Jihae Ko is an interdisciplinary artist, practitioner, and researcher based in Amsterdam.

Her practice focuses on exploring time, space, and presence, using the body as a central element to bridge art, healing, and nature.

She investigates how bodily and sensory experiences lead to insights, contextualising sensations, and energy.

Originally from South Korea, she began writing and theatre at an early age before moving to Canada and the Netherlands to study contemporary dance and choreography, graduating from the School of Toronto Dance Theatre and Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (SNDO).

Her work has been showcased at numerous venues like LEEUM Samsung Contemporary Art Museum in Seoul and international dance festivals like Masdanza in Gran Canaria. She won a prize in the Festival of Choreographic Miniatures in Belgrade. Jihae has collaborated with various production houses in the Netherlands and Germany, including Dansateliers, Generale Oost, and Kampnagel.

In recent years, she has continued her site-specific research and ritual performances, delving deeper into the theme of the innate human connection to nature.

Developing sensory movement and energy practices, she has taught at Seoul Buddhism University and the Korean Dance Therapy Association.

Expanding her artistic practices with her background in healing and Oriental medicine (TCM), she is a registered acupuncturist, somatic therapist, and co-founder of Medicine Body Studio where she facilitates ongoing sessions, workshops, and research.

Her practice extends beyond cultural boundaries, weaving different disciplines, and resonating with a diverse audience.

Her work encompasses dance, performance art, somatic inquiry, community engagement, and nature, emphasizing the transformative power of creativity and bodily presence.

Main choreographic experience

• Leeum, Samsung Contemporary Art Museum/exhibition of artist Olafur Eliasson “ Parliament of Possibilities” (KR)
• 7th Body. Radical International Performing Art Biennale (HU)
• 11th, 12th Masdanza (Gran Canaria)
• Sophiensale(Germany)
• Lantern Venster theater(NL)
• Melkweg Theater(NL)
• Seoul Dance Center (KR)
• Dansateliers (NL)
• Generale oost(NL)
• Prize in Festival of choreographic miniatures in Belgrade, 2006.

 Main residency/ teaching experience

• Faberllull (SP)
• Budapest Korean Cultural Center (HU)                       
• Seoul Dance center (KR)
• Korean Dance therapy association (KR)
• Seoul Buddhism university(KR)
• Treeinmind art therapy association(KR)
• DansLab Cloud (NL)
• Co-creation retreat(FR)
• Ongoing sessions & workshops, Medicine Body Studio(NL)