and no boundary between the audience’s seats and stage. They interpret popular and cultural sensibility with academic techniques and speed. They also express Koreanness with contemporary language. In this process, they make clear their own colors.
Performance Detail
The performance is a modern reinterpretatio of Korea’s traditional material of “Poomba” from the melody known as a changed subject from its origin. The people’s deep down emotions of anger, sorrow and grief, as they were scorned and looked at with contempt is expressed with sigh and dark sounds. The fear to be defeated in the darkness is continuously shown by the dancers as they dance and sing, as movement is similar to “dionysus.” This is related to ‘han’ defined asdeep resentment and sorrow in Korean sentiment.
The frame of the basic melody, which is transcribed with more modern features with strong movements, will enable global audiences to enjoy the performance regardless of their gender or age. possesses unique Asian characteristics with live sounds and male dancers dancing in dynamic curves.
Without any stage set required, the piece is structured with 70% of dance and 30% of music and the performance sequence is progressed with live instruments with the guitar, bass, drums and Korean traditional vocals “pansori” in harmony. In the middle of the performance, the barrier with the performers and audience is nowhere to be found as the dancers come down to the audience seats communicating with them with movement and sound. is not only performed on stage but the dancers also use the performance area as a whole for the audience to openly communicate, making everyone feel like a performer.
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