Founded by choreographer-dancer Eun-Me Ahn in February 1988, Eun-Me Ahn Company is active globally, mostly performing in the US and Europe. Characterized by subtle and special language expressed with the human body, mysterious colors, dynamic energy flowing without unnecessary turns and finally, a touch of humor, Ahn’s dance shows her willingness to go beyond the boundaries of Korean tradition to communicate with the world.

In October 2010, with no planned itinerary, Eun-Me Ahn started a nationwide tour along the roads, scenery and people. Together with four dancers and three cameras, they asked grandmothers they met to dance for them as they toured in the Chungcheong, Jeolla, Gyeongsang and Gangwan provinces and recorded their dance movements. Most of the grandmothers were average Korean farmers in their 60′s, but some were even in their 90′s. 

From these meetings, filmed images in the provinces and reactions of the dancers came out Dancing Grandmothers, a successively tender and hallucinating show for 10 dancers and a dozen amateurs, that combines the energies of all to finally take the audience in the vortex of its energy. A tribute to the ancient times as much as the unalterable vitality of movement. 

The Korean Cultural Center in Hungary presents this wonderful dance performance on 20 and 21 October in the National Dance Theatre Budapest. 

More information: hungary.korean-culture.org