Yoo & Dancers Presents Chea
January 5, 2019, 5:00 pm
92 Y, Buttenwieser Hall
1395 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10128
Tickets: $25 in advance / $35 at the door
Yoo & Dancers Presents Chea
World Premier
Choreography by Hee Ra Yoo and the dancers
Music by the Korean Contemporary Music Ensemble Jambinai
I deeply miss my grandmother, who was a Korean traditional dancer. We often danced together when I was a young girl, and I watched per perform with her dance troupe. To honor her, this new work draws from Korean dance, reminding us that today’s struggles and triumphs are merely echoes of the past.
– Hee Ra Yoo
Hee Ra Yoo
International choreographer Hee Ra Yoo founded the New York modern dance company “Yoo and Dancers” in 2009 after completing the MFA program at NYU Tisch. Before moving to New York City in 2007, Ms. Yoo danced with the Korean National Ballet, the California Ballet, the San Diego City Ballet, the Canberra Dance Theatre in Australia and was a guest dancer with the Kirov Ballet company in Russia. Ms. Yoo has taught dance at Tulane University, Florida School of the Arts and Georgian Court University, and as a guest teacher in Japan, Canada, Italy, Korea and Austria, and coached the Australian and Korean Olympic Gymnastics Teams. In New York City, Ms. Yoo has taught at Steps on Broadway, the Joffrey Ballet School, Dance New Amsterdam (Gibney Dance Center) and Peridance.
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