Choreography: Lee Jaeyoung / Cast: Lee Jaeyoung, Seo Ilyoung / Lighting design: Park Sungsu / Photo: Park Sangyun / Production: Company SIGA / Administrative & Tour Management: GWAK Ahram (SIDance Festival)
Company SIGA
Equilibrium
- Dance
- Tanz im August
"Equilibrium" by Company SIGA will be shown as a Double Bill with "7ways" by Geumhyung Jeong
Audience engagement formats for "Equilibrium"
Dance Circle: 27.08. | after the performance | HAU3: Company SIGA & Geumhyung Jeong
Meet the Artists: 28.08. | after the performance | HAU3: Company SIGA
Stable balance? Doesn’t exist in the physical universe – the natural law of entropy always introduces chaos into order. The choreographer Lee Jaeyoung is interested in these transitions from order into chaos and realignment in a social sense as well: in Equilibrium two dancers test out their potential for conflict and compromise. They approach one another threateningly, exchange looks of contempt, mechanically lock arms in a fight for superiority, then fall out of these robot-like movements into a stylised battle and a synchronised choreography, before the showdown begins again. Inspired by the sci-fi film Equilibrium, in which a totalitarian regime punishes art and emotion, and Jeremy Rifkin’s book on entropy, Lee Jaeyoung and his company SIGA explore how conflict becomes cooperation. Lee studied dance and choreography at the Seoul Institute of the Arts and Haunsung University. In 2009 he was chosen as best newcomer choreographer by the Contemporary Dance Association of Korea. In 2013 he founded SIGA with the intention of extending contemporary dance through other art forms and dance styles. Equilibrium was premiered at the SIDance Festival in Seoul and is being shown in Europe for the first time.
Duration: 20min
Supported by Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism Korea, Korea Arts Management Service (KAMS) and Center Stage Korea (CSK).
Cast
Location
HAU3
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