Biography

Dohee Lee

Dancer/Musician/Vocalist Dohee Lee is the founder of the groundbreaking PURI Project. Born out of her desire to create a new art form, in 2004 she founded the group, an innovative project in which the goal is to present elements of dance, music, spoken word, visual art, and audience participation within the context of their performances. In Korea Lee received her degree in Korean traditional dance and music (Percussion) from Yong-In University in Korea. In the last years she has learned Kyunggi region’s shaman music and dance. She performs Korean traditional dance and music as well as her own innovations in music, dance and voice work. She has toured throughout South Korea, Japan, China (Beijing since 2005, she annually performed “PURI Project – A calling to the spirits project) and the United States. In the United States, she is a member of Turn of the Century, a creative jazz group that has performed at the Asian American jazz festival for the past three years (2001-2003) in San Francisco and Chicago (2004, 2006). She has performed improvisations and set works with Shinichi Iova-Koga (Butoh dancer) on both coasts of the USA (as a musician, dancer). Other USA performances include the Facing East Dance and Music show, “Angel Island” (2003) with Sue Li Jue, a Korean folk arts performance at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, Ethnic dance festival 2001, 2006 and the “The Dance Is Festival” show (1/31/2004) at the Julia Morgan Theater and The Asian American Dance Festival (4/30/04) in San Francisco. Asian American Dance Performance (2004,5), the Final installation “3 Drops of Blood” performed with PURI Project and Nanos Operetta. Dohee also teaches Korean drumming and dance at the Korean Youth Cultural Center (KYCC) for children and adults where she currently works as the artistic director.