탈-dissociation, 2026
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performance Yooha Cheon
various decoupled shoes, latex dress shirt, blue-indigo light
“De-dissociation” (탈-dissociation) traces the psychic and sensorimotor textures of a body performed by and developed in intimate and intercultural collaboration with Yooha Cheon’s spiritual/psychic relations to birthplace (서울/Seoul). Questioned are postcolonial and post-DMZ (Korean Demilitarized Zone) cultural phenomena which complicate notions of origin and psychological categorization/diagnosis in globalized techno-culture amidst rippling wakes of empire (Japanese, United States). A series of solo dance scenes responds by negotiating an “East-West dichotomy” with cyborgic and spiritual overlay, unfolding a choreography of corporeality and its possessions vs. decompositions. The performance researches dissociation not as psychiatric DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) pathology/retreat but as a site of wonky attunement amidst aesthetic contours and atmospheres of Gen Z joy and horror.
The performance emerged after three years of personal advising/mentorship of Yooha during each semester of study and coursework at School for New Dance Development. Its initiation and rehearsal in 2025 were supported in Berlin by Erasmus+, Academy of Theatre and Dance, & Theaterhaus Berlin and a residency/showing occurred at DANSEatelier with additional support from Dansehallerne (Copenhagen).
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