DREAM RITUAL

DREAM RITUAL

A dance journey through sleep and into the subconscious inspired by the Korean tradition of buying and selling dreams.

Acclaimed London-based Korean artist Bongsu Park has joined forces with choreographer and dancer Jinyeob Cha to create Dream Ritual, an otherworldly dance performance inspired by the Korean tradition of buying and selling dreams. Together, Park and Cha take the audience on a journey through the stages of sleep and the subconscious.

Dream Ritual is rooted in the tales of dream transactions Drst encountered in the Samguk Sagi, the oldest surviving chronicle of Korean history. Cha’s character Munhui buys a dream and becomes a shaman who travels to the collective unconscious where she encounters the dreams of others. Quotes from real life dreams – donated via Park’s website – are projected on to sweeping folds of organza which represent the arcs and ripples of a typical sleep brainwave. Jinyeob Cha travels along and between the curved line of fabric, her ritualistic choreography swirling and earthbound. haihm’s ambient soundtrack includes Deld recordings of aboriginal dream ceremonies.

In the Print Room studio running alongside the performance of Dream Rituals is an exhibition of a selection of Bongsu Park’s video works, part of her ongoing exploration of dreams, mythologies and the cycle of life.

Dream Ritual

The Coronet Theatre

3 - 6 July

Concept & direction : Bongsu Park
Choreography & performance : Jinyeob Cha
Sound design : haihm

The Coronet Theatre, 103 Notting Hill Gate, London, W11 3LB

• Performance : 3 Wed - 6 Sat July, 7:30 pm
  Main Auditorium
  Tickets: £20, £18 (concessions £17, £15)
  
• Video exhibition : 3 Wed - 6 Sat July, 6:30pm & 9:30pm
  The Print Room
  Free entry

Book tickets : thecoronettheatre.com/whats-on/dream-ritual/
Box office 020 3642 6606

Help us : crowdfunder.co.uk/dream-ritual