Sunbee was born in Seoul, South Korea, where she obtained a BA and MA in Dance & Dance Film from Han Yang University’s Arts Faculty. In 2009, she also won the gold medal at the Dong-A National Dance Competition – the most prestigious dance prize in South Korea.

 From 2007 to 2010, Sunbee danced with Garimda Dance Company in Seoul and in 2011 she joined the London-based Henri Oguike Dance Company, receiving critical acclaim for her first performances in the UK in Oguike’s V4.

In February 2014, Sunbee was featured as Dancer of the Month in ‘Dancing Times’, which was the first major interview of a Korean dancer in this magazine(UK). Sunbee Joined Shobana Jeyasingh Dance company with Strange Blooms in 2013 and working with SJD with various projects until 2020.

Since 2018 She brought the K-Pop Dance phenomenon to Portugal with a series of sold-out workshops in Museu do Oriente and She has been conducting for the K-POP DANCE WORKSHOP NATIONAL TOUR 2021.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JACK THOMSON

EDUCATION

2009  BFA in Contemporary Dance. 1st Class. Valedictorian of Fine Arts Faculty. Han Yang University, Seoul, S. Korea.
2013  MA Dance specializing Dance Film. Han Yang University, Seoul S. Korea

AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS

2009  Gold Medal in Contemporary Dance Female senior Category at the 39th Dong-A Dance Competition 

2014  UK DANCE MAGAZINE ‘DANCING TIMES’ - DANCER OF THE MONTH (FEBRUARY)

TEACHER’S CERTIFICATE

2009 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION & HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Secondary School Teacher (Grade 2) of Physical Education : Elementary and Secondary Education

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE  

2012 

Dancer for Henri Oguike Dance Company. Creation of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and re-staging of White Space. UK Tour Spring                                                                                                

Teacher for Improvisation & Contemporary partnering at ProArt Festival 2012, Brno Czech Republic

2013

Dancer for Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company. Creation of Strange Blooms. World premier at Queen Elisabeth Hall, London

Dancer for Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company, Too Mortal in the Dance Umbrella Festival, London.

2014 

Dancer for AVA Dance Company. Creation of Provisional Landscapes. World Premier at Lilian Baylis, Sadler’s wells, London

Choreography and Dance for HANDANCE. Creation of ChinmilHAN  Dance en PlaceS Festival2014. World Premier at Eurythmie Theatre, Montauban France 

Teacher for Master Class, Dance en PlaceS Festival2014, Montauban France

Dancer for La Verita Dance Company, Creation of CV, Heidelberg Germany

2015

Teacher for Shobana Jeyasingh Master class – Venice , Italy (Fondazione Giorgio Maggiore)

Dancer for Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company. Strange Blooms at Queen Elizabeth Hall ,London

Dancer for Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company. Trespass – Anatomy Theatre, King’s Building, London  

Dancer for Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company. Creation of Bayadere -The Nineth life . World premier at Linbury Studio, Theatre Royal Opera House, London

2016

Dancer for Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company collaboration with the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Dance Biennale in Venice 2016 ‘Outlander’– Venice, Italy

2017 

Dancer for Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company- The Ninth life – Bayadere- Sadler’s Wells, London, UK

 2018

BBC4 Documentary- Danceworks - ‘Choreographing history’ 

Jury of the K-POP Festival in Portugal 2018

Dancer for Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company - Contagion- British Library- London, UK

2019

K- POP DANCE WORKSHOP - Museu do Oriente, Lisbon , Portugal (March - June)

Dancer for Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company- Staging Schiele – Queen Elisabeth Hall

Jury for K-POP COVER DANCE Festival in Portugal 2019

2020

Guest Artist - OPERA DU RUIN & Shobana Jeyainsh Dance  ‘Until the lions’ – MULHOUSE – FRANCE 

K-POP DANCE WORKSHOPS - POSITIVENOMAD STUDIO (ERICEIRA)

2021

K-POP DANCE PERFORMANCE - FESTA DA CULTURA COREANA – MUSEU DE LISBOA – PALACIA PIMENTA

K – POP DANCE PERFORMANCE – NOITA DA CULTURA COREANA - CULTUREGEST - LISBOA

JURY & PERFORMANCE FOR THE K-POP DANCE COVER FESTIVAL 2021 - LISBOA

SOLO PERFORMANCE ‘CELEBRATION OF 60 YEARS OF RELATION PORTUGAL AND SOUTH KOREA – BOM JESUS DO MONTE - BRAGA

CONDUCTING ‘K-POP DANCE WORKSHOP NATIONAL TOUR 2021’ – EMBAIXADA DA COREIA & POSITIVENOMAD STUDIO –

PORTO, BRAGA, SETUBAL, FARO, MADEIRA - PORTUGAL

2022

GUEST TEACHER - PERFORMACT - TORRES VEDRAS

K-POP DANCE WORKSHOP - MUSEU DO ORIENTE -LISBOA

K-POP DANCE POP- UP WORKSHOP - LISBOA

DIRECTOR OF POSITIVENOMAD STUDIO - ERICEIRA

2023

KING SEJONG INSTITUTE LISBON - K-POP DANCE WORKSHOP

NEW JEANS - MV ‘SUPER SHY ‘ PRO DANCER’

k-pop dance workshop national tour 2021