Eun-Me Ahn

Important milestones in Eun-Me Ahn´s life.

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1963 - Birth in Republic of Korea

1974 - Begins to dance, initiates herself to Korean shamanic practices, discovers the work of Isadora Duncan and western countries contempo- rary dance

1986-1992 - Dances with Korean Modern Dance Company and Korean Contemporary Dance Company in Séoul

1989 - Graduated from Seoul E-Wha University
1994 - Departure for New York City. Graduated from Tisch School of the

Arts

1999-2000 - Receives Manhattan Foundation for the Arts Award and New York Foundation for the Arts Award

2001 - After several visits to the Pina Bausch Festival à Wuppertal, she presents three solos from the Tomb there.

2001-2004 - Returns to live in South Korea where she is appointed Artis- tic Direcor of Daegu Metropolitan City Dance Company for which she creates, amongst others The Little Match Girl and Sky Pepper

2002 - Choregraphy of the Fifa World Cup opening ceremony in Daegu in South Korea

2007 - Creation of Symphoca Princess Bari, a choreographic adaptation of a Korean legend, that will be presented at Seoul ARCO Art Center in Korea, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Festival in Germany, BOZAR in Belgium, Edimburgh Autumn Festival in Scotland...

2011 - Creation of Dancing Grandmothers, a work inspired by the ges- tures of Korean old ladies.

2018 - Creation of Norht Korea Dance
Eun-Me Ahn becomes associated artist to Théâtre de la Ville-Paris