With support from the California Arts Council, Dohee Lee Puri Arts will work with East Oakland’s Asian immigrant and refugee community to develop “길굿” (Gil Gut) – Ritual on the Road – Land to Land, a performance art work that blends traditional Korean ritual practices with contemporary visual art installation, sound and movement, with ongoing workshops and community-based ritual performances leading toward a full installation and performance of the work at OMCA (previously the Oakland Museum) and including a workshop at CSU San Marcos to adapt the work to tour to other California communities.
Artistic Director, Dohee Lee was born on Jeju Island in South Korea. She trained at the master level in Korean dance, Korean percussion, and vocals rooted in Shamanism. Her organization focuses on integrating these traditional ritual forms with contemporary influences into programs and services that emphasize the mythical, experimental, ritualistic, historical and healing aspects of performance and installation, catalyzing new relationships between identity, nature, spirituality, and the political.
Programs and services include:
-National and international touring of Dohee Lee’s multidisciplinary performance works.
-Community rituals for healing and justice with partner Asian immigrant and refugee organizations and artists/activists from other communities of color
-Workshops, lecture-demos and master classes in dance, ritual arts, performance art/performance-making and healing for a wide range of community, educational and cultural partners across the state, U.S. and internationally