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Nulhui Dance Company

'Nulhui' in pure Korean term means the zenith of a whirlwind.

This is significant for the passion and effort of Myung Sook Kim's Nulhui members simultaneously as developing dance methods stepping forward to strive for the zenith in Korean Dance while aiming for international recognition.

Honor Professor Myung Sook Kim, Department of Dance, Ewha Womans University, being the main core of the group, founded the Nulhui Dance Company in 1996. This dance company, is well known for attempting different approaches by crossing over art genres and presenting the main model in fusion art. Professor and Art Director Myung Sook Kim integrates lyrical and naturalistic dance forms with other art genres such as literature, visual art, installation, film to evoke and give pleasure to the audience in terms of sight and sound. The Nulhui Dance Company attempts to fulfill the ascending artistic standards of the general public and at the same time extends its boundaries by introducing new methods in dance such as integrating it with other forms of art.

Nulhui Dance Company¡¯s main productions include over 30 choreographic works such as Sackdongnomo (1996), Shingongmudohaga (1998), Fountain (2000), A Moving Mountain (2001), A Love Song of a Butterfly (2003), I Do Not Know (2005), Sang¡¤Sang (2006), Honmoodarye (2008), The Smile of the Sky (2011), and Sang¡¤Sang¥² (2012), Maze (2013), I¡¤Fly (2014), The realm of Buddhism (2015), Space of Time (2016), Sand¡¤Picture (2016).

Such performances caused a new sensation. Nulhui Dance Company excels in the world of Korean creative dance by continuously introducing new directions by working with the serene and dynamic qualities of Korean dance, simultaneously as emphasizing subtlety and passion. These traits prepare Nulhui most evidently to an international audience.

Nulhui Dance Company's international performances include the Asia Society's performance in New York, and the Philadelphia Dance Association in 1999, in Paris, France invited by Galerie Gana-Beaubourg in 2002, the New York University invited performance in 2005, 100th Anniversary of the Patriotic Martyrdom of Lee Jun, the Netherlands, the Hague in 2007. All these performances received outstanding remarks praised for presenting inherent Korean qualities in dance. Notably, in 2009 the company was invited for a performance at the Asia Society in New York 10 years after its first performance in 1999, making it the only Korean dance company to be invited twice. In 2012, the company was invited by UNESCO in Paris to represent the essence of Korean dance.

Also, ¡®Space, The Infinite Possibility¡¯, which began from the year of 2002, became the fields of cooperation of young artists of fine arts, music, installation, image. Especially, it has shown creative works through the cooperation with world famous installation artist, Wooram Choi and Jeonga SeonWoo, and has made young choreographers leading the future.

Nulhui Dance Company has made graceful stages through steady works and presented creative works to almost perfection, so that the company gained much recognition as a Korean representative creative dance company domestically and globally.