American Premiere

Sin Cha Hong performed the American debut of her "Godot," a solo work inspired by Beckett's classic, November 20 to 30, 2008 at La MaMa Experimental Theater Club in New York City.

NEW YORK REVIEWS OF "GODOT"

"Just as the full title of Liszt's "Dante Sonata" is Sonate d'après une lecture de Dante, so Hong provides us with a Danse d'après une lecture de Beckett. What is important for Liszt and Hong is not specific plot developments, but the personal feelings that arose in them after reading their literary sources....Hong lets the play take her into realms of spiritual questing. Well, that's her view, one that others may not share. But. with her focused presence she makes that view theatrically viable." -- Jack Anderson, New York Theatre Wire

"Hong's character is an older woman, remembering her glorious past, lazily and luxuriously living in the present, while clearly fearful of the future's uncertainties....The dance's verbal silence is broken by a meditation on ego and death, questioning ego-death, a very Buddhist concept yet a fitting monologue for Hong's character. I'm sure Beckett would have thrilled to be in such company....'Godot' is a fitting tribute to artists by an artist. You will leave inspired and encouraged by Hong's sincerity through her homage to a great play." --Larry Litt, New York Theatre Wire

"There are many exciting moments in the piece - the sexy red shoes, the ghost scene where she nearly disappears in a white cloth on the floor (a short-lived taste of 'Ringu'), the rope section which reflects back to the original play, and moving moments like the recorded music sung by the unique voice of Lisa Karrer and the traditional Jewish lullaby on tape that comes at the end. I cannot begin to describe the intelligence that went into this piece. The 21st century is the time for 'smart' dancers, and here is one." -- Elodie Lauten, Music Underground

"Hong's unflinching commitment to her visually and spiritually meditative choreography is admirable" -- Shelley Molad, nytheatre.com