SIDance (Seoul International Dance Festival) is a regular international festival, hosted by Seoul Section of CID-UNESCO (president: LEE Jong-Ho). Ever since it was first held in the year 1998, it has now reached its 21st hold in 2018. It is made through close tie and collaboration with government organizations such as Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, as well as foreign governments and embassy of each country stationed in Korea. After elected as the co-president of AAPAF(Association of Asian Performing Arts Festival), it now represents the Korean dance art scene, positioning as a representative performance art festival in Asia. By doing so, SIDance aims to foster exchange between dancers and performances, organizes co-production and tour and performs perfectly as a leading entity of cultural exchange. Moreover, by collaborating with international performance art festivals, such as Mexico Festival Internacional Cervantino, France Festival Montpellier Danse, Singapore Arts Festival, etc., it is also taking the role of spreading out the excellence of Korean performance art throughout the world.

Date | Oct. 2- Oct. 20, 2019 | |
Location | Seoul Arts Center, Sogang University Mary Hall, CKL Stage, KOUS, The Oil Tank Culture Park | |
Hosted by | Seoul Section of the International Dance Council CID-UNESCO | |
Organized by | Organizing Committee of SIDance 2019 | |
Supported by | ||
18 Countries 58 Companies 50 Programs | ||
Focus Violence 11 Countries 11 Companies 10 Programs | Belgium | Ultima Vez |
Korea | Art Project BORA | |
Sweden&UK&Germany&Spain | Svalbard Company | |
Czech/Norway | Nela Hustak Kornetova | |
Denmark | Mette Ingvartsen | |
Denmark-Korea | Lee Jung In Creation X Black Box Dance Company | |
Norway | Tony Tran & Antero Hein | |
Japan | KEDAGORO | |
USA | Solo Magic/Jade Solomon Curtis | |
Luxembourg | Anne-Mareike Hess | |
International Performances 4 Countries 6 Companies 8 Programs | Italy | ALDES/Roberto Castello |
Spain/UK | Humanhood | |
Canada | Compagnie Marie Chouinard | |
Spain | Paula Quintana | |
Italy | Francesca Foscarini | |
Italy | Andrea Costanzo Martini | |
Domestic Performances 12 Companies 12 Programs | Korea/Spain | A thousand hands and A thousand feet |
Korea | Who’s Next I | |
Korea | Who’s Next II | |
Korea | Korean Dance – Traditional Dance Market | |
Korea | A Peaceful Reign, Greetings to the New Crop of the Year | |
Cooperative Collaboration 6 Countries 10 Companies 5 Programs | Vietnam & Tanzania & Rwanda & Mexico | Asia & Africa & Latin America Dance Exchange 2019 |
Denmark-Korea | Changsin-dong | |
Denmark-Korea | Two-women-machine-show + Jonathan Bonnici + Yujin Kim | |
Events | <Workshop>, <Talks>, <Other Events> etc. |