Off to Edinburgh

Above, dancer Marie Vestermark at today’s open rehearsal 

Sunhwa Chung/Ko-Ryo Dance Company have been invited to participate in Danceforms’ 67th International Choreographers Showcase at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 in Edinburgh, Scotland, from August 5th through August 9th, 2014.

The Company will perform a trio entitled It Doesn’t Matter, It Already Happened: Life is Every Day III choreographed by Sunhwa; she will also dance in the piece along with Dorothy Chen and Marie Vestermark. Sarang West will perform the solo violin part, and the music will be drawn from works of   Evelyn Glennie, Doug-Chang Lim, and Fazil Say.

Today I went down to SoHo to watch an open rehearsal of the piece at a very interesting studio space on Wooster Street. Unfortunately it was a bit too dark to make successful use of my camera, but Sunhwa, Dorothy and Marie ran thru the piece twice, with Sunhwa giving us some background between the two runnings.

Dorothy Chen

Sarang, Sunhwa and Marie

Sunhwa’s young daughter Sarang West (above) performs a violin solo, and later the dancers begin to sing.

A group of visitors commented on the work during the break as Sunhwa (above) explained that the piece was originally created as three inter-connected solos for one dancer and now she’s set in for a trio.

This will be Sunhwa and her colleagues’ first trip to Scotland, so we wish them “Bon Voyage” and hopefully they will send back some photos from Edinburgh.