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Lee Yun Jung, the director of Dance Project PPopKKi works in dance, choreography, arts education, and somatic practice.  She explores the potential of the body at the intersection of society and art, researching choreographic approaches for resonance and symbiosis among marginalized and precarious bodies. Her recent works include Lung No. 6 Jumps, Inner Body Vibration, 1/75th of a Second, and Between the Dot and the Spine.

LEE Yun Jung

Artistic Director of Dance Project PPoKKi

Education

  • B.A. in Dance, College of Arts, Hansung University, 1998

  • M.A. in Choreography, School of Dance, Korea National University of Arts, 2006

 

Awards and Selections

  • Selected for Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture’s Dance Creation Support Program, 2013-15, 2018, 2022

  • Wooran Foundation’s “Lee Yunjung Project," 2021

  • Best Work Award, Korean Critics Association, Tongue Gymnastics, 2019

  • Selected for Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture's Dance Center & New York Movement Research Choreographer Exchange, 2018

  • Best Work Award, Korea Modern Dance Promotion Association's Dance Vision for 1/75th of a Second, 2017

  • Selected for Korea-Denmark Connection by Arts Management Support Center, 2015

  • Selected as a Young Choreographer by Dance Forum Critics for Safe Drift, 2010

  • Selected as LIG Art Foundation Young Artist, 2010

  • Selected as Emerging Artist by Arts Council Korea, 2008

Residencies

  • Wooran Foundation’s "Lee Yunjung Project," Seoul, South Korea, 2021

  • Body-Mind Centering SME Course, Germany & Estonia, 2019

  • Movement Research Exchange Artist, New York, 2018

  • Wooran Foundation’s "Mokso Project," Seoul, South Korea, 2018-19

  • Korea-Portugal Dance Exchange, Seoul, Lisbon, 2015

  • CHO-CO Project, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2014

  • LIG Art Foundation Young Artist Club, Seoul, South Korea, 2010

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2024

  • Choreography and Performance in Lung No. 6 Jumps 
    Planned Exhibition 《Hajeok Press》 at Space After
    Space After Gallery
    June 21 – July 21, 2023

 

2023 

  • Video Exhibition of Tongue Gymnastics
    《Opening Quotation Mark, Closing Quotation Mark》 at Typojanchi 2023: International Typography Biennale
    Culture Station Seoul 284
    September 19 – October 14, 2023

2022

  • Tongue Gymnastics
    2022 Korean Dance Festival – Invited Performance at The Place Theatre, UK
    The Place Theatre
    June 21, 2022

 

2021

  • Participating Artist in Nakwon Arcade d/p Special Exhibition <Elevation/Circulation>
    Choreography and Performance in 3 Circles
    Nakwon Arcade d/p
    December 15-31, 2021

  • Wooran Foundation Wooran International Research Project, Lee Yunjung Project
    Co-research / Co-creation:  Ha-Ap-Huh-Up-Huh I'm OK
    Wooran Foundation Wooran Stage 3
    November 12-14, 2021

  • National Dance Company of Korea, Choreography Lab Final Presentation (Advanced Program)
    Choreography of Internal Vibration
    Windmill Gallery
    October 9, 2021

  • Seoul Museum of Art (Nam Seoul Museum) Green Room Project #2 'Warm-Up for Love' Exhibition
    Love Gymnastics: Practicing to Look
    Planned by: Yunjung Lee, Daham Yeo, Hyejin Yeo / Choreographed by: Yunjung Lee
    May 4-16, 2021

  • Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture Stage 111, Seoul Dance Center Improvisation
    Concept and Performance
    Seoul Dance Center Studio 1
    May 5, 2022

 

2020

  • November X Yunjung Lee Relay Dance 8
    Between the Dot and Spine: Gaze⁺
    Ilmin Museum of Art, 2nd Floor (Lee Yanghee_Club Grocalang)
    November 20-21, 2020

  • National Dance Company of Korea 10th Anniversary Online Festival
    Be Close, Non-Contact Improvisation
    Online Screening
    October 18-20, 2020

  • Art Sonje Center Performance Pass, Kick, Fall and Run
    Synchronous Dance
    Art Sonje Center, 3rd Floor
    October 1-3, 2020

