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Mondavi Center Presents

Bereishit Dance Company

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Drawing from many sources, including street dance and martial arts, Korean dance company Bereishit Dance presents two Mondavi Center premieres: Judo and Balance & Imbalance.

Through dance and rhythm, Judo shows how sports can mediate and transcend our inner turmoil. It reflects competition, cooperation, conflict, and harmony in society.

In Balance & Imbalance, dancers seamlessly partner and then hurtle through space, employing the laws of physics to illustrate the constantly turning wheel of opposition and harmony at the heart of all relationships. The piece is set to traditional live Korean percussion and pansori, a kind of musical storytelling

Founded in 2011 by acclaimed choreographer Soon-ho Park, the company is known for their contemporary approach to traditional Korean culture with work that beautifully connects the forms and themes of sports and traditional arts.

DIGITAL PROGRAM (PDF)

Run time is approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes with an intermission

A dance battle executed with the explosive force of gymnasts and the smooth exactitude of a K-pop boy band. 

The New Yorker

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  • Season Sponsor The Nancy and Hank Fisher Family Fund

    The Nancy and Hank Fisher Family Fund

Three Bereishit dancers performing on stage. One dancer is upside down, being supported by the other two.

With a tranquil efficiency running through even the knottiest, most acrobatic sequences

The New York Times

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Bereishit Dance Company performs on stage with two people holding up one person
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Bereishit Dance Company performs on stage
Three Bereishit dancers performing on stage. One dancer is upside down, being supported by the other two.
Two Bereishit dancers performing on stage, wearing black outfits. One dancers is leaping over the other.
Three Bereishit dancers on stage, with two of them holding up the third in the air.
Bereishit dancers on stage in red lighting, jumping and doing flips in the air.
Bereishit dancers on stage, standing in a line with their hands on each other's shoulders. The dancer in front is facing the rest of the group, holding another dancer horizontally by the waist.
Bereishit dancers dressed in all black, dancing on stage. One dancer standing in the background, with his back to the camera.
Group of dancers dressed in all black, dancing on stage with their arms out and looking towards the ceiling.
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