Description:

Solo performance by Dohee Lee followed by a film screening of Mark Kaplan’s Village vs. Empire.

Dohee Lee’s short solo performance sets the stage for this film about the interconnections of the past, present, and future. In the film, Lee is the “spirit” guide for a cinematic exhumation of the entanglement of militarism on Jeju Island with ecological devastation and cultural survival.

Reception to follow.

Other events during Dohee Lee's residency:

May 7, 9 and 11 - Student workshops in movement and storytelling.

May 12 - MU - Group performance with students and the Global Pungmul Institute

About Dohee Lee
Korean diasporic multimedia performance artist Dohee Lee will be artist in residence at Northwestern from May 5-12, 2018. Born on Jeju Island, South Korea, Lee trained at the master-level in music and dance styles rooted in Korean shamanism. Since moving to Oakland in 1998, she has become an award-winning traditional and contemporary arts performer, collaborating with Kronos Quartet, Anna Halprin, and many others. A 2018 recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Lee weaves her multiple virtuosities in drumming, dancing, and singing into immersive ritualized theatrical creations.

Dohee Lee's residency is co-sponsored by The Alumnae of Northwestern University, Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities, Asian American Studies Program, Critical Studies in Theatre and Performance Cluster, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program, Initiative for Comparative Race and Diaspora, and the Interdisciplinary PhD in Theatre and Drama.