Min Kyoung Lee
From Sweet and Tender
Min Kyoung Lee 이민경 was born and grew up in Seoul, Korea. She studied Philosophy at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, before starting her dance training at Unitec Institute of Technology in Auckland, New Zealand. Since graduation in 2003, Min has been working as a performer and dance/performance maker in New Zealand and Europe.
In her works, Min has been interested in dance in its experiential state (with works titled as Did She Dance On Stage / Untitled / Untitled 2 & 3) and psychology in relationship (All and Only For My Dancers / Three Wives, Meditation, and Motion Sickness), especially around political issues (How Long It Takes to Convert Gary to Communism / Know Myself or Thyself / The Station of Conviction).
Min is a recipient of Akademie Schloss Solitude Fellowship (2007-2008), DanceWEB Europe scholarship (2006), Creative New Zealand Professional Development Funding (2006), and Unitec School of Performing Arts Scholarship (2001-2003).
Contact: min_00000@yahoo.com
(CV and Photographs below)
Own Choreography / Performance / Film
Did She Dance On Stage, solo dance performance, Stuttgart, Germany, 2008
The Station of Conviction, installation performance, Fetish & Consumption Performance Night, Stuttgart 2008
Meet Me at the Stairs, performance, Romer V, Stuttgart 2008
Three Wives, Meditation and Motion Sickness, a short film, Wellington, 2007
Guns’n Roses, performance in collaboration with Guiherme Garrido & Tommy Noonan, Maus Habitos, Porto, Portugal, 2006
Untitled 3, performance installation, Maus Habitos, Porto, Portugal, 2006
All and Only For My Dancers, research presentation with dance performances, Late Night Choreographers, Auckland, 2005
Know Myself or Thyself, performance installation, InvAsian, Auckland, 2005
Being Somebody, interdisciplinary dance performance, Late Night Choreographers, Auckland, 2004
Untitled2-Dance is Elsewhere, dance performance, Unitec Graduation, Auckland, 2003
How Long It Takes to Convert Gary to Communism, interdisciplinary performance, Unitec, Auckland, 2003
Untitled, dance performance, Unitec, Auckland, 2002
Engagements in Performance
Idiot Cherche Village, direction by Thomas Ferrand, Paris, France, 2008
Survival of a Solo, choreography by Anna MacRae, Vienna, Austria, 2008
7 Commendments for Becoming Contemporary, dance/theatre by Arvand Ashtray & Sara Reiheni, Tehran, Iran, 2008
Bones, choreography by Paul Young, Auckland, New Zealand, 2007
Delire Defait, choreography by Benoit Lachambre, Seoul, Korea, 2007
Opus Dei, choreography by Lemi Ponifasio/Mau, Auckland, 2006
( )Scape, choreography by Julia Milsom, Auckland, 2006
No Such Place, choreography by Lisa Densem, Wellington, 2005
Magic Box, choreography by Alexa Wilson, Late Night Choreographers, Auckland, 2004
All About Me, choreography by Clare Luiten, Auckland, 2004
Capturing Twilight, video/audio/physical improvisation experiment, with Ed Davis, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2004
Woven, a dance video, directed by Clare Luiten, New Zealand International Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Greece), 2004
Woven, choreography by Clare Luiten, Auckland, 2003.
Engagements in Choreographic Workshop
Happiness, choreography by Alyx Duncan, Auckland, New Zealand, 2006
Black Milk, choreography by Douglas Wright, Auckland, 2005
Fellowship Workshop, choreography by Shona McCullagh, Leigh, New Zealand, 2005
Black Wi(n)dow, choreography by Carol Brown and design by Dorita Hannah, Wellington/Wanganui, New Zealand 2004
Scholarships and Grants
Akademie Schloss Solitude Fellowship, Akademie Scholss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany, 2007-2008
Asia New Zealand Foundation grant for the creation of ‘Three Wives, Meditation, and Motion Sickness’, a short film, 2007
DanceWEB Europe Scholarship, ImPulsTanz festival participation, Vienna, Austria, 2006
Creative New Zealand grant for Professional Development in Europe, 2006
Dorothy Daniels Dance Foundation grant for Professional Development in Europe, 2006
The Todd Trust grant, Professional Development in Europe, 2006
Creative Community grant for ‘InvAsian’, an Interdisciplinary Performance and Installation event, Auckland, 2005
School of Performing and Screen Arts Scholarship, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, 2001-2003
Yanghyunjae Scholarship, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea 1993-1996
How long it takes to convert Gary to Communism, 2003
Untitled 2: Dance is Elsewhere, 2003
Untitled 2: Dance is Elsewhere, 2003
Know Myself or Thyself, 2005
Untitled 3, 2006
Three Wives, Meditation and Motion Sickness, 2007
Three Wives, Meditation and Motion Sickness, 2007
The Station of Conviction, 2008
The Station of Conviction, 2008
Did She Dance On Stage, 2008
