Founded in 2011 by choreographer Soon-ho Park, Bereishit is a Seoul-based dance company that takes a contemporary approach to Korean traditional culture, focusing on fundamental values, as opposed to simply borrowing or transforming them. Park’s work explores the issues of identity and transformation and delves into multimedia, street dance, community dance work and real time interactive demonstration. With heightened sensitivity towards space and rhythms, the company’s captivating performances are delivered with kinesthetic clarity and power.