He Jin Jang
choreographer/researcher/curator/writer
Degrees & Diploma:
2022 Doctor of Philosophy (In Process): Practice-based Research in Creativity
Transart Institute/Liverpool John Moore University, UK
2020 Teaching Certificate in Franklin Method
Somatic Method based on Dynamic Neuro-cognitive Imagery™, USA
2009 Master of Fine Arts, Dance, Hollins University, USA
2006 Master of Fine Arts, Choreography, University of Michigan, USA
2004 Bachelor of Science, Physical Education: Contemporary Dance
Seoul National University, Korea
Grant & Fellowship:
2024 Theater Works, Artistic Director Fellowship, Singapore
2024 Korea Arts & Management Service, International Project Development Grant, Korea
2024 Arts Council Korea, International Art Network Support Grant, Korea
2023 Arts Council Korea, International Partnership in Support of Arts Creation Grant, Korea
2021-23 Arts Council Korea, Interdisciplinary Creation Grant, Korea
2022 Korea Arts and Management Service, Next Mobility Grant, Korea
2020 Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Grant Support for Online Media Art, Korea
2020 Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Grant for Artists, Korea
2020 Association of Cultural Foundation of Seoul Autonomous Region, Artist Grant, Korea
2019 Arts Council Korea, Creative Experiment Grant, Korea
2018 Korea Arts and Management Service, Excellent International Project Grant, Korea
2017 Arts Council Korea, Creative Experiment Grant, Korea
2016 Korea Arts and Management Service, Korea/Mexico Connection Fellowship, Korea
2015 ARKO Interdisciplinary: Ocent Arts Lab, Recipient of Fellowship, Korea
2012 Webb Bierley, Recipient of Fellowship/Teaching Award, US
2011 DanceWeb – ImpulsTanz, Recipient of Fellowship, Austria
2011 Arts Council Korea, International Exchange Grant, Korea
2010 Arts Council Korea, International Residency Grant, Korea
2009 Arts Council Korea - International Residency Grant, Korea
2004-6 Rackham Merit, University of Michigan, Recipient of Fellowship, US
Residencies:
2024 Walking & Art @ Gibraltar Point, Recipient of Residency, Canada
2021-22 Saison Foundation, Recipient of Residency, Japan
2018 Laboratorio Condensación, Recipient of Residency, Mexico
2015 Living Lab @ Danginlee Power Plant, Recipient of Residency, Korea
2014-15 Fresh Tracks, New York Live Art, Recipient of Residency, US
2011 National Center for Dance - Moving Dialogue, Recipient of Residency, Romania
2009-11 Movement Research, Recipient of Residency, US
2009-10 The Field FAR Space, Recipient of Residency, U
Performance/Exhibition:
the flowing.
2023 ProSeries @ University of Calgary, Canada
2021 Seoul International Dance Festival, Korea
Slow Carnival World
2023 Platform-L Live Arts Program, ARKO Interdisciplinary Arts, Korea
I bet you’d put that on
2022 Obscene Space, ARKO Interdisciplinary Arts, Korea
You cannot disinvite X-being
2021 Seogang Marry Theater, ARKO Interdisciplinary Arts, Korea
Weekly Weakly
2020 Movement Research at the Judson Church, USA
2020 ONSU GONGGAN, self-produced exhibition, Korea
Microhabitat Body: Last Words
2020 Seoul International Dance Festival, Korea
2019 Oil Tank Culture Park, ARKO Experiment Showcase, Korea
Dreamdreamsdream-space
2018 Zaha Museum, Mongyooinwang Exhibition, Korea
Microhabitat Body
2017 Oil Tank Culture Park, ARKO Experimental Showcase, Korea
WashScratchWalk
2017 Walk: Platform in Move, Third Space, Korea
living without ( )
2017 Movement Research at the Judson Church, US
2017 Seoul International Improvisation Festival, Korea
Drifting Body
2017 Knowing Dance More, UARTS Philadelphia, US
2016 Museum of Art, Seoul National University, Korea
2015 Artist’s House, ARKO Transdisciplinary Ocean Art Lab, Korea
migrant-self the speed of a door
2016 World Dance Alliance Asia Pacific, Korea
2016 MODAFE International Dance Festival, Korea
2015 MOOOVED Performance Relay, Korea
2015 Fresh Tracks Performance, New York Live Arts, US
2013 Faculty Concert, American Dance Festival, US
2013 4 BY 1, American Dance Festival, US
2013 Eleanor D.Wilson Museum, Hollins University, US
2013 Exhibition, Cycle~, US
2012 Fall Dance Concert, Hollins Theatre, US
2012 Spring Movement, Center for Performance Research, US
2012 Movement Research at the Judson Church, US
2012 Underexposed Series, Dixon Place, US
The artist is absent.
