Na-hyun Lee, Dong-uk Seo
A Certain Contradiction

Na-hyun Lee's dance goes beyond itself though it tries to be itself. It is because it is the kind of dance that denies dance itself - its technique or history - to become dance again. The works of Na-hyne Lee are the trace of such betrayal. Now she betrays again. The person who wants to say everything with body makes a statement. It does not mean that it would not be enough with dance alone. It is not a notional explanation but a performative utterance. Furthermore, when the remark of Dong-uk Seo, a philosopher, overlaps, every sentence ultimately turns out to be a performative sentence as J. Austin, a linguistic philosopher claimed.