HANDANCE

BIOGRAPHY 

Born in Seoul, South Korea.

BA / MA DANCE HANYANG UNIVERSITY, SOUTH KOREA 

UK resident since 2011, I dance with Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company and Henri Oguike Dance Company, creating and performing new major works by both. The press has recognised my achievements with mentions for my dancing in the Guardian and Telegraph(Oguike) and Independent(Shobana).

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. 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2015

Dancer for Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company. Creation of Bayadere -The Nineth life . World premier at Linbury Studio, Theatre Royal Opera House, 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
Dancer for Balbir Singh Dance Company. Trespass ♯II, Play of Percentages, Stage@Leeds 2013

Dancer for Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company. Creation of Strange Blooms. World premier at Queen Elisabeth Hall, London
Reprise of Too Mortal in the Dance Umbrella Festival, London.

Teacher for Improvisation & Contemporary partnering at ProArt Festival 2013, Brno Czech Republic Dancer for Henri Oguike Dance Company. World premier of V4 with Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Queen Elisabeth Hall, London.

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

2011

Choreographic Assistant to Isira Makuloluwe. Acclaimed choreographer and director based in London and Lisbon. 

BIOGRAPHY 

BFA in DANCE Fine Arts Faculty. HAN YANG University,Seoul , S. Korea.

Sunchun chose television to promote dance in his country.

He was a finalist of Dancing 9, a televised competition on MNet channel to primetime. It has a lot of fans and occurs throughout Asia sold out. He is the youngest player of the TED conferences in South Korea, an example for young Koreans. He has also performed as a role of angel in Musical 'Kinky Boots'.

AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS

2015 Beijing International Ballet & Choreography competition Silver Awards (Dancer for Hyuk Jin Jun) - No Gold Prize

2013 Selected in AYAF (ARKO Young Art Frontier in DANCE)

2012 SCF (Seoul International Choreography Festival) Best Dancer Awards

2010 Gold Medal in Contemporary Dance Category at the 40th Dong- A Dance Competition

2010 1st Prize in Contemporary Senior at the 7th Seoul International Dance Festival 

2007 1st Prize in Contemporary Dance Category at the Han Yang university Dance Competition

2007 Silver Medal in Contemporary Dance Category at the 37th Dong - A Dance Competition