Sin Cha Hong
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Sin Cha Hong is a noted modern dance
r, choreographer, vocalist, and writer from South Korea
. She is acknowledged as South Korea's first avant-garde
dancer, and has been credited as that nation's premier performance art
ist.http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/index.php?Itemid=695&id=2637&option=com_content&task=view
She lived and worked in the United States from the late 1960s until 1990, founding the Laughing Stone Dance Company (웃는돌 무용단) in New York City
in 1981.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE6DD1E39F931A35751C1A965948260 She returned to live in South Korea in 1990. She has collaborated with the gayageum
player Hwang Byungki
. She also studied meditation
for 30 years, and is known as a meditation master.
Modern dance
Modern dance is a dance form developed in the early 20th century. Although the term Modern dance has also been applied to a category of 20th Century ballroom dances, Modern dance as a term usually refers to 20th century concert dance.-Intro:...
r, choreographer, vocalist, and writer from South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
. She is acknowledged as South Korea's first avant-garde
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
dancer, and has been credited as that nation's premier performance art
Performance art
In art, performance art is a performance presented to an audience, traditionally interdisciplinary. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation. The performance can be live or...
ist.http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/index.php?Itemid=695&id=2637&option=com_content&task=view
She lived and worked in the United States from the late 1960s until 1990, founding the Laughing Stone Dance Company (웃는돌 무용단) in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
in 1981.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE6DD1E39F931A35751C1A965948260 She returned to live in South Korea in 1990. She has collaborated with the gayageum
Gayageum
The gayageum or kayagum is a traditional Korean zither-like string instrument, with 12 strings, although more recently variants have been constructed with 21 or other numbers of strings. It is probably the best known traditional Korean musical instrument...
player Hwang Byungki
Hwang Byungki
Hwang Byungki is the foremost South Korean player of the gayageum, a 12-string zither with silk strings. Hwang is also a composer and an authority on Korean sanjo, a form of traditional Korean instrumental music....
. She also studied meditation
Meditation
Meditation is any form of a family of practices in which practitioners train their minds or self-induce a mode of consciousness to realize some benefit....
for 30 years, and is known as a meditation master.