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Thu 22 Oct
|The Coronet Theatre
Boram Kim: Gwantong 18
Korean choreographer Boram Kim, founder of Ambiguous Dance Company, performs Gwantong 18, his gruelling 70-minute solo in eighteen sections, in its only run outside Korea. Expect stamina, dark humour and a dancer reckoning with what a life in performance costs the body. One for contemporary dance fans and anyone curious about Korea’s boundary-pushing choreographers.
Time & Location
22 Oct 2026, 19:30 – 24 Oct 2026, 20:40
The Coronet Theatre, The Coronet Theatre, 103 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3LB, UK
About the event
AN EXHILARATING DANCE SOLO. A BODY PUSHED TO ITS LIMIT.
Gwantong – to pierce, penetrate, or pass through 18 – the work’s eighteen-part choreographic structure
Raw, exhilarating and deeply personal, Gwantong 18 is a rare chance to encounter one of Korea’s most distinctive dance artists.
Acclaimed Korean choreographer and performer Boram Kim, founder of Ambiguous Dance Company, comes to The Coronet with his darkly funny and physically demanding solo work, Gwantong 18, for its one and only international performance.
Rather than a narrative, Gwantong 18 invites audiences to experience dance as they might experience weather or nature: moment by moment, through rhythm, breath, movement and presence.
Structured in eighteen sections, the work moves through exhaustion, humour, repetition, memory and defiance, as Kim travels across a shifting landscape of objects from his life. What emerges is the expression of a simple but profound question: what does it mean to dedicate a life to performance?
Premiered in Seoul in 2018, he revisits the 70 minute solo that asks him to give everything. Requiring extraordinary stamina, emotional resilience, precision and vulnerability, Gwantong 18 is a piece Kim wants to perform again before his body says no.
Since their sold-out UK debut at The Coronet Theatre in 2022 with Body Concert, Ambiguous Dance Company has built a remarkable relationship with London audiences and critics, returning in 2023 with Rhythm of Human and in 2024 with the immersive, site-specific The Belt.
Choreographer & Performer: Boram Kim
Assistant Choregraphy, Sound Operator & Guest Performer: KyeongMin Jang
Lighting Design: DaeDoo Bae
Stage Manager: JaeMin Park
Tour Producer: HeeJin Lee
In Association with: Producer Group DOT
With the support of KOFICE(Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange)
DATES AND TIMES 22 Oct 2026 - 19:30 (Thu) 23 Oct 2026 - 19:30 (Fri) 24 Oct 2026 - 19:30 (Sat)
Find out more info or book your tickets on https://www.thecoronettheatre.com/whats-on/boram-kim-gwantong-18/
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