Hyoung-Taek Limb
Fri.–Sat. 29–30.09.2023, 19:00
The Grotowski Institute
Tickets
Language: Korean, with Polish and English captions
On 29th September the show will be followed by a discussion with the director hosted by Nikodem Karolak, the director of InlanDimensions International Arts Festival
Tue.-Wed. 03-04.10.2023, 18:00
Radom Powszechny Theatre
Tickets
Language: Korean, with Polish and English captions
On 3rd October the show will be followed by a discussion with the director hosted by Nikodem Karolak, the director of InlanDimensions International Arts Festival
Medea runs away with her lover, Jason, and has two children with him. However, Jason leaves her and marries Glauce, the daughter of Creon, to further his quest for power. Burning with anger, Medea takes revenge on Creon and Glauce — but this also breaks her own heart and leads to her destroying herself in the end. Mixing in Shakespearean bravado, contemporary dance, traditional Korean music pansori and even some emotive Korean soap opera Jeong-ga, Limb divides Medea into two characters: mother and lover, consequently referring to the theory of simulacra (avatars), creating an original theatre piece between East and West.
Artists
Hyoung-Taek Limb is a former professor of Theatre Directing & Acting at Seoul Institute of The Arts and the Artistic Director of Seoul Factory for the Performing Arts in Seoul, Korea. He used to work as an artistic director of LITE or Laboratory for International Theatre Exchange, Inc. based in New York. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Yonsei University, a M.A. in Theatre from Dongguk University and a M.F.A. in Theatre Directing from Columbia University School of the Arts. He was chosen as the Theatre Artist for the Next Millennium by Korea Times in New York, 2000 and won the Best Directing award at the 19th Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre in 2007. As an artistic director, Limb’s theatrical activities are strongly focused on actors’ movement and voice coordinated with live music. His artistic productions are loosely adapted from classical works of Oriental and Occidental plays with contemporary perspective. Limb has also been working as an actor for several plays and films in U.S. and Korea. He was a member of Screen Actors Guild of America. He is currently working as an artistic director for several festivals including Suwon-Hwasung Festival in Korea, India Sarang Festival in Korea and PADAF(Play and Dance Arts Festival). His most prominent works include: Medea and its Double toured worldwide (La Mama Theater in New York, Santiago in Chile, Cairo in Egypt, Chennai in India, Moscow in Russia, Shizuoka World Theatre Festival in Japan); Hamlet_Avataar (a collaboration between Korea and India premiered in Seoul in 2014); Three Sisters Lost in Time (premiered in Seoul in 2004 and toured to Warsaw in Poland and New York); as well as other intertextual pieces, such as: The Cherry Orchard_Comedy Nostalgia, The Idiot and The White, La Dispute, etc.
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Credits
Hyoung-Taek Limb
Eurypides
Hana Cho, Sabina Yoon
Jieon Lim
Tae Jin Chung
Sohee Kim, Jaekyung Moon, Jin Hwi Kang, Sung Won Lee, , Su Yeon Lee, Yoo-Jin Baek
Kyungro Yoon
Soyee Kim
Seok Young Bae
Soonhwa Choi
Dahye Lee
CINE LEE
Kim Jee Hyun
JeongTae-jin
Yeowoon Kim
Jee Hyun Kim
2006
85 min
Seoul Factory for the Performing Arts
Arts Council Korea
