2022 SoloDuo Dance Festival
Presented by White Wave
Sunday, February 6, 2022 at 6 & 8 pm
Monday, February 7, 2022, at 7:30 pm
Dixon Place
(161A Chrystie Street, New York, NY 10002)
Tickets: $20 (in advance) / $25 (at the door) / $15 (students & seniors)
WHITE WAVE presents the 6thAnnual SoloDuo Dance Festival featuring 30 dancemakers from the New York Metro area, and from across the U.S.
WHITE WAVE’s Artistic Director Young Soon Kim founded the SoloDuo Dance Festival in 2016. The program celebrates the unique art of the solo and duet with an eye towards creating new opportunities for both fledging and more experienced choreographers at Dixon Place, a setting nestled in the heart of the Downtown scene, located at the junction of the Lower East Side and East Village. This space inspires and encourages performing artists of all stripes and callings to stretch the limits of their creativity to new heights.
The SoloDuo Festival invariably receives the most enthusiastic audience response. Viewers are taken by the consistently artistic excellence across such a diverse range of performers and styles.
For more information, please visit http://dixonplace.org/performances/2022-soloduo-dance-festival/
*Covid-19 Safety Policies Protocols: http://dixonplace.org/coronavirus/
◆ Producer Young Soon Kim
(Photo by Martin Seymore)
Young Soon Kim, Artistic Director of WHITE WAVE, is a nationally and internationally acclaimed choreographer. Her ongoing 40-year career began as a brilliant performer, traversing the globe performing with Jennifer Muller and the Works and her repertory of original works in Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong, as well as a 60-day tour in Korea. In addition she frequently appeared at major venues & festivals such as Theatre de la Ville in Paris, Maison de la Culture in Le Havre, France; Teatro Nazionale in Milan, Teatro Tendu Striscie in Rome, Italy; Schauspielhaus in Cologne, Germany; as well as the Festival d’Avignon in Avignon, France, among others.
In 2003 Ms. Kim was featured in the documentary film Arirang: The Korean American Journey, which was premiered at the Smithsonian Institution and broadcasted nationwide by PBS. She returned to Korea in 2013 to perform as part of the “Celebration of Korea’s 50 Years of Modern Dance'' at the Arko Theater in Seoul where she danced a solo from her piece ‘SSOOT’ titled ‘Dark Woods’.
Since founding WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company in 1988, Kim and her company have performed her repertory of 65 original works on an international scale collaborating with music greats such as Dave Brubeck, Stan Strickland, Marco Capelli, and Chinese pianist Tian. In addition to her company’s NY Seasons, Kim has choreographed for City Contemporary Dance Company in Hong Kong, Seoul Contemporary Dance Company in Korea and the St. Gallen Dance Loft in Switzerland, among others.
The company was selected for the 2013/2014 BAM Professional Development Program (PDP), a collaborative program provided by BAM & the DeVos Institute of Arts Management (Kennedy Center), which increased WHITE WAVE's institutional capacity and built the necessary foundation for long-term success. The program culminated in the world premiere of "Eternal NOW" presented at BAM Fisher in June, 2014. The troupe wowed a packed house, stunning audiences and critics alike. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center documented Eternal NOW on its Opening Night. The video has been catalogued and added to NYPL Dance Division’s permanent collection. Not much later, Ms. Kim was nominated for a second time for the 18th Annual KBS Global Korean Award.
In addition to her role as a performer and Artistic Director, Ms. Kim initiated a series of dance festivals after creating WHITE WAVE John Ryan Theater in DUMBO, Brooklyn, in 2001. She has since become one of the most recognized producers/curators in New York City. Kim also served as a juror for New York City Department of City Affairs in 2006 and as an apprentice for the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in 2014.
Ms. Kim has since become one of the most recognized producers/curators in New York City, serving as a juror for New York City Department of City Affairs in 2006 and as an apprentice for the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in 2014. “There are people who simply have a lot of energy, and the Korean-born choreographer Young Soon Kim is clearly one of them.” – Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times 2008.
In 2017, to great acclaim, the Company presented the World Première of the evening-length “iyouuswe” at the LaMama Moves! Festival in New York. This work had its Canadian Première at the Vancouver International Dance Festival 2018, where it was enthusiastically reviewed.
2019 has been invigorating for WHITE WAVE Dance, including a highly successful tour to Korea & China! In August, we performed at the Opening Celebration of the ‘19 FINA World Championship Masters' Games, an international sporting event that rivals the Olympics. The Asian Cultural Center, one of the most prestigious arts complexes in Asia and Asia Culture Institute presented ‘Eternal NOW’ with 14-member casts. In China, we performed at Ningbo Cultural Plaza as part of a China-US Cultural Exchange program.
The latest production “iyouuswe II, A Dance Film” is selected to Finalist at Vancouver Independent Film Festival and an OFFICIAL SELECTION at the London International Short Film Festival 2021, 2021 Espoo Digi-Dance International Film Festival (Finland) and Experimental, Dance, Music Film Festival (Canada).