#KoreanTraditionalMusicxContemporaryDance #SubjectnObject #MovementnSound #Staged_Documentary #Fantasy
Kkokdugaksi means kind of a dance, a song, and a game. Kkokdugaksi is also a symbol of a funeral, a woman, and a doll. Therefore, Kkokdugaksi is also a marionette, the personification of passivity. We wanted to create a work that embodies this ambiguity. On stage, everyone, be they a dancer or a musician dances, sings and plays. While playing, the subject and object, and the place of domination and oppression are switching positions while reconstructing the space in which the subject, who is only a bundle of objects, is othering the subject itself by othering the object.
Info
· Music and Directing : Lee TaeWon
· Choreographer : Lim Jinho
· Showcase Runtime : 20 minutes
· Tour Size : 11~14 people (8 performers, 3~6 staff members)
ⓒ2021 ArkoSelection_Sang Hoon Ok
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