  • National Dance Company of Korea Choreography Lab Project Sharing
    Synchronous Dance
    National Dance Company of Korea Rehearsal Studio
    August 12, 2020

  • 20th Seoul International Improvisation Dance Festival Opening Improvisation Performance
    Collaboration with Oki Kim + Lee Yunjung
    Arko Arts Theater, Small Theater
    April 23, 2020

  • GUCCI Exhibition_NO SPACE, JUST A PLACE ‘ETEROTOPIA’
    Exhibition of Lingual Gymnastics
    Daelim Museum
    April 17 – July 12, 2020

 

2019

  • Shinchon Theater Lineup, November X Lee Yunjung Relay Dance 7
    Tongue Gymnastics
    Shinchon Theater
    November 22-24, 2019

  • Wooran Foundation Opening Festival Residency Showcase, Co-Directed
    Walk On
    Wooran Foundation U-Ran Stage 2
    March 6-10, 2019

2018

  • November X Y Lee unjung Relay Dance 6
    1 and 4, Again
    Platform L, Platform Live
    November 24-25, 2018

  • Opening Performance and Exhibition of Between the Dot and Spine
    Nam June Paik Art Center, 2nd Floor
    March 22 – June 24, 2018

  • Movement Research Exchange
    On this In-Between Moment
    Judson Church, New York
    February 5, 2018

2017

  • Yunjung Lee November X Relay Dance 5
    1 and 4
    Mullae Arts Village, Box Theater
    November 29-30, 2017

  • 17th Seoul International Improvisation Dance Festival
    You and Me and You and Me 2
    Arko Small Theater
    April 2017

 

2016

  • Seoul International Performing Arts Festival (SPAF) Selected Work
    1/75th of a Second
    Daehakro Arts Theater, Main Theater
    October 2016

  • 16th Seoul International Improvisation Dance Festival Opening Performance, 105-minute Relay Performance, Contact Improvisation
    Arko Small Theater & Seoul Dance Center
    April 2016

 

2015

  • Selected for Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture’s Dance Creation Support Program, November X Lee Yunjung Relay Dance 4
    1/75th of a Second
    Sogang University, Mary Hall Main Theater
    December 2015

  • SIDance How’s Next 3
    On This Moment
    Gangdong Arts Center, Small Theater
    October 2015

  • National Dance Company of Korea Rated 19+ 90
    Co-Choreography
    Daehakro Arts Theater, Main Theater
    September 2015

  • Spain Madrid Fringe Festival
    The DUET
    Sala Fernando Arrabal 1.1 in Spain
    July 2015

 

2014

  • CHO-CO Project Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    Trivial Words
    SESC Paladium Belo Horizonte
    December 2014

  • Selected for Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture’s Dance Creation Support Program
    November X Yunjung Lee Relay Dance 3, Insignificant Space, Insignificant Word
    Sogang University, Mary Hall, Small Theater
    November 2014

  • Arts Council Korea Supported Project
    Show Me Your Room – Room Dance
    Space MO Gallery
    September 2014

  • Opening of 2014 Seoul International Improvisation Dance Festival
    Arko Arts Theater, Small Theater
    April 2014

2013

  • Selected for Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture’s Dance Creation Support Program, November X Lee Yunjung Relay Dance 2
    Dancing in the Shade, Trivial Space
    Sogang University, Mary Hall, Small Theater
    November 15-16, 2013

  • VIBE Dance Company Annual Performance
    Woman’s Story – Relation Trio no.1
    Incheon Art Platform
    October 2013

  • Co-Choreography of Internationally Invited Work
    Seoul International Improvisation Dance Festival
    Arko Arts Theater, Small Theater
    April 2013

  • 8th Physical Theater Festival, Invited Performance of Confession Jump
    Daehakro Arts Theater, Theater 3
    June 2013

2012

  • November X Lee Yunjung Relay Dance 1
    Go-Back Jump
    Sogang University, Mary Hall, Small Theater
    November 4-5, 2012

  • SMFM Improvisation Performance by Jaechun Park
    Kanggangsullae Improvisation
    Sogang University, Mary Hall, Main Theater
    July 2012

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