Dancing Grandmothers
Eun-Me Ahn
About the show //////////////////////////
France had discovered Korean choreographer Eun-Me Ahn in 2013 with her pop epic of Princesse Bari. Leading artist of France - Korea year, she has turned European stages into giant dance floors with Dancing Grandmothers a no less crazy show, based on the indestructible energy of Korean grandmothers that join on stage the young dancers of her company.
A journey through time and movement that turns into collective trance.
A show of a communicative positive energy that makes feel good !
In 2010, without predefined route, the choreographer traveled the roads of Korea and asked elderly women to dance for her spontaneously. From these encounters, from the images filmed in the provinces and her dancers' reactions was born this show, alternatively tender and hallucinated, which takes the audience into the vortex of its contagious positive energy. A tribute to ancient times as much as the unfailing vitality of the movement.
Lola Gruber – Paris Quartier d’Eté
Crédits /////////////////////////////////////////
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 Direction : Taeseok Lee
Images : Jiwoong Nam, Seunghwan Kim, Sangwha Lee, Tae-Seok Lee
Video Production : Eun-Me Ahn Company
Production/Partnership:
Doosan Art Center (DAC) / Eun-Me Ahn Company
Coproduction : festival Paris Quartier d’Eté
Booking: Jean-Marie Chabot
On tour with the support of KAMS, Center Stage Korea
Eun-Me Ahn is associated artist of Théâtre de la Ville-Paris 2018-2019 season.
Work for 10 dancers and 10 grandmothers
Running time : 90' without intermission
30 people on tour
Eun-Me Ahn on Tour ////////////////////
08-10 January 2021 : Yeongdeungpo Art Hall, Seoul (KR) - Dragons - PREMIERE - POSTPONED
29 January 2021 : Festspielhaus St Pölten, St Pölten (AT) - Dragons - POSTPONED
17-20 February 2021 : Kampnagel, Hambourg (DE) - Dragons - POSTPONED
27-28 February 2021 : Forum am Schlosspark, Ludwigsburg (DE) - North Korea Dance - POSTPONED
26-28 March 2021 : Yeongdeungpo Art Hall, Seoul (KR) - Dragons - PREMIERE
22-23 April 2021 : Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg (LU) - Dragons
27-28 April 2021 : Les Halles de Schaerbeek, Bruxelles (BE) - Dragons
02 May 2020 : Festival DDD, Porto (PT) - North Korea Dance
10-11 May 2020 : Dance München, Munich (DE) - North Korea Dance - online
25-26 May 2020 : Potzdamer Tanztage, Potsdam (DE) - North Korea Dance - online