DANCE
DaEun Jung
NORRI
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NORRI is a new evening-length dance work by Los Angeles-based choreographer DaEun Jung. Inspired by the principle, form, and mode of Korean folk dance as a communal performance practice, NORRI, meaning “play” in Korean, creates an inclusive platform to experiment with complex choreographic tasks while celebrating collective accomplishments and each body’s singularity.
Re-stylized Korean dance vocabulary, spontaneous pansori (Korean traditional folk opera) sung by Melody Shim, and the continuous pulse of electronic sound composed by Daniel Corral interact with each other as the rhythmic encounters of past/present, formality/spontaneity, and uniformity/singularity suggest a new contemporary movement.
NORRI was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. NORRI has been supported by the Korea Foundation, New Music USA’s Creator Fund in 2023-24, and L.A. Dance Project, and the community support of our campaign donors.
With gratitude to our campaign donors: KTPYR, Inc., Donation in Honor of Tom H. Byun, Anonymous, Anonymous, Yesenia Cabrera, Nak S. Kim, Paul Kim, Ae R. Yoon, Jenny Seo, Ji K. Hur, Peter Lee, Anonymous, Yon Natalie Mik, Grace Hwang, Anonymous, Roger Kim, Milka Djordjevich, Michael Manalo, Sung Kim, Odeya Nini, Seema Shah, Donation in Honor of Tom H. Byun, Alexander Gedeon, Allison Hankins, Jung Hyun Kyo, Park Sun Jung, Naoyuki Oguri, Forever Young, Caden Schuber, Alexandra Berger, Devin Kim, Victoria Marks, Andrew Pearson, Anonymous
Latest News
NEFA – National Dance Project Awardees Honor the Past, Care for the Present, and Pave Way for the Unknown – Sep 21, 2023
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Reviews
“The best of this year’s dance fare… Jung has created a mind twisting and totally engrossing work that I could watch again and again… [her] work should be seen to fully appreciate the intricacies of what she has created. It is math art in motion.” – L.A. Dance Chronicle
“…incredible… brilliant… Jung is… a masterful mathematician.” – L.A. Dance Chronicle
“Norri is a whimsical ensemble work performed by four incredible dancers… It is particularly mesmerizing to watch the “accents” of each dancer… It is very uplifting to see DaEun Jung’s work presented on the stage.” – Stage & Cinema
Video
Creative Team
Choreography by DaEun Jung
Pansori Singing by Melody Shim
Electronic Sound and Video Counter by Daniel Corral
Performed by DaEun Jung, Arletta Anderson, Chantal Cherry, Jack Ironstone, Hyoin Jun, and Tulsi Shah
About DaEun Jung
DaEun Jung is a dancer-choreographer based in Los Angeles who interlaces forms, principles, and methods of her ancestral and contemporary performance practices within her self-constructed system.
Jung’s work has been supported by Los Angeles Performance Practice (LAPP), Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater (REDCAT), Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA), Pieter Performance Space, Movement Research at Judson Church, Korea Foundation, New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), and New Music USA. She has received residency support from Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC), Ucross Artist Residency, Loghaven Artist Residency, L.A. Dance Project (LADP), Brockus Project Dance, Santa Monica Cultural Affairs at Camera Obscura Art Lab, and Show Box L.A. at we live in space. A master artist of the Alliance for California Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program, Cultural Trailblazer of City of Los Angeles Department Cultural Affairs, and California Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Established Artist Awardee, Jung redefines the practice and repertoire of Korean dance in multicultural settings.
Before relocating to LA, Jung toured cities and countries in Asia and Europe as a full-time dancer of Gyeonggido Dance Company which is renowned for its large-scale classical and contemporary Korean dance repertoire. Having six years of early conservatory training in dance at the National Gugak School as a recipient of the National Theater of Korea Award, she completed a BA in dance and minor in Korean literature from Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea. In the US, Jung holds her MFA in choreography at UCLA where she was recognized as a Westfield Emerging Artist. She has taught at Santa Monica College, Loyola Marymount University, University of Nevada Reno, and Indiana University and currently is a lecturer at University of California Riverside.
