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 ////////////////////
21 Feb. 2020 : Théâtre de Liège, Festival Pays de Danse (BE) - North Korea Dance
03 March 2020 : Théâtre de Rungis (FR) - Let Me Change Your Name
06 March 2020 : L'Arsenal, Cité Musicale de Metz (FR) - North Korea Dance
10 March 2020 : Théâtre du Crochetan, Monthey (CH) - North Korea Dance
17-18 March 2020 : MC2, Grenoble (FR) - North Korea Dance
21 March 2020 : MA-Scène Nationale, Montbéliard (FR)- North Korea Dance
27-28 March 2020 : Teatro Central, Séville (ES) - North Korea Dance
31 March 2020 : Théâtre du Vellein, Villefontaine (FR) - North Korea Dance
O3 Apr. 2020 : Théâtre de Villefranche, Villefranche sur Saône (FR) - North Korea Dance
14-17 Apr. 2020 : Maison de la Danse, Lyon (FR) - North Korea Dance
23-24 Apr. 2020 : Théâtre Molière - Scène Nationale de Sète (FR) - North Korea Dance
28 Avr. 2020 : Le Quartz - Scène Nationale de Brest (FR) - Dancing Grandmothers
02 May 2020 : Festival DDD, Porto (PT) - North Korea Dance
07-09 May 2020 : Dansenshus, Oslo (NO) - North Korea Dance
12-13 May 2020 : Potsdamer Tanztage, Potsdam (DE) - North Korea Dance
21 May 2020 : TanzBremen, Brême (DE) - North Korea Dance