
Ahnsim Dance
Eun-Me Ahn
Création 2016
About the show //////////////////////////
A three word title in the Morning Calm Country language : AhnSim Dance.
Let's analyze it from the end :
For « Dance », well... no need of translation.
« Sim » can be translated in English by "mind" or state of mind".
« Ahn » . it's the name of the choreographer, the name of a woman bursting with energy and joie de vivre who moves everything on her way : codes, conventions... and - above all - people. But "Ahn" also means "comfortable", "safe" in Korean.
Natural disasters, terrorist attacks, economical crisis, ... The least we can say is that we are living troubled times. Yet, the same message comes again and again : "Everything is fine. Don't worry. We take care of you." We are repeatedly told that we live in united societies in which everyone can find a place. Yet some are left aside along the way...
For the fist part of the trilogy about handicap and difference, Eun-Me Ahn has chosen to work with visually-impaired people.
On stage, amateur and professional dancers are on a equal footing. With white sticks as unique props (successively becoming swings, clocks, taxi or a pillory), they take us into a chiaroscuro world, going from a dream ethereal univers in which black and white prevail, to a Technicolor one where the visually-impaired évoque with humour and a touching innocence the sometimes cruel and often revolting reality of their everyday-life and their handicap. But no pathos here... on the contrary.
It is joie de vivre, taking its roots in an amazing survival force, that prevails in a whirlwind of color and energy such as only Eun-Me Ahn knows how to create.
Ahnsim Dance is a manifesto against indeifference, a call to awareness :
"If we all want to feel safe, we need to open the eyes and act. And this is going to happen through others, because together we are stronger and we can make something beautiful."
Credits /////////////////////////////////////////
Choreography and artistic direction: Eun-Me Ahn
Music: Young-Gyu Jang
Artistic advisor : Chun Wooyoung
Costumes and set design : Eun-Me Ahn
Set : Sunny Im / Yunkwan Design
Lighting design : Jin-Young Jang
Video : Taeseok Lee
Production : Eun-Me Ahn Company, KSPO & Co
On tour with the support of KAMS / Center Stage Korea
Eun-Me Ahn is associated artist of Théâtre de la Ville-Paris.
Work for 9 dancers and 6 blind amateurs
Running time : 75'
25 people on tour
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Eun-Me Ahn on Tour /////////////////////
16-19 March 2022 : Kampnagel, Hambourg (DE) - Dragons
22 March 2022 : Schrittmacher Festival, Heerlen (NL) - North Korea Dance
25 March 2022 : Festspielhaus St Pölten, St Pölten (AT) - Dragons
01-03 April 2022 : Dansens Hus, Oslo (NO) - North Korea Dance
08-09 April 2022 : Dansens Hus, Stockholm (SE) - North Korea Dance
13-14 April 2022 : New Baltic Dance Festival, Vilnius (LT) - North Korea Dance
04 May 2022 : TanzBremen, Bremen (DE) - Dragons
14-15 May 2022 : Theater im Pfalzbau, Ludwigshafen (DE) - Dragons
20 May 2022 : Théâtre Molière, Sète (FR) - Dragons
24-25 May 2022 : Le Manège de Reims, Reims (FR) - Dragons
03 June 2022 : ONE DANCE WEEK, Plovdiv (BG) - Dragons
15-16 April 2022 : Kuopio Dance Festival, Kuopio (FI) - North Korea Dance