Knotting the Time
From Dongji to Haji, a story of women woven with dance and song
- DateOct. 7–8, 2022 (FRI–SAT)
- Time(FRI) 19:30
(SAT) 15:00, 19:00 - PlaceTheater 2
- Age LimitMust be 8 or older
- Seating320 seats
- Price KRW 20,000 for all seats Discounts +
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- Contact+82-1899-5566
- Duration90 min
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Introduction
From Dongji to Haji, a story of women woven with dance and song
A beautiful performance created by Pai Sam-shik, Choi U-zong, and Jung Young Doo
A beautiful performance created by Pai Sam-shik, Choi U-zong, and Jung Young Doo
< Knotting the Time > examines the lives of women through nature's time. It is structured around the 24 fortnightly periods (jeolgi), which cycle endlessly and create order for the lives of humans. Through the changes in scenery and traditional practices brought by these fortnight periods, it reveals the stories of women, buried within each section of time, "knotted in heart," and "buried in the ages." In these hungry and cold days, punctuated with back-breaking farm work, women snicker with mean joy, miss the times that they spent with those who are not here anymore, or enjoy a moment's respite with a bite of a peach while listening to the sound of the rain. Through that, we find the traces of our mothers and grandmothers in the days past.
The lives of these women, who live in harmony with nature, are expressed through the meeting of genres as well. The story, music, and dance respect and embrace each other, and function side-by-side to create a single, beautiful performance. The dream team of the foremost figures of contemporary art in each field—written by Pai Sam-shik, music by Choi U-zong, and directed and choreographed by Jung Young Doo—shape the lives of the women and their changes across the seasons into a single performance.
The lives of these women, who live in harmony with nature, are expressed through the meeting of genres as well. The story, music, and dance respect and embrace each other, and function side-by-side to create a single, beautiful performance. The dream team of the foremost figures of contemporary art in each field—written by Pai Sam-shik, music by Choi U-zong, and directed and choreographed by Jung Young Doo—shape the lives of the women and their changes across the seasons into a single performance.
Synopsis
From the long night of Dongji (Winter Solstice), when "things dearly and achingly missed come down after long absence," to the night of the "short and dreamy night" of Haji (Summer Solstice), this performance weaves together the images of women living in the ups and downs of life in the 24 jeolgi through dance, song, and performance. The mother who turns her "cracked face" to the sleeping children in the "frozen-stiff" Sohan (Lesser Cold) was once a woman who "welcomed the spring into her heart" in Ipchun (Beginning of Spring), and even before, was once a girl who listened to her grandmother telling the stories of the past on Hansik (Day of Cold Food), "eating cold rice while the furnace stayed cold." These stories capture the images of women who have felt the seasons and periods through their bodies and hearts.
Lines from <Knotting the Time>
Dongji (冬至, Winter Solstice)
The days past
and the ones who went far away,
names that could not return,
things dearly and
achingly missed
come down after a long absence
...
Dongji, the long night.
lights come together and
quietly raise their wicks.
and the ones who went far away,
names that could not return,
things dearly and
achingly missed
come down after a long absence
...
Dongji, the long night.
lights come together and
quietly raise their wicks.
Cheongmyeong (淸明, Day of Pure Brightness)
At the back of the house, next to the fence,
a paulownia tree stands.
My father, after I was born,
had planted this Phoenix tree
When paulownia blooms,
doves fly away.
When paulownia blooms,
I think of my father.
a paulownia tree stands.
My father, after I was born,
had planted this Phoenix tree
When paulownia blooms,
doves fly away.
When paulownia blooms,
I think of my father.
Haji (夏至, Summer Solstice)
Fresh young women,
fragrant darkness,
taken in big mouthfuls,
soaked in rain,
soaked in nectar.
...
That dreamy night,
Endlessly, endlessly,
the summer rain falls,
in that short night,
the night that is past,
the night of Haji.
fragrant darkness,
taken in big mouthfuls,
soaked in rain,
soaked in nectar.
...
That dreamy night,
Endlessly, endlessly,
the summer rain falls,
in that short night,
the night that is past,
the night of Haji.
Creators
Direction and ChoreographyJung Young Doo
"An artist who investigates the secrets of time and shape"
- Representative of the Doo Dance Theater
Productions
< With >, Changgeuk < King Lear >, < In the Land of Punctuation >, < A Seventh Man >, < Unreachable >, < Dawn >, < POST APT >, < Symphony in C >, < Fugue >, music theater < A Song of Dewdrops >, < 無・音・花 Silent Flower >, < Craving for More > and < Incompatible Yet One >, etc.
Awards
- Choreographer Award, Artist of the Year by monthly magazine Mom (2005)
- Yokohama Dance Collection Solo and Duo Competition (2004)
- Yokohama Arts Foundation Prize and the French Embassy Prize for Young Choreographer
ScriptPai Sam-shik
"Tracing the low voices"
- Playwright
- Professor, Korea National University of Arts
Productions
< March Snow > < Woman coming from far away >, < Drama: A Record of Yeolha >, < 1945 >, < A Song of Dewdrops >, < Hwajeonga >, Changgeuk < King Lear >, etc.
MusicChoi U-zong
"The world opens by listening"
- Professor, Seoul National University
- Former artistic director of the TIMF Ensemble, an artist group in residence at the Tongyeong International Music Festival
Productions
Prelude for Piano, opera < Love Letter >, < Arriving on the Waters Like the Moon >, < 1945 >, musical < Gwangju >, music theater < A Song of Dewdrops >, < Chuseon >, etc.
Awards
Seoul City Culture Award, Today's Young Artist Award, etc.
Stage DesignPark Eun-hye
- Current adjunct lecturer at Yong In University
Productions
< Sette Minuti >, < Hamlet >, < When You Arrive at the Other Side of the Night >, < Floating Island >, < Seven Beats >, < I'M SO TIRED >, < Next Step >, < Sejongjo Hoeryeryeon >, < Voice >, < Jeokbyeok >, < North Korea Gayageum >, < Pipe City at Seoul Street Arts Festival >, < YEOWOORAK FESTIVAL >, etc.
Lighting DesignChoi Boyun
- Current lighting designer with STAGEWORKS
Productions
Play < Red Leaves >, < R&J >, < Hwajeonga >, < The History Boys >, < Waning Crescent, or the Way You Remember the World >, < I am a Murderer >, musical < The Tale April Fools >, < Goodbye, Yi Sang >, etc.
Awards
- The 54th Dong-A Theatre Award Stage Art Award (2017)
- The 3rd Seoul Actors Award, Staff Section, Lighting (2016)
- The 34th Seoul Theater Festival, Stage Art, Lighting (2013)
- Stage DirectorKim In-sik
- ProducerOh Hansol
- Assistant ChoreographyLee Chae-eun
- Assistant Music DirectorHwang Kyungeun
- Choir DirectorKim Ji-yeon
Cast
Singer
Jeongga
Kim Nari
Seodo Minyo
Kim Mu-bin
Pansori
Jo Ahra
Dancers
Kim Dan-woo
Jang Seo-yi
Kim Jung-soo
Lee Chae-eun
Jo Hye-rim
Kwak Daheen
Byun Sumin
Music
Daegeum
Park Myeong-gyu
Clarinet
Lee Seung-hoon
Percussion
Kim Jun-su
Piano
Hwang Kyungeun
Accordion
Kim Somi
Chorus: Songwon Elementary School Choir
Son Eun-bin, Jo Yeonu, Im Yerin, Park So-yeon, Park Ju-eun, Lee Do-yeon, Yoo Ria, Lee Yeong-yun
Place Info.
ACC Theater, Theater 2
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