2015 Fresh Tracks Showing, New York Live Arts, US
Dance for 1
2015 Living Lab @ Danginlee Power Plant, Korea
BODYLAND
2015 Living Lab, Danginlee Power Plant, Korea
Ethical Goodbyes
2014 Outpost Artists Resources, US
2014 Grounds for Sculpture, Outlet Dance Project, US
2014 Spring Dance Concert, Hollins Theatre, US
Tantalizingly empathetic (an embodied poem on distance)
2014 Route 11 Dance Festival, US
2013 Fall Dance Concert, Hollins Theatre, US
uncanny of the uncanny
2014 Spring Dance Salon, Botetourt Studio Theatre, US
Practice of being together
2013 Fall Dance Concert, Hollins Theatre, US
we all will be dreaming
2013 Tinker Series, Roanoke Ballet Theatre, US
2013 Midnight Showing, Botetourt Studio Theatre, US
Of the presence of “us-ness”
2013 Spring Dance Concert, Hollins Theatre, US
Practice of cost-effectiveness
2013 Spring Dance Salon @ Botetourt Studio Theatre, US
silence replaced:
2012 Pop-up Performance, One Arm Red, US
2011 Atelierul de productie, Moving Exchange, Romania
2008 Congress on Research in Dance, US
Movement Study on “no to self-editing”
2011 Fall Dance Concert, Hollins Theatre, US
Sealed in Stone / Switzerland
2011 Musikfestival Bern "Flucht", Volkshochschule, Switzerland
2006 Betty Pease Studio Theater, US
Dis-re-pair / Mexico
2011 Performatica, UDLAP auditorio, Mexico
2010 American Dance Festival Faculty Concert, US
2010 Something Else Gets Made, Center for Performance Research, US
2010 Movement Research at the Judson Church, US
2010 P.A.N. INSTALLAION #3, Page Not Found, US
2010 The Little Theatre, Dixon Place, US
2010 Ulla’s House Salon, US
2010 AUNTS Show, The Event Center, US
2010 Seoul International Choreography Festival, Korea
2009 DUMBO Dance Festival, John Ryan Theatre, US
Dear sil(stitched)ence
2010 Association of Performing Arts Professionals, Movement Research at the Judson Church, US
2010 Green Space Blooms Festival, US
2009 Fantasy Generator Residency Showing, US
2009 The Field EAR Residency, The Kitchen, US
open skin inscribed
2008 MFA Concert, American Dance Festival, US
2008 Congress on Research in Dance, US
Do Not Lean on Door
2009 Movement Research at the Judson Church, US
2008 Draftworks, American Dance Festival, US
2008 DUMBO Dance Festival, US
2008 Im_flieger, WUK, Austria
2008 CJ Young Competition Semi-Final, Korea
Collaboration & Co-creation:
Meta-Community (Working Title)
2024 Arts Council Korea Museum, Korea
We need 9 dance songs, SERIOUSLY
2024 Changwon Sculpture Biennale, Korea
2023 Presented at Audio Visual Pavilion LAB, Korea
Collaborative Exhibition, Co-created with Jaelee Kim, Jee-Ae Lim
Navigating Uncertain Terrain with Generosity
2024 Presentation @ SummerWorks Festival, Canada
2024 Presentation @ Anthologies Assembly, Transart Institute, UK
2023 Shared at Seoul Dance Center & Online, Canada, Korea
Co-created with in-between space lab: Heidi Strauss, Marie France Forcier
Ghost Shower
2021 Presented at the Apple App Store, Korea
Conceptual Project on Social Choreography & App Development, Co-created with Bittnarie Shin,
Minkyung Lee, Seyoun Jeong, Sumi Jang
Entanglement Residency
2020 Presented Online & Virtual Space, Korea
Conceptual Project on Telepathic Score, Co-created with Jaelee Kim and Jeeae Lim
Judson Drama
2020 Presented in the city of Seoul & at the Apple App Store, Korea
Performance & App Development, Co-created with Byungjun Kwon, Sungchool Kim,
MU:PYoungran Suh, Abhijan Toto, Minkyung Lee, Sumi Jang, Seyoun Jeong, Remi Klemensiewicz
Piece with gabs for each other
2018 Presented at Laboratorio Condensacion, Mexico
Performance, Co-created with Martin Lanz, Ursula Eagly, Koji Setoh, Arely Perez, Ana Paula Camargo
Mirror Neuron Salon
