Magpie Preview: ‘In the Beginning: What Bereishit Tells Us About Modern Dance’

Bereishit Dance Company is heading to the NYUAD Arts Center this week, performing ‘Judo’ and ‘Balance and Imbalance’ on November 28!

‘Bereishit combines a contemporary dance tradition that is very obviously Western with an ancient Korean musical heritage based on percussion. Here’s Soon-ho on why this is a natural fit: “Contemporary dance is a special genre in communication. In recent years I have been thinking to combine this with the universal musicality of percussion in choreography. Percussion instruments can communicate emotionally. When the musical characteristics of percussion which can instinctually and emotionally communicate are in harmony with the dance, the contents of the work and the intention can be reflected very well.”’

Read the full preview here.