PAMS Link is a program designed to showcase a broad range of performing arts pieces that run concurrently with the Performing Arts Market in Seoul. Through contests, collaborative festival programs and scheduled performances with related organizations, PAMS Link expands the scope of the Performing Arts Market in Seoul and provides an opportunity to experience the varied spectrum of Korean performing arts as well as a glimpse into the rich performing arts infrastructure in Korea. Moreover, Performing Arts Market in Seoul proposes to act as a link between participants and many performing arts groups, allowing them the opportunity to expand their networks even further.
A total of 40 performances were chosen through a competition, and Performing Arts Market in Seoul 2015 participants will be able to watch these chosen performances. Please note, however, that tickets are limited and will be offered on a first-come, first-served availability basis.

Reserving in Advance
To make a reservation on the PAMS 2015 website, log in with the ID and password you chose when registering for the website. Go to [MY PAMS], select the reservation menu, and select the performance and the time slot of your preference. [Reservations Open : 15:00, September 16th]
Reservations are made on a first-come, first-served basis, so if a show is sold out it may not be possible to make any further reservations. You can check your reservations through the [MY PAMS] page.

Reserving On-site
You can also make or change reservations during PAMS 2015 at the PAMS Link Desk. The desk hours are below

Attending Performances
Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the performance start time. You can then show your pass. After your identity is confirmed, you will receive your admission ticket.
 Discounts on Tickets: If you are eligible to receive a discount, you can obtain the discounted amount directly from the venue.

Attention
Reservations for performances on the 3rd (Sat) ~ 4th (Sun), Oct. 2015 must be made in advance.
Reservations for performances on the 10h (Sat) ~ 11th (Sun), Oct. 2015must either be made in advance or through the PAMS Link Desk only.
Tickets are limited and will be offered on a first-come, first-served availability basis.

Contact
Tel : +82-(0)2-708-2275
Email : pams@pams.or.kr

2015 PAMS Link Choice

• 	Line Between ∣ inkBoat / SIDance 2015
  	Oct. 6 (Tue) 20:00 ∣ 60min Sogang University Mary Hall Price : R - 40,000KRW, S - 30,000KRW, A - 20,000KRW / 30% off

  'Line Between' began as an extended conversation between Korean dancer Lee Dohee and Shinichi about the space between waking and dreaming. As with most thematic explorations, 'Line Between' began as a relatively specific investigation, in this case, what is interesting about the space between waking and sleep, and has since blossomed into a multitude of parallel ruminations. We are continuously finding more ‘lines between’ during the creation process. The space between absurdity and the mundane, beauty and terror, dance and theater, shamanism and rock and roll, the iconic and the anonymous- these borderlines have been trod upon during the making of the work.

• 	PETS ∣ Companhia Olga Roriz / SIDance 2015
  	Oct. 5 (Mon) 20:00 ∣ 100min Seoul Arts Center CJ Towol Theater Price : R - 60,000KRW, S - 40,000KRW, A - 20,000 / 30% off

  'PETS' explored the contradictions of relationships between people, the moments of affection and other times. Stories about dominating relationship of codependency among 5 dancers will be on stage. Who is the PETS.

• 	THIS IS CONCRETE ∣ Jefta van Dinther / SIDance 2015
  	Oct. 10 (Sat) 19:00 ∣ 50min Sogang University Mary Hall Price : R - 50,000KRW, S - 35,000KRW, A - 20,000KRW / 30% off

  'THIS IS CONCRETE' is a slow ride. Two men's bodies intermingle with each other incessantly, blurring their boundaries. Infused in a sonic environment of dizzying beats and revolving shadows, the performer’s trip is lengthy, sedated, and coital. The sensual choreography with instinctive gestures, energies and kiss attract audience to the stages. The audience is confronted to relate to the intimacy generated between the two performers, wherein the spectators' voyeuristic position slowly turns into their own trip. The exhilarating study on desire creates new relation between performers and audience.

• 	'ASIA Superposition Showcase' : Collaboration Project of Asia Dance Company ∣ Asia Dance Company / SIDance 2015
  	Oct. 7 ~ 8 (Wed ~ Thu) 20:00 ∣ 60min Gangdong Arts Center Theater Hangang Price : R - 40,000KRW, S - 30,000KRW, A - 20,000KRW / 30% Off

  The Office for Hub City of Asian Culture at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism implemented a national project to establish Gwangju as the Hub City of Asian Culture, carrying out various internationally cooperative projects for the promotion of the Hub City of Asian Culture. ""'ASIA Superposition': Collaboration Project of Asia Dance Company"" is a part of the 'International Exchange Network Project' that seeks to create the basis of an international network of art communities in Asia. Since 2011, this project has researched collaboration methods for Asian dance works and presented showcases as results each year. This year, the project has expanded to a six week residency, carried out by dancers from 14 Asian countries, and a double bill of performances, which will be presented to the public for the first time in connection to Asian Culture Complex in Gwangju. This project aims to form productive discourses about the contemporariness of Asian art, beyond strengthening the cultural international network. Its world premieres, choreographed by Japan's Hiroaki Umeda and Korea's Hwang Soohyun, generate questions of what Asian contemporary dance is, and whether a common cultural identity really exists in Asian dances. On this stage, our contrived and arbitrary classifying system of traditional vs. contemporary, or West vs. East, soon runs into a cognitive limit in defining Asian contemporary arts. In this 'ASIA　Superposition' project, the different dances performed by Asian performers, unable to be described as either ethnic, traditional, modern, contemporary, Eastern, Western or any one word, show its superposed state. It is not an overlap of dance categories, but a superposition of states. The two choreographers of Korea and Japan attempt to explore the realm of Asian dances, which was unable to be classified by the existing cognitive frame.
  
  1) Umeda Hiroaki
  'Consistency over Constancy'
  By using choreography as language to organize and structuralize time and movement, which are equivalent to each other in the choreographer’s works, Hiroaki Umeda explores to realize and systemize beauty of identity from and with individuality, diversity, complexity and symbiosis that Asia has. There are very complex cultures in Asia, and there are as many dances as its cultures. And various dances bring various times in existence. Umeda believes that choreography as language enables to unite diverse times while sustaining individualities, and that choreography as language and dance together can make that happen
  
  2) HWANG, Su-hyun
  'A Real Approach'
  This work, starting from the grand discourse of Asian dance, is a series of questions. What is Asian dance? How many categories could we unify or classify it into? How could a contemporary and not traditional approach be possible? In subjective uncertainty, the focusing point is the individual state of emotion revealed within the whole. Well before Asian dance, I seek to start from the universal emotions of humans that can be communicated, with the thinking that the individual emotion revealed after being stripped of trained dance form could be the key to examining contemporary Asian dance.
  

  TOUR
  TOUR SIZE	Performers	Asian Dancers: 12 Korean Dancers: 5	Staffs	15
  DURATION	60min. ( including intermission x)
  STAGE SIZE	Width:15000m, Depth:16000m, Height:11000m

• 	The Little Prince ∣ Korea National Contemporary Dance Company
  	Oct. 9 ~ 11 (Fri ~ Sun) 16:00 ∣ 90min Seoul Arts Center CJ Towol Theater Price : R - 50,000KRW, S - 30,000KRW, A - 20,000KRW / 50% off

  Taking the motif from Saint-Exupéry‘s novel, 'The Little Prince' is a contemporary dance work that can be enjoyed at all times, by all generations. In order to realize the fantasy shared and imagined by the entire family, it attempts to cross over multiple dimensions. The encounters of the earth with extraterrestrial guests, and of fine arts and what is beyond them will arouse an unexpected beauty, just like coming across a well in a desert. 'The Little Prince' freely transfers its perspective for the moment that a lively imagination reforms the awkward relationships between unfamiliar beings.

• 	4 Seasons ∣ Samir Calixto / SIDance2015
  	Oct. 7 (Wed) 20:00 ∣ 55min Gangdong Arts Center Theater Dreem/Price : R - 30,000KRW, S - 20,000KRW / 30% off

  The Dutch-Brazilian choreographer Samir Calixto is making great steps in furthering his career. '4 Seasons' is a duet to 'The Four Seasons' by Vivaldi. Spring, summer, winter, and fall pass in revue. They stand as a symbol for the turbulence in the history of humanity: birth, evolution, culmination, and decline. '4 Seasons' is a powerful performance in which the baroque opulence of the composition stands in contrast to a collective sense of loneliness. Calixto chooses to let the dance tell its own story; this results in a wonderful combination of dance, music, and imagery. And he received a Swan-nomination ‘most impressive dance production 2013’ for '4 Seasons'.

• 	'N(own)ow' ∣ BluePoet / SPAF
  	Oct. 7 ~ 8 (Wed ~ Thu) 20:00 / Oct. 9 (Fri) 17:00 ∣ 60min Daehangno Arts Small Theater / Price : 30,000KRW / 50% off

  “Now” and “Own” ― What we own
  Five male dancers on the stage
  They express the story only about men.
  
  N(own)ow discusses existential values of men through the story only about men told from the contemporary point of view, “now” and “own.” Instead of an elaborate stage and directing, the performance is immersed in the pure body, sound and language of the physical form, and constantly provokes sensual impulses from within in the absence of visual stimulation. N(own)ow was premiered in 2013 with a Korean dancer and choreographer Hyoseung Ye playing a leading role and four male dancers from Les Ballets C. de La B., a dance company led by a renowned Belgian choreographer Alain Platel; the work was recreated with four new Korean dancers, well known for strong individual styles. Since then, the work has been highly recognized worldwide and invited to several dance festivals in European countries including France and Belgium. The five male dancers express innate weakness behind a façade of strong masculinity and pitifulness laid bare by the absence of woman, recounting a story of male existence, both strong yet weak. "

• 1. Second Nature Dance Company 'Mr. Lost'
  After being pressed to live along the flow of the time, you sometimes look back on and miss what you’ve lost. This work is inspired by Patrick Süskind’s “The Story of Mr. Sommer” where the protagonist Mr. Sommer uttered the line “Please leave me alone, please.” They honestly portray the theme with the mix of raw body movements of hip-hop dancers and modern dance styles.
  
  2. BORN DANCE COMPANY 'White Silence'
  This is a collaborative work of modernized Korean dance and fusion style drumming of Jang-go (traditional Korean drum). This dance shows unique sparks and excitement from an intimate relationship between powerful movements and drum beats. White silence implies various aspects of people’s lives and a spiritual world such as wholeness. Also, it provides audiences with a special feeling like standing under a rain shower.
  
  3. Do you copy, Huston 'Do you copy, Huston?'
  There is no sound , and oxygen. Here , the space out of earth, is inviable.
  We are lost. Now I'm sitting alone on a small space ship.
  Do you copy, Huston? I want to go there.
  Please respond. Huston.
  
  4. Bogyeol∙Dance∙Theater 'The Women Dancing with Wolves'
  We can meet human nature and vitality through wild nature of wolves. It is connected to holy. So, this is the fairy tales story-telling with movement of question about human nature, wild nature, recovery of lost civilization setting at wizard or alchemist`s laboratory.
  
  5. Wise Ballet Theatre 'Blindness'
  “The Mental Blind who cannot Look at the Beautiful World, well, with his eyes being opened.”
  
  6. Morning of Owl 'Harmonize'
  
  

  TOUR
  TOUR SIZE	Performers	Second Nature Dance Company - 3 BORN DANCE COMPANY - 1 Goblin Party - 2 Bogyeol∙Dance∙Theater - 1 Wise Ballet Theatre - 6 Morning of Owl - 6 Choi Ji-yeon Movement - 9	Staffs	15
  DURATION	70 min. ( including intermission )
  STAGE SIZE	Width: 8.8m, Depth: included 15m, excluded 8.5m, Height: 4.3m