2017 Presented at Seoul Dance Center, Korea
Performance, Co-created with Ursula Eagly
we all will be dreaming
2013 Presented at Roanoke Ballet Theatre & Botetourt Studio Theater, US
Performance, Co-choreographed with Jesse Zaritt
Available
2011 Presented at Temps d’Image Festival & National Museum of Contemporary Arts of Bucharest,
Romania
Performance, Co-choreographed with Cosmin Manolescu and Gabriella Maiorino
*Other Professional Experiences:
Curatorial Experience:
2021 Co-curator of Brick-Break Platform Residency, Arts Council Korea Theater, Korea
2021 Co-curator of Unthinking Theater Series, Arts Council Korea Theater, Korea
2017 Co-curator of Seoul International Choreography Workshop, Seoul Dance Center, Korea
2016 Curator of Choreo-lab, Korea National Contemporary Dance Company, Korea
2015 Co-curator of MOOOVED Performance Relay, Korea
2010 Co-curator of Dance on Film Festival, Movement Research, US
Dramaturgical Experience:
2021 Dramaturg of Yunkyung Hur’s Project, Neurodiversity Study on Dramatization of Skin, Korea
2019 Artistic Consultant of Ursula Eagly’s Production, Our Epithelium, USA
2019 Dramaturg of Aesoon An’s Production, Cross Parallel, Korea
2018 Dramaturg of Eunkyun Lee’s Production, aboutdance vol. 2: TOLD YOU SO, Korea
2017 Dramaturg of James Cousin Company’s Production, Rosalind, UK
2016 Dramaturg of Korea National Contemporary Dance Company, Cross Cut, Korea
Selection Panel & Juror Experience:
2023 On-site Evaluation Team, Seoul Street Art Creation Center, Korea
2022 Selection Panel of Seoul Dance Center-K3 Hamburg Exchange Program, Korea
2021 Selection Panel of Seoul Dance Center-K3 Hamburg Exchange Program, Korea
2021 Selection Panel of Re:Search Grant, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Korea
2021 Selection Panel of Seoul Dance Center Residency Open Call, Korea
2018 On-site Evaluation Team, First Art Grant, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Korea
2017 Selection Panel of Seoul Dance Center International Exchange Program, Korea
2017 Selection Panel of Seoul Dance Center International Residency Open Call, Korea
2016 Selection Panel of Seoul Dance Center-Movement Research Exchange Program, Korea
2015 Selection Panel of Seoul Dance Center-Movement Research Exchange Program, Korea
2015 Selection Panel of Scholarship Audition, Seoul Tanz Station, Korea
2014 Selection Panel of Immigrant Artist Project, New York Foundation for the Arts, US
2013 Selection Panel for Spring Movement, Center for Performance Research, US
Professorship:
2016-2023 Part- time Adjunct Professor of Dance
: Seoul Art Institute, Kyunghee University, Sungshin University, Sungkyungwan University, KookMin University, Jeonbok National University, Seoul National University of Education, Korea
2015 Master Lecturer
: University of the Arts, Philadelphia, US
2012- 2014 Full- time Assistant Professor / Assistant Director of Master of Fine Arts Program
: Hollins University, US
2011 Full-time Visiting Assistant Professor
: Hollins University, USA
More Teaching / Mentoring / Advising Experiences:
2024 Workshop: What is Artistic Research, Korea National University of Arts, Korea
2023 Workshop: Navigating Uncertain Terrain with Generosity, Seoul Dance Center, Korea
2023 Movement Workshop, University of Calgary, Canada
2023 Movement Workshop: Porous Research, Sinchon Arts Space, Korea
2022 Workshop: Weekly Weakly, Saison Artist in Residence, Online Workshop, Japan
2019-21 Mentor of MFA Program, University of the Arts Philadelphia, Korea
2019-21 Mentor of Choreo-lab, Asian Cultural Center, Korea
2021 Workshop: Visceral Body, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Korea
2021 Co-teaching Workshop: Failing, Falling, Arts Council Korea Theater, Korea
2021 Teaching Workshop: Weekly Weakly, Sinchon Arts Space, Korea
2019 Workshop: Weekly Weakly, Seoul Dance Center, Korea
2019 Workshop: Choreography, Choreo-lab, Asian Arts Center, Korea
2019 Artist’s Statement Workshop, Seoul International Choreography Workshop, Korea
2017 Choreographic Assemblage, Seoul International Choreography Workshop, Korea
2018 Univeridad de las Americas Puebla, Guest Artist: Contemporary Technique, Mexico
2017 Contemporary Technique, Centro de Produccion de Danza Contemporanea, Mexico
2016 Master Class on Composition, Korean National Contemporary Dance Company
2015 Improvisation, Seoul Tanz Station, Korea
2014 Mentor of Immigrant Artists Program, New York Foundation for the Arts, US
2014 Contemporary Technique, Route 11 Dance Festival, US
2013 Contemporary Technique & Composition, American Dance Festival, US
2013 Contemporary Technique & Improvisation, ACDFA Mid-Atlantic, US
2013 Anderson University, Guest Artist: Contemporary Technique, US
2011 Performatica Festival, Faculty: Contemporary Technique & Improvisation, Mexico
2011 Carolina Friends School, Masterclass: Improvisation, US
2013-11 Dance New Amsterdam, Modern Guest Artist: Contemporary Technique, US
2010 Doekwon Arts High School, Guest Artist: Improvisation, Korea
2010 American Dance Festival, Faculty: Improvisation, US
2010 Movement Research, Faculty: Stage/Page Your Silence with Embodiment, US
2010 Keimyung University, Guest Artist: Contemporary Technique & Composition, Korea
2010 Pasha Dance company, Guest Artist: Improvisation, Korea
2008 ACDFA Mid-Atlantic, Faculty: Contemporary Technique, US
2008 University of Michigan, Guest Artist: Contemporary Technique, US
2008 American Dance Festival, WFSS Teacher: Contemporary Technique, US
2007-08 Hollins University, Adjunct Faculty: Modern Technique, US
2006-07 HoonJung Dance Academy, Guest Artist: Modern Technique, Korea
2004-06 University of Michigan, Graduate Student Instructor: Modern Technique, US
Public Talk & Lecture:
2023 in-between space lab, Talk: Research Sharing, Korea-Canada
2022 Nothing Theater, Talk at Symposium: Technic for ( ), Korea
2022 Saison Foundation Online Research Residency, Online Research Sharing, Japan
2020 Choreo-lecture @ Seoul Dance Center, Lecture: The choreographic, The curatorial, Korea
2020 Arts Council Korea, 2020 Creative Experiment, Lecture: Microhabitat Body, Korea
2019 Dongsung Arts Space, Lecture: Choreographing Radical Listening, Korea
2017 Knowing Dance More Series, Performance Lecture: Drifting Body, US
2012 Feminist Pop-up Festival, Hollins University, Panel Speaker, US
2011 CLASSCLASSCLASS, Panelist of There is nothing neutral about bodies, US
Conference & Publication:
I want you to read these last words out loud
2022 Publication of Gidaran Publisher, Open & Read Flatten Choreography
Dance, Weakness, and Weird Performance
2022 The Korean Society of Dance, Kookmin University, Korea
“CREATIVE PRACTICE OF DANCE FOR CO-EXISTENCE AND RESILIENCE”
Microhabitat Body Tool Box
2019 Publication of He Jin Jang Dance, Korea
Drifting Body: A Choreographic Questioning on Refugee Body
2015 Korean Society of Dance Science, Seowon University, Korea
“CHANGES IN TRENDS OF ARTS AND CULTURE AND THE CHALLENGES OF DANCE”
Drifting Body
2016 World Dance Alliance Asia Pacific, Seoul Cyber University, Korea
“GLOBAL AND LOCAL INTEGRATION THROUGH DANCE”
Sealed In Stone (2006): The Dance Work Inspired by the Volcanic Eruption of Pompeii)
2007 Bristol Institute for Research in the Humanities and Arts, University of Bristol, UK
“RUINS AND RECONSTRUCTIONS: POMPEII IN THE POPULAR IMAGINATION”
*Plenary Session