First established as Lee Yun Kyung- Ryu Seok Hun Dance Company in 2001, the 2 directors further established themselves as a professional dance organization in 2004 and changed their name to "The Body."

The Dance Company THE BODY is a joint collaboration between modern dancers Ms Lee Yun Kyung and Mr Ryu Seok Hun, renowned for their exceptional skill and perfect harmony. In 2004, they have performed over 40 performances at 11 venues.

With their zeal and ideas, the Dance Company THE BODY is a unique organization where people from various fields as dance, theater, art converge to form works that communicate with mass.

General Director Mr Ryu Seok Hun is a recipient of numerous awards – Korea American Dance Festival Scholarship, 2 nd prize at the 4th Choreographers Competition, 2001 Independence Artist Award by The Korean Culture and Arts Foundation, First prize and Choreograph prize at the 4th NAGOYA Japan International Ballet & Modern Dance Competition. Mr Ryu is also one of the 7 Young Choreographers to be named by Korean Dance Critic 2004. With endless vitality and solid workmanship, Mr Ryu finds his ideas from his everyday life, and translates them into dance movements. The dance graduate from the Kyung Hee Graduate School had used theatrical techniques, various objects and sound effects to facilitate the understanding of his work to the masses, thereby renouncing the notion that 'modern dance is hard to grasp.'

Artistic Director Ms Lee Yun Kyung , a graduate of South Korea's E-Hwa Women's University, has undertook courses at the acclaimed American Dance Festival and the Martha Graham School. At South Korea, she is famous for her numerous onstage experience, flexibility and technique, recreating and instilling energy into the performances. A dance veteran, Ms Lee is currently the Dance Professor at Seoul Art College. She also serves as the Director of Korean Modern Dance Development Association, Principal of Yook Wan Soon Dance Academic and is currently lecturing at Myung-Ji College, Kyung-Hee University and Korea National University of Art.

Ms Lee has also won numerous accolades for her achievements in dance – The Best Prize in the first MBC Creative Dance Competition 1991, winner for the 1994 & 1996 Rencontres Choregraphiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis, 1999 Best Choreographer Prize by Korean Modern Dance Development Association, 1 st place in the Special Choreography Award at The 4th Japan International Ballet & Modern dance Competition and 2002 Today's Young Artist Prize by South Korea's Ministry of Culture & Tourism.