Joh Seong-joo

Joh Seong-joo

Artistic Director of LIG Art Hall/LIG Arts Foundation
Graduated from the Physical Education Science Department of Ewha Womans University with a major in Dance in 1988, and entered the Kim Hyun-ja Chum Academy the same year and completed studies there in 1990. Later, she studied theatre directing in the Dept. of Performance & Visual Media of the Graduate School of Arts, Chung-Ang University, completing the curse in 2009. After the debut of her first work of choreography in 1990, Joh pursued a successful career as a contemporary dance choreographer and dancer. After being active as a member of the Puri Dance Theater and Dance Theater ON, she formed Dance Dance Company JohPark in 1997, serving as its representative and creating numerous unique works. After leaving the company Joh worked as a choreographer for theater and musicals and also wrote scripts for musicals. In addition to these activities as an artist, Joh served as administrative director for the Korea International Dance Event (1995) and the SIDance (Seoul International Dance) (1998) gaining further experience in production. After serving as a visiting instructor at the School of Performing Arts and Media, College of Arts, Chung-Ang University and as resident choreographer of Theatre Company TuuL, in 2006 she was appointed Artistic Director of LIG Art Hall, where she is energetically directing her passion for the arts curiosity in its diversity to the job of supporting the arts as a principle figure in a non-profit theater director.