Join us for a FREE invite-only class with choreographer DaEun Jung

At Stomping Ground

5453 Alhambra Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90032

Tuesday, Aug 23 // 4:00pm-6:00pm

Thursdays, Aug 25 // 4:00pm-6:00pm

                   Sep 1 // 3:00pm-6:00pm

                   Sep 8 // 3:00pm-6:00pm 

Choreographer DaEun Jung is offering a free class to share a somatic movement practice based on Korean dance principles, improvisational exercise with (de)patterning and re-stylizing gestural movements, and numeric/geometric composition methods.

The practice is in use for the development of DaEun’s newest work, Norri, to be produced with Los Angeles Performance Practice. This class is an opportunity to not only share this practice, but also to foster relationships with potential collaborators and dancers for the development and future performances of Norri. 

Norri proposes compositional maps that take dancing bodies to a collective trance state in both rigorously set and transmuted forms. Norri investigates ways to patternize and de-patternize steps and gestural movements by employing systematic sequential play as well as dancing bodies' shared or singular kinesthetic tendencies.

Inspired by the principle, structure, and mode of Korean folk dance as a communal performance exercise that incorporates singing and playing games, Norri (놀이), meaning “play” in Korean, creates an inclusive platform to try out complex choreographic tasks while celebrating collective accomplishments and each body’s singularity. 

TO RSVP: Email daeundance@gmail.com with which date(s) you will participate. 

Former dance training/performance experiences (engaging with core strength and releasing) are recommended to participate in the workshops. You are welcome to attend one class only and we encourage you to attend multiple days of classes if possible.