Young Sun Lee received an MFA in Dance from the University of Illinois-at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) (USA) with a Creative and Performing Arts Fellowship and a full scholarship. During the three-year program at the UIUC, she taught Jazz, ballet, and modern dance as a graduate teaching assistant. Lee has a BA in English Language and Literature from Hannam University (Daejeon, Korea) and studied three quarters in the same major at Seattle Pacific University (WA, USA) on an exchange student scholarship. She was also accepted to the graduate program in Choreography at the Korea National University of Arts (Seoul, Korea) with a scholarship and completed the coursework. She had physical training with and worked for numerous int'l artists across disciplines and built her original artistic voice out of the multi-disciplinary approach. Her works have been presented both in Korea and the United States at the venues such as Hanguk Performing Arts Center(Hanpac)(Seoul), Insa Art Gallery (Seoul), Kennedy Center(DC), Ford Amphitheater(LA), Blumenthal Performing Arts Center(NC), and Krannert Center for Performing Arts(IL). They include Snail Series (Snail I-III), Young Sun Lee, Fish on a Tree in a Little Pond, Wallpaper, Afternoon Illusion, Solitary Room Talks to Me, Annoying, Homer & Apple, Subsidence, & etc. Her solo, Young Sun Lee was selected to represent the UIUC at the 2010 American College Dance Festival Association (ACDFA) Conference and was adjudicated to perform for the Regional and National ACDFA Gala Concerts. Lee was also a finalist for the 2010 Dance Magazine's Best Student Performance/Choreography Award with the same piece. In 2012, she performed for an hour-long solo dance collection, Homemade & Organic, selected as a 2012 Next Generation Performing Artist by Hanpac(Seoul). The performance was reimagined in 2013, supported by Ansan Arts Foundation. After completing a month-long artist residency awarded and funded by the Djerassi Resident Artists Program (CA), she founded this organization. (Pls look at Announcement/Current News for the latest activities)
Additional Information
June 2011
Appeared in Video/Photo Presentation
in Professor Rebecca Nettl-Fiol’s Book,
Dance and the Alexander Technique
Appeared in Video/Photo Presentation
in Professor Rebecca Nettl-Fiol’s Book,
Dance and the Alexander Technique
May 2002
Translation of non-fiction Princess by Jean Sasson from English to Korean, Munhak Segyesa, Seoul, Korea
Translation of non-fiction Princess by Jean Sasson from English to Korean, Munhak Segyesa, Seoul, Korea