Post Ego Dance Company (Seoul)

The Way of Air

Presented as part of the 2009 CanAsian International Dance Festival

Artistic Director : Myung Keum Rok
Choreographer: Chung Yeun Soo
Performers: Chung Yeun Soo, Ha Jung Oh, Ryu Jang Hyun, Kim Joon Young, Joung Youn Won

Global citizens, victims of their own fast-paced lives and charged with unnatural greed, are alienated from their own identities and each other's lives and personal relationships. In order to cleanse one's body and mind and gain calmness, mankind must distance itself from such desire. This is an essentially Eastern way of life, grounded in the belief that we only find true serenity in emptying our inner selves.

The Way of Air shows us how such "emptiness" can be a precious tool to return balance to our lives as we adapt to the unnatural pace and insatiable development driven by greed.

Photographer: Post Ego Dance Company

Post Ego Dance Company

Post Ego Dance Company led by Chung Yeun Soo, was founded in 2006. The company embodies the concept of transcending the ego to create works to better understand the identity and reality of the future. The company focuses on Asian physical dance, employing demanding techniques featuring strong physicality and mind-control. The company creates works that are intense in terms of physical strength and its cast is usually all male, with guest female dancers occasionally invited to participate. The company works towards developing a relationship with its audiences by sharing the energy of dance with them. The company has performed in Japan, Macau and Singapore. Its works includes The Way of Air - Window, The Way of Air - Empty, The Way of Air - The Metempsychosis of Object and Rite of Spring - Turbulence. The full length version of The Way of Air was presented in Macau and Singapore. In 2008, the company was in residence in Singapore for six weeks and created the critically acclaimed Yellow Monkey in collaboration with three female dancers and the artists collective, COLLECTIVE mayhem.