Jung Woong Kim was born and raised in Ulsan, Korea. he graduated from the Korea National University of the Arts (KNUA) with a major in choreography and performance. His choreographic work has been presented in numerous festivals in Seoul and has been supported by Korea Arts Council. In 2006 he started collaborating with Puerto Rican dancer Marion Ramirez and formed U Turn Dance Company. They make work for site-specific, film and the stage. Presented at The Nation Theater of Korea, Seoul International MarginalTheater Festival, Democracy Park Theater, Miami Contemporary Dance Company, Frying Pan Boat, Ithaca's Love Shoe festival 2008 and New Dance Alliance's Performance Mix 2009 at Joyce Soho. Since spring 2008, they teach independent contact improvisation workshops. Jung Woong has been a guest improvisation teacher at Gong Guk university department of dance, at KNUA for acting students, Trust Dance Company and Temple University.

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