Inky Lee

is a South Korean artist living in Berlin. She creates poems, performances, songs, videos and body decorations. After studying dance in Massachusetts, London and Arizona, she seeped into the practice of writing about bodies in performative and personal arena. Her writings appeared at platforms such as The Performance Club, Time Out NY and FLAUT Magazine. From September 2020 to February 2021 Inky Lee's texts on tanzschreiber.de are also published under the experimental writing platform Right Now.

Through the Bodies

8. May 2023, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
and
EN

A.PART Festival 2023 … macht Radau, taking place at ada Studio from 5-7 and 12-14 May, presents works by Berlin’s dance students and alumni. Each weekend introduces works of a different group of artists. Inky attends the opening night, which consists of five performances and a feedback circle.

My Body, My Choice

17. April 2023, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
and
EN

“Virtual S*Exploration” (for ages 14+), conceived by Jakob* and Christo Schleiff, utilises technology and VR to discuss the topic of sexuality. It premiered at FELD Theater für junges Publikum on 15 April 2023 with further performances until 18 April.

The Colourful World of Lightness

6. March 2023, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
and
EN

“LUFT” is a dance performance for the audience from age three and up, created in collaboration between Nir de Volff and Theater o.N. It premiered at DOCK 11 on 2 March 2023. The theatre bustles with the energy of excited children on the Sunday afternoon of 5 March, when Inky attends the last show.

Treading through sticky power dynamics

22. February 2023, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
and
EN

Two Swedish choreographers of two different generations, Mats Ek (b. 1945) and Alexander Ekman (b. 1984), share a total of six evenings of performances (Three in February and three in March) at Deutsche Oper. “A Sort Of…” by Ek and “Cacti” by Ekman is performed by Staatsballett Berlin and premiered on 16 February 2023.

The Landscape of Dreams

9. January 2023, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
and
EN

TANZTAGE BERLIN 2023 >>> “Pariyestan: Tails of Sisters, 青蛇+白蛇: 緣起” by Parisa Madani invites the viewers into the world of dreams and fantasies. This “durational collective dream meditation” took place at Sophiensæle from 10 p.m. on 7 January to around 5 a.m. on 8 January 2023 in the frame of Tanztage Berlin.

Revenge, Rest, Repair

23. October 2022, Inky Lee

Language:
EN

Ligia Lewis poses questions about destructing pre-existing plots and reconstructing new ones in “A Plot / A Scandal”, which premiered on 20 October 2022 at HAU Hebbel am Ufer.

Don’t Wait

24. February 2020, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
and
EN

Out of the four days of the T.E.N.T. PALACE MINI-MEGA FESTIVAL (DOCK 11, 20 – 23 February, 2020) Inky Lee attends two evenings and relates on the ways T.E.N.T. ‘host dreams, desires, and basic necessities.’

Hello Death

7. February 2020, Inky Lee

Language:
EN

Enis Turan glamorously stages his own death in “Club27”, a co-production with HAU Hebbel am Ufer.

Long Black Hair

17. January 2020, Inky Lee

Language:
EN

Inky Lee embarks on a hairy journey, inspired by Areli Moran’s “La Postal de nuestra Existencia,” in which Moran becomes the goddess of ‘Hair, hair, long beautiful hair!’

“La Postal de nuestra Existencia” premiered at the Sophiensæle on 16 January 2020 within the frame of Tanztage Berlin.*

Berlin-Cool

11. January 2020, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
and
EN

“Sarabande” by Sasha Amaya, and “Tricks for Gold (T4$)” by Frida Giulia Franceschini premiered at the Sophiensæle on 8 January in the frame of Tanztage Berlin 2020.

Hands

19. December 2019, Inky Lee

Language:
EN

Four deaf performers, Steve Stymest, Jan Kress, Rita Mazza, and Athina Lange, create a musical, “Vier”, using the richness and diversity of German Sign Language and Visual Vernacular to access music from a different angle. “Vier – A Visual Musical in Sign Language” premiered 17 December 2019 at Sophiensæle.

Breathing Space

10. December 2019, Inky Lee

Language:
EN

In the month of November 2019, Lake Studios Berlin offered “Double Bill Residency” to support the creation and the presentation of works by Grace Euna Kim – “Dance Party (the apocalypse is disappointing)” – and Agnė Auželytė & Stephen Doyle – “Undone (a breath score)”. The works premiered on the 6^th December at Lake Studios Berlin.

Hyphenated Identities

26. November 2019, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
and
EN

With “Dance workshop Afrotrap” and the performance “Un truc d’ouf” hosted at Ballhaus Ost, performance collective La Fleur asks questions about the mixed identities of Europeans of African descent.

What the Body Remembers

14. November 2019, Inky Lee

Language:
EN

In “Fan de Ellas”, premiering at Sophiensæle, Catalina Fernández, Juliana Piquero, and Alex Viteri dialogue with ‘three Latin American heroines’ through movement, soundscape, and objects.

The Golden Creature

18. October 2019, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
and
EN

In “Melancholía,” a co-production by HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Josep Caballero García / Queerpraxis create a sensual world of play where gender and ethnic identities are obscured.

The Choice to Fail

8. October 2019, Inky Lee

Language:
EN

As the final installment of Natal Igor Dobkin’s workshop “My worst performance ever – A Queer Performance Workshop”, part of the Hibernation Party at Raumerweiterungshalle 5 – 6 October, four participants share their works.

No Names, Just Numbers

13. September 2019, Inky Lee

Language:
EN

In “Say My Name, Say My Name”, by Olivia Hyunsin Kim / ddanddarakim and premiering at the Sophiensaele, an immersive world of futuristic designs is created through which Kim attempts to hold a mirror up to the past.

Where Are You From?

6. September 2019, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
and
EN

In Auf meinen Schultern, premiering at Ballhaus Naunynstrasse, Raphael Hillebrand shares the story of how he navigated his brutal exclusion from society through spoken word, dance, sound, and video.