{"id":21504,"date":"2026-04-28T16:30:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/actfestival.com\/22-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T10:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T09:07:14","slug":"22-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/actfestival.com\/en\/22-2\/","title":{"rendered":"22 After Hardship Comes Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_custom\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_2 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-separator size_custom\" style=\"height:35px\"><\/div><div class=\"w-image has_ratio align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:100%\"><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/actfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/22-1024x170.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><b>June the 5th,\u00a0 18,00 TEATRO BARAKALDO ANTZOKIA<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><b>Cia: Kim Siwon<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Korea<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1a1a1a;\"><b>22\u2019<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Dance<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Choreography and Performance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Kim Siwon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Music:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Yoo Harim<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a work that holds the phrase \u201cafter hardship comes joy\u201d inside the body and delays it. In the process through which life becomes dance, and dance returns once again to life, I seek to find the reason why this repetition can continue.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Artistic Intention<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The goal I set for myself as an artist this year is to create prolifically. But what conditions make prolific creation possible?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I cannot yet call myself an experienced artist. However, while creating seven works in the latter half of 2025, I came to understand one thing clearly. Works that began from the need to release something, or from the impulse to express a powerful inspiration, gradually moved in a direction that exhausted me. A working method dependent on the intensity of emotion or the force of a particular trigger began, through repetition, to function as a way of emptying myself out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In 2026, as I committed myself to creating many works, one method I discovered was to allow everyday life to become dance. Rather than beginning from a special event or heightened emotion, I began to search for the starting point of my work in the movements and rhythms of life that repeat every day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">If life itself can be offered as a work, then prolific creation is no longer a goal, but a natural consequence. The increasing number of works becomes a secondary achievement. What matters more is a state in which life is not depleted, but instead becomes more abundant. This work began from that attitude and direction, and stands as the starting point of a longer series of works that will continue throughout 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div><div class=\"w-socials color_brand shape_square style_default hover_fade\"><div class=\"w-socials-list\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June the 5th,\u00a0 18,00 TEATRO BARAKALDO ANTZOKIA Cia: Kim Siwon Korea 22\u2019 Dance Choreography and Performance: Kim Siwon Music: Yoo Harim \u00a0 It is a work that holds the phrase \u201cafter hardship comes joy\u201d inside the body and delays it. 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