After Korean National Contemporary Dance Company’s <Immixture>, there would be a series of contemporary dance events presenting Korean dance scenes to the Benelux region.  Ahn Eun-Me, also known as ‘the Pina Bausch of Seoul’, visits Holland Dance Festival 2018 with the piece <Dancing Grandmothers>.

This work is a part of her trilogy which respectively shows different generations, focusing on the older women’s attitudes toward dance and ageing. Ahn Eun-Me combines Korean folklore with electro-music so that the dancers, ordinary women, can express their emotion without dilution. She already mesmerized Theatre National de la Colline with a massive floor, funky sounds and overwhelming energy.

There is another remarkable figure in this year’s Holland dance festival ; Min Hee Bervoets with her brand-new company HNDRD.  Min Hee is a Belgian choreographer who is well known as a jury of the programme <So You Think You Can Dance>. As a foundling, Min Hee was taken in by the Holt Children’s Services in Seoul and after she moved to Belgium with adoptive parents. Having studied at Antwerp Conservatoire and won several competitions for young choreographers, Min Hee accumulated reputation as a choreographer with being designated as ‘Ambassador of Contemporary dance’ for Belgium.

Min Hee has found a varied group of dancers with different backgrounds. In this year’s Holland dance festival, she would throw some interesting questions to the audience by presenting her intellectual piece <One Limited Space>. With dancers representing peculiar characteristics, the audience confront questions as such - what is the difference between the brain of a man and of a woman? What happens if two brains inter-act together?

During the festival period, there would be also workshops held by Ahn Eun-Me and Min Hee Bervoets. It seems the very first year for introduction of Korean contemporary dance trends, launched by <Immixture> and theatre Varia, is followed well thanks to these two female choreographers.

01/25 – 02/11 Holland Dance Festival : Http://holland-dance.com

24/01, 26/01 – 28/01, Dancing Grandmothers / Ahn Eun-Me company

30/01 – 31/01, One Limited Space / Min Hee Bervoets HNDRD