Eun-Me Ahn

Dancing Grandmothers

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

Creation Technical Direction : Jimyung Kim

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

Work for 10 dancers and 10 grandmothers

Running time : 90' without intermission

30 people on tour

Eun-Me Ahn on Tour ////////////////////

30 July -03 Aug. 2025 : Jacob's Pillow, Becket - MA (US) - Dragons

15-16 Nov. 2025 : Berliner Festspiele, Berlin (DE) - Post Orientalist Express

21-24 Nov. 2025 : Théâtre de la Ville, Paris (FR) - Post Orientalist Express

11-12 Déc. 2025 : MC2 Grenoble (FR) - Post Orientalist Express

19 Déc. 2025 : Le Grrranit, Belfort (FR) - Post Orientalist Express

13 Jan. 2026 : Le Grrranit, Belfort (FR) - Dragons

16 Jan. 2026 : Espace des Arts, Chalon-sur-Saône (FR) - Post Orientalist Express
20-21 Jan. 2026 : Le Quartz, Brest (FR) - Post Orientalist Express

23 Jan. 2026 : La Passerelle, Saint-Brieuc (FR) - Post Orientalist Express

30-Jan. 2026 : Le Théâtre - Scène Nationale, Saint-Nazaire (FR) - Post Orientalist Express

04-07 Feb. 2026 : Kampnagel, Hambourg (DE) - Post Orientalist Express
10-11 Feb. 2026 : Théâtre d'Orléans / Scène Nationale (FR) - Post Orientalist Express