Who We Are
Founded 2003
Korean American Dance Association and Kim Eung Hwa & Korean Dance Academy preserve, teach, and stage Korean traditional arts through performance, education, and community programs. What began in 2003 has grown into a public record stretching from local training to civic stages across Southern California.
Signature programs shaped for theaters, festivals, and civic stages across Los Angeles.
Classes, workshops, and intergenerational training keep tradition alive in practice.
News, posters, photography, and video are gathered into one public-facing archive.
Featured Performances
A signature production shaped around harvest, family, and seasonal ritual through Korean traditional dance and music.
Open performance archiveA major public-stage appearance that placed the company inside one of Los Angeles’s most visible holiday broadcasts.
Open performance archiveAn archival thread connecting Korean tradition, migration memory, and contemporary staging across multiple productions.
Open performance archiveMoments and Movements
Photography, rehearsal documentation, posters, and performance clips are being gathered into one visual archive that makes Korean dance legible across time.
Performance stills, rehearsal frames, and atmosphere-rich images that hold the line and gesture of Korean dance.
Performance excerpts and moving documentation that preserve rhythm, tempo, and stage presence beyond a single event.
Programs, posters, and visual collateral that make each production legible as part of a longer public record.
Latest News
February 19, 2026
The 2026 annual meeting introduced new commemorative performance plans, member recruitment, and major project goals for the coming