The Korean Dance Studies Society of Canada (KDSSC) is a not-for-profit organization, founded by Miyoung Kim who is the artistic director of the KDSSC in Toronto. KDSSC was founded in 1979 under the name of Mi Young Kim Korean Folk Dance Institute and renamed of KDSSC in 1987. It is dedicated to educating and training young people the rich Korean dance heritage, and to spreading awareness of traditional Korean dance among the Canadian public by staging dynamic performances and all over the world.

KDSSC affiliates Miyoung Kim Dance Company and The School of Korean Dance and Drum. Miyoung Kim Dance Company is a professional dance company of KDSSC with professional dancers. The School of Korean Dance and Drum is running a Youth Program and a Pre-Professional Training Program. 15 students are currently in the Pre-Professional Training Program, and they will be performing as a professional dancer in Miyoung Kim Dance Company after completing the program.

KDSSC held its season performance under the title SooRyu Dance Festival: Symbiosis 2003 in November, 2003. The performance showed to see how harmony of light, movement and sound within dance forms from various culture can create symbiosis which, in turn, transcends us into another realm and perspective. KDSSC invited special guests, whom was Jung Ae Noh (Vancouver), Jeffre Chan (Ontario), William Lau (Ontario), Kozakura Sensui (Ontario) and Zab Maboungou (Montreal) and held the public performance with a success. Particularly, Jung Ae Noh performed SangMo Spin, Salpuri and Soko Dance. In 2004, KDSSC has been invited by Ontario Dance Weekend.

The Society's repertoire spans the full range of Korean ancestral dances: from group performances such as the graceful and colourful Fan Dance, to the solo Buddhist Nun's Dance (performed to the beat of a ritual drum, the nun's dance begins slowly, accelerates, and reaches a climax, representing the inner evolution from mental conflict to the attainment of nirvana). Other dances of the Society's repertoire include the Farmers' Dance, the Sword Dance, the ritualistic dances of Korea's native shamans religion, as well as original creations based on traditional forms.

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