TERMINAL, 2017
TERMINAL 터미널
Choreographer : Soodong Jung
Dancer : BoRam Jun, HyeongYeul Ko, Soodong Jung
Music Design : HyeWon Choi
Producer : YeWon Chu
Lighting Design : Jiwoo Kim
Technical Design : JinWoo Kim
Photo by Sinae Choi
Location : @Platform Art Theater LiveHall
@Seoul Dance Center Grassy Area Space, Seoul City, South Korea
– 45 minute / 20 minute
Content –
A journey towards finding certainty in a modern world where everything is uncertain.
Using the metaphorical space of a “Terminal”, where the starting point and the destination are clear cut, I want to question the continuous movement and change of paths as we go through life. Curious about where a human’s self awareness can take us, this piece is also an exploration of my various reactions towards external stimulus that are not within my control. It is a story that is made up of moments, reconnecting with my inner child to overcome the uncertainties that life throws at me.
2025. 06.16 [TERMINAL] USA, Seattle International Dance Festival
2024. 10.06 [TERMINAL] Seoul International Choreography Dance Festival-INTANK
@Cultural Reserve Tank 1 Pavilion
2019. 10.19 [TERMINAL] (20 min) Selected by Daejeon Gyeryongsan International ‘Dance’ Festival
@GyeRyongSan Outdoor Stage
2019. 05.04-05 [TERMINAL] (30 min) Ansan International Street Theater Festival Selected as Korea invited performance team @Ansan Street Plaza
Seoul Foundation for Arts & Culture – Support for promising arts ‘DoT ‘
For 2 years – Selected Artists, Choreography and
Performances @Seoul Dance Center-Grassy Area Space
2018. 10.07 [TERMINAL] (20 min)
2018 SIDANCE-Seoul International Dance Festival HOTPOT: Korea1. Choice Performance.
@KOCCA Culture Theater
2018. 08.10-11-12 [TERMINAL] (20 min)
Invitation Performance in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / Promotional art support project
@Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, DPAC Theater.
2017.10.14 [TERMINAL] (20 min)
Seoul Dance Center x Seoul Art Market Link Showcase @ Seoul Dance Center Black Box
Theater
2017. 9.2-3 [TERMINAL] (45 min)
Seoul Foundation for Arts & Culture – Support for promising arts ‘DoT ‘
For 2 years – Selected Artists, Choreography and
Performances @Platform Art Center LiveHall
– Review –
The choreographer contrasts the space of the ‘terminal’, where only the unfamiliar encounter, departure, and arrival are clear, with the daily lives of modern people. A work that deals with self-awareness in search of one’s own path of movement or coordinates in modern civilization full of uncertainty and indeterminacy. The image of a curve was used in the movement and objects to give the image of circulation and repetition. The choreographer’s working method, which focuses on the study of the body and movement, is well revealed in the concrete movement and thematic consciousness.
Written by: Jehwan Jeong (Doctorate in Dance, Temple University/Professor, Korea National University of Arts)
