A Festival of Korean Dance: Jungle review – muscular intensity and wonder

The Place, London
This year’s festival launches with a multi-layered exploration of human connection from Korea National Contemporary Dance CompanyK-pop, K-drama, K-beauty: South Korean culture is still so hot right now. How about K-contemporary dance? Not so mainstream maybe, but it’s happening, and it’s here, in an annual festival (launched in 2018) with six works across four cities over two weeks.This opening night isn’t necessarily indicative of what’s to come: