JOORI JUNG
Festival Director
She is a dancer, choreographer and dance educator. Originally from Seoul, Korea, she received her B.A (2006) and M.A (2008) in dance from Kyung Hee University. She toured internationally with the Seoul Dance Theatre from 2004-2007. She performed with numerous dance companies in Korea before moving to New York in 2009. There she joined Time Lapse Dance and Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre and began her own choreographic work. In 2012, she moved to Detroit to pursue her dreams of expanding contemporary dance as well as the city’s arts community by establishing her non-profit organization, ArtLab J, which strives to create spaces where people of all ages and abilities can learn and grow through dance.
Through ArtLab J, she produces and directs the annual international Detroit Dance City Festival (DDCF). Jung is also the curator of many other ‘lab’ projects, including the local choreography showcase Detroit Dance Race, and the Detroit Revival Project. Jung was a 2014 Ted Fellow, and DDCF was a 2014 Knight Arts Challenge winner. In 2016 under Jung’s direction, ArtLab J co-curated dance programming for the Detroit Institute of Arts to supplement a special exhibition on dance.
Seline Lim
art design director
Seline Saebyul Lim calls her self a 5D designer, who can manage both in 2D and 3D design field.
Seline was born in South Korea where she studied Industrial Design and Visual Communication Design at Ewha Women’s University. After finish her BFA in Korea 2008, she came to USA, and earned MFA in 3D Design at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. She worked as a designer/merchandiser for Casamia, which is one of the famous home decor and furniture company in Korea after her MFA, and she has been working as a freelance designer in US as well. With her variety experience not only as a designer, but a merchandiser, Seline is in charge of the general branding part of ArtLab J.
Kyra Laster
PROGRAM & Marketing manager
Kyra Laster is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher based in Chicago, Illinois. She is a recent graduate of Western Michigan University where she received a BFA in Dance and a BBA in Marketing. During her time at WMU, Kyra participated in numerous Department of Dance concerts where she performed works choreographed by faculty, peers and by guest artists, BAIRA and Mike Esperanza. In 2019, she became the Artistic Director of Hip Hop ConnXion Michigan, a branch of the professional hip hop company based in Chicago. Kyra currently is a company member with Hot Crowd Dance and Dance in The Parks Chicago where she has performed works by Joe Musiel, Ashlie Deran, Emily Loar, Brittany Latta, Purus Motus and Emily Rayburn. In addition, she was chosen to present her choreography at the 2021 Alluvion Dance Chicago’s choreography showcase and Detroit Dance City Festival. Additional training includes Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Summer Intensive, University of Illinois Summer Intensive and Ruth Page Choreography Intensive.
