Hwayeon Nam

Nam's essay film "Dancer from the Peninsula" revolves around the archive of legendary Korean dancer Choi Seung-hee (1911-1969), who lived a controversial life of being pro-Japanese during the Japanese colonial era and later defecting to North Korea.

A dialogue-free dance exercise in an empty warehouse in Busan becomes a meditation on the physical impermanence of the body.

Nam's essay film "Dancer from the Peninsula" revolves around the archive of legendary Korean dancer Choi Seung-hee (1911-1969), who lived a controversial life of being pro-Japanese during the Japanese colonial era and later defecting to North Korea.

A dialogue-free dance exercise in an empty warehouse in Busan becomes a meditation on the physical impermanence of the body.