29th Critics' Choice Dance Festival, Lee Haeni: EGG.jpg & Kim Wonyoung: Crossing

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# Critics' Choice Dance Festival 2026 **A new standard in dance. Be the first to feel what's next.** Now in its 29th edition, *Critics' Choice Dance Festival 2026* brings together 8 choreographers — handpicked by leading dance critics — to premiere brand-new works on the main stage. These rising masters have built their own creative teams and taken full ownership of their productions, presenting eight world premieres made exclusively for this festival. This model of complete artistic independence has already launched some of Korea's most respected contemporary dance figures and companies. Now the next generation steps forward, offering audiences a front-row seat to where Korean dance is heading. Follow the **New Standard** set by eight choreographers, each with a distinct vision. Every single work is a premiere — making this the most exciting and essential snapshot of Korean contemporary dance right now. --- **Solve the Maze!** Navigate from START through all 8 works to END — a journey through the eight worlds of this year's festival. Pick up the printed maze in festival brochures and postcards, distributed in early May at major Seoul theaters, independent bookshops, and Daehangno cafés. Solve it to unlock a ticket discount. --- ## EGG.jpg *Lee Haeni (Artistic Director, Haneesh Ballet) — 2025 Outstanding Choreographer* Where life begins. Where nothing has taken shape yet. Boil it and it's a snack. Crack it and it's a meal. Tag it and it's data. It can become anything — but the moment it's saved as **.jpg**, it's fixed as a single image. A body that is chosen, packaged, consumed. Or left behind, becoming nothing at all. *EGG.jpg* lives somewhere in between. Lee Haeni studied dance at Ewha Womans University and began her career with Ballet Blanc. She won the Grand Prize at the Korean Ballet Association's New Choreographers Competition (2021) and was named Outstanding Choreographer at Critics' Choice (2025). She is currently Artistic Director of Haneesh Ballet. --- ## Intersection *Kim Wonyoung (Dance Company Ultimate)* *"Has our sense of time ever truly run at the same pace — even once?"* *Intersection* starts with a question about Chronos — the universal, physical time that applies equally to everyone. Through movement, it traces how a single fleeting moment transforms into entirely different waves within each person's life. The work strips away the illusion of "shared time" and makes visible the psychological time-lag that opens up in its place. Bodies occupying the same space, the same moment — yet each d

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These promotional images from the organizer are in Korean, shared here for visual reference.