Bereishit Dance Company

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Bereishit Dance Company | Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 7pm

Presented in partnership with the Korean Cultural Center New York

This event took place as part of Virtual Festival 2020.

Founded in 2000 by choreographer Soon-ho Park, Bereishit Dance Company is a Seoul-based dance company that approaches Korean traditional culture from a contemporary view. In a rare U.S. performance, Bereishit made their Pillow debut in 2016. This Virtual Festival stream features the rigorous male duet BOW_CONTROL, inspired by the tradition of archery and explores the boundaries of sports and dance, while the intensely physical work Balance and Imbalance features brilliant and fun interplay between five contemporary dancers, a pair of Korean traditional drummers, and one traditional pansori singer.

Pre-Show Talk with Jacob’s Pillow Scholar-in-Residence Maura Keefe; Post-Show Talk with founder and choreographer Soon-ho Park.

Bereishit Dance Company

Founded in 2000 by choreographer Soon-ho Park, Bereishit Dance Company is a Seoul-based dance company that approaches Korean traditional culture from a contemporary view – keeping the fundamental value of things, as opposed to simply borrowing or transforming them. The work also explores the issues of identity and transformation, delving into multimedia, street dance, community dance work, and real time interactive demonstration. The works of the company are known to display an amazing sensitivity towards space and rhythms, and are always delivered with kinesthetic clarity and power.

WATCH Bereishit Dance Company ON JACOB’S PILLOW DANCE INTERACTIVE:
  • BOW from 2016
Additional Bereishit Dance Company VIDEO:

This event is produced in collaboration with

Nel Shelby, Producer | Loren R. Robertson, Assistant Producer/Editor
Cherylynn Tsushima, Project Manager | Vincent Vigilante, Videographer
Benjamin Richards, Videographer/Editor/Graphic Animation
Ashli Bickford, Videographer/Editor | Amber Schmiesing, Editor
Jacob Marks, Recordist | Kathryn Brodie, Intern