Putting Emotion into Dance
May J Lee |
TEDxSNUSalon
• May 2019
We usually explain our emotions usually by words. However, the emotion expressed by words is limited by language; Americans cannot understand Korean and vice versa. In contrast, non- verbal expressions are not limited by the language we use. We can fully express and communicate our emotions through body language and facial expressions. Therefore, dance, the assembly of gestures and expressions, can be a universal language of feelings. May J Lee, the choreographer of ‘One Million’ Studio, feel and communicate with the world through dancing. May J Lee has a lot of experience making dances and expressing the emotion of songs through those. For example, the dance of song ‘Kkot-gil(꽃길)’ made by her expresses the feelings of lyric - gratitude to parents. May J Lee will show how she expresses the emotion of the song and the audiences will be greatly inspired by May J Lee’s idea about the expression of emotion.