'A perpendicular line' refers to a perfect straight line that forms a right angle with a given line or plane.

A Perpendicular Night seeks the truth of a perfect life by correcting the chaos and clamor through primal movement.

"Why do we try so hard to live?" The piece begins with this very question.

No, Yes explores why we must resist and how we should exist in order to preserve our values and freedom in the face of life’s absurdity. The dancers confront absurdity by existing more fiercely–at times saying “No,” at other times responding with a “Yes.” Their bodies traverse the space between life and death, revealing both the futility and the freedom that humans bear–through endlessly repeated acts and collapsing boundaries.  

"And still, how are we to live?"

Park Jaehyun is a dancer and choreographer based in Busan. He gained recognition as a dancer after winning the Grand Prize at the 18th KBS Busan Dance Concours in 2000, and in 2016 he founded Kyunghee Dance Theater, continuing to present works characterized by unique movements and a creative dance style. Park began his choreographic career in 2008, marking his debut with The Guy = Crying, which was selected for the Choreographers Intensive Fostering and Support Project by the Arts Council Korea (ARKO). In 2009, he won the Silver Medal for his work thou.thou.thou at the 3rd Delphic Games, and in 2011 he was selected as Young Dancer of the Year at the Critics’ Choice Awards. He also received the Grand Prize for his work Record of Old Age at the 21st Busan Dance Festival and the Grand Prize for his work Geumhonga Geumhonga at the 25th Busan Dance Festival, and in 2017 he served as a guest choreographer for the 77th subscription performance of the Busan Metropolitan Dance Company. In 2020, he earned the Best Work Award for his piece Good Morning Ildong – About Sadness at the AK21 Competition for Performer-Choreographers as part of the 16th Busan International Dance Festival. In 2022, he staged A Murder Case in the Well – People Are Living in There, a work that embodied his identity and self-reflection. Park has been recognized for presenting “a stage full of rawness” and “unfamiliar and striking images.”  “

Jung Jina is a choreographer and dancer based in Daejeon. Jung has performed in numerous works as a member of the Meta Dance Project since 2011 and began her creative pursuits in 2015. Her inspirations mainly come from instinctual human desires, everyday social issues, and human relationships. Using these themes as motifs, she aims to express movements that are authentic and unique to individual dancers. In 2014, she was selected for the "Daejeon New Generation ArtiStar," a cultural and arts support project by the Daejeon Culture and Arts Foundation, which led her to particiate in the ImPulsTanz - Vienna International Dance Festival. In 2015, she showcased her first solo performance titled 30–1, supported by the Daejeon Culture and Arts Foundation. In 2022, she established the dance company Projet Nuement and presented a performance, Color of Body, as part of the Young Artist Support Project by the Daejeon Culture and Arts Foundation. In 2023, she received the "Dance Performance Award" from the 29th Dance Magazine MOMM Dance Art Award for After meeting. Among her major choreographic works are How to Be a Tree(2023), Hue(2022), After meeting(2022), bossy, la(2019) and bossy(2015).