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Artistic Director Nam Jeong-ho presents her first new work after being appointed as artistic director of KNCDC. Nam deals with themes including confrontations and conflicts with others in our competitive society, taking a sharp look at our inner selves while stripping away the pretense. In this work, artistic director Nam intends to focus on the phenomenon in today's society and share contemporary senses with the audience.
This is not a game stages a drama performed by 14 dancers. It portrays the stories of ordeals and competitions that individuals constantly face in their life and society. One inevitably needs to choose to be either an offender or a victim at the intersection of pain and joy. Nam reflects criticism of our society both pleasantly and seriously in a playful, sarcastic and allegorical manner.
It is the narrative that makes This is not a game more fascinating. It functions as an important element that helps the audience to better understand the piece. While indulging in the performance as the story develops, you will find yourself connected to what the choreographer wants to say.
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Choreographer
- Artistic Director Nam Jeongho was a member of the dance company Cie Jean-Gaudin in 1980 in France. After returning to Korea, while holding a position as a professor of the dance department at Kyungsung University in Busan, she founded the dance company ‘Zoom’ with which she actively pursued her creative endeavors.
Nam Jeongho’s style of dance that stood out from the norm, during the era where much of contemporary dance in Korea was centered around American style of dance, is recognized to have opened up Korean contemporary dance to a new path.
After the establishment of School of Dance in Korea National University of Arts in 1996, she was invited as a professor of the Department of Choreography and has contributed to training and developing talents in Korean contemporary dance until her retirement in 2018. She is currently leading the continuous development of Korean contemporary dance as a creative choreographer and dancer.
Dancers
Ku Eunhye
Kim Keonjoong
Kim Youngran
Kim Younghum
Sung Changyong
Alessandro Navarro Barbeito
Oh Jinmin
Yoon Myungin
Lee Youjin
Jang Kyeongmin
Jeon Joongkeun
Jeong Seoyun
Hahn Jeesu
Hong Jeehyun
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