Category: Bereishit Dance Company
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Preview: ‘Korean Contemporary Dance Company Bereishit Makes Its Pittsburgh Debut’
‘The name “Bereishit,” Hebrew for “in the beginning,” implies the process of creation, writes Park via email: “Creation of a piece is like the creation of a world.” The company will present two of Park’s creations blending contemporary dance with traditional Korean music. “I learned contemporary dance from Western culture,” writes Park. “For me, [Korean]…
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Pittsburgh Dance Gazette Preview: ‘Bereishit Dance Company to Present an Evening of Firsts in Pittsburgh’
‘Founder and artistic director Soon-ho Park said he was thinking not about the physical but the “mental or spiritual strangeness and harmony” in “Bow,” a duet. “Archery needs physical and mental strength both. Through the archery, we can see ourselves deeply. Actually the piece was made for myself,” he said by email. That process has…
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The Arts Journal Review: ‘Connecting and Levering’
‘The tremendously skilled and focused dancers approach many of their movements as if these were tasks to be appraised and tested. Their rhythms are full of pauses, and they explore the contrast between slow, drawn-out moments and slashes of dancing so rapid that you can’t be sure what you’ve seen.’ Read the full review here.