Sou Jung Youn

Corps of Ballet

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Birthdate

1994

Place of birth

Seúl, Corea del Sur

Formation

Escuela Municipal Antonio Canales (2002-2005), Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Mariemma (2006-2014), Conservatorio Superior de Danza María de Ávila training in Pedagogy specialising in Spanish Dance (2014-2020) and Master in Flamencología (2020- present).

In the BNE

Joined the corps de ballet in September 2019 under the directorship of Rubén Olmo.

Career highlights

She has performed in the following shows:

Aída Gómez (2015-2019): Permíteme bailarte; Almas; Gala Spanish Dance; Carmen; Carlos Vilán (2015-2017): Zarzuela, The Spanish Musical; Daniel Doña (2016-2018): No Pausa, Black Box; Enclave Español (2017-2019): En plata; Antonio Márquez (2017-2018): Sombrero de tres picos, Bolero; Nota de paso (2018-2019): La Escuela Bolera: Tradición y creación propia and Sara Cano (2019): Vengo.

Other information

She is passionate about teaching and throughout the years has taught in different dance schools in Madrid.

In 2018 she gave an introductory workshop in Spanish Dance at the Centre National de la Danse in Paris on behalf of the Conservatorio Superior de Danza María de Ávila.
For the first time, in March 2019 she gave castanet classes and an introduction to stylised dance in her native country, South Korea. She was also invited to accompany the Fandango de Boccherini with castanets with the string quartet PACE, which was successfully performed at Seoul Arts Center.

Start dance studies

At 6 years old. Sevillanas as an out-of-school activity at the Colegio Blas de Otero.

Favorite work at BNE

Fantasía galaica by Antonio Ruiz Soler.

Awards

She took part as a dancer at the Certamen Ciudad de Alcobendas (October2016) with the piece Orgía choreographed by Alejandro Lara (First Prize). She participated as a dancer at the XXVI Certamen Coreográfico de Danza Española y Flamenco de Madrid (2017) with the piece Danzas fantásticas choreographed by Alejandro Lara (Group Second Prize). She participated as a dancer at the XXVII Certamen Coreográfico de Danza Española y Flamenco de Madrid (2018) in the piece Entre cuerdas choreographed by Axel Galán (Group Second Prize). She participated as a dancer at the XXVIII Certamen coreográfico de Danza Española y Flamenco de Madrid (2019) in the piece Orimel choreographed by Cristina Cazorla (Group Second Prize).