Parallel Cross
Parallel Cross
February 16, 2019
Premiere February 16–17, 2019, Arko Arts Theater, Seoul International Tour October 25, 2022, Posthof – Zeitkultur am Hafen, Linz, Austria (Tanzhafenfestival 2022) Korea-Austria 130th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations
Emotions, memories, and movements intersect in parallel, transcending time and space. There exists a pure body and movement that does not overtly point to anything. The work begins by searching for the external events that have been triggered—or the emotions and affects they have produced. Through this process, the body and its movement never remain in a single state; they continue to transform.
Choreography
Ahn Aesoon
Performers
Kang Jin-an, Oh Seol-young, Lim Jung-ha, Cho Hyung-jun, Choi Min-sun, Heo Hyo-seon
Animation
Umehara Takahiro
Animation Retouchin
Logan Shakes
Video
Park Hoon-gyu
Music
Jang Young-gyu
Live Performance
Jung Jong-yeop
Dramaturgy
Jang Hye-jin
Costume Design
Lim Seon-yeol
Stage Set Production
Mudanhengdan
Lighting Design
Ryu Baek-hee
Stage Management
Cho Eun-jin
Promotional Video
Lim Jung-eun
Graphic Design
Jeon Yong-wan
Producer
Sim On
Funding Support
2018 Arts Council Korea Creation Center Program
Note
Presented by Ahn Aesoon Company

About the Work
"Emotions, memories, and movements that intersect in parallel across time and space."

There exists a body and movement that point to nothing externally—a pure state of corporeality and motion. The work begins by tracing the external events that trigger movement, as well as the emotions and sensations they evoke.

Throughout this process, the body and movement never remain fixed in a single state; they continually transform. From primordial movement to the emotions that summon it, and further into imagined dimensions, these elements do not exist separately but intersect and run in parallel.

The piece is composed and structured through cinematic editing techniques—continuity editing, classical editing, and thematic editing—translating filmic montage into choreographic form.

Review
"Choreography is not dance after documentation, but an act that constructs a space where the parallax between dance before documentation and dance composed simultaneously with documentation becomes present—a space that becomes the audience's perception itself."
— Kim Min-kwan, Artscene