WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company
WHITE WAVE Dance, led by visionary Artistic Director Young Soon Kim, is an internationally acclaimed contemporary dance company celebrated for its daring innovation, emotional depth, and global reach.
Its name reflects the company’s identity: “WHITE” honors Korea’s national color and cultural spirit, while “WAVE” symbolizes the dynamic rise of Korean culture—Hallyu—across the world. For decades, Kim has been recognized as a pioneering force, bringing Korean artistry into vibrant dialogue with the international dance community.
Since its founding, WHITE WAVE has performed on major stages throughout the United States, Europe, and East Asia, including the National Theater of Seoul, National Theater of Taipei, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, the 1988 Summer Olympics World Dance Festival, SIDance Festival, Arko Theater, Sungnam Arts Center, and the Asian Cultural Center for the Opening Celebration of the 2019 FINA World Championship Masters’ Games. In North America, the company has appeared at BAM Fisher, Dance Theater Workshop’s Bessie Schönberg Theater, La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival, Ailey Citigroup Theater, Vancouver International Dance Festival, and New York’s SummerStage. Most recently, WHITE WAVE received enthusiastic acclaim at the 2025 Mostra Internacional de Dança de São Paulo in Brazil and the ChangMu International Dance Festival in Seoul.
The company’s work has been featured on WWOR TV, Fox 5’s Good Day New York, PBS’s NYC ARTS, and CNN’s Inside Asia. Honors include a 2025 ITI Award nomination, the 2023 Bessies Angel Honoree Award, and a nomination for the KBS Global Korean Award. A landmark achievement was receiving a Jerome Robbins Foundation grant to document Eternal NOW, now part of the permanent Dance Division Collection at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Through groundbreaking multimedia works—including the Here NOW Series and the internationally celebrated iyouuswe—WHITE WAVE continues to push the boundaries of movement, technology, and human expression.
