Korean Screens: Solo for EKL

Presentation

Solo for EKL could be interpreted as the multi-facetted portrait of a woman. Or maybe what we see is a performer blurring her identity by portraying different characters. Be it in Korea or in Belgium, society requires you to play distinct roles according to the circumstances. Everyone only has a social, thus limited, view of others. Thomas Hauert and Eun-Kyung Lee have created a solo about the endless movement through the multiple faces of the self. This kaleidoscopic yet fluid identity translates in pure choreographic tasks as well as in shifting behaviours and ways of addressing the audience. For the spectator, the need to constantly readapt to who he/she «sees» creates a mental movement. A dance of sorts. Eun-Kyung Lee, who lives and dances between Korea and Belgium, has observed and incorporated aspects of both cultures. In her, they fuse in a single identity, just like the juxtaposition of baroque arias and traditional Korean music gives birth to a new whole.