Kisaeng becomes you (2009) from love romantic poems for my wife Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 38 min 95 sec ✓ Published: 09-Jul-2011
Description: Kisaeng becomes you was based on my chance encounter with 500 year old “love” poetry written by kisaeng (artist/courtesans of Korea’s Joseon Dynasty). It lead to a recognition of the enduring relevance of traditional expressions of emotion and how, given the appropriate translation, cultural otherness, and distance, both geographic and chronologic, disappear. The work was a collaboration with modern and Korean traditional dance choreographer, Yoon Jin Kim, and it rehearsed and premiered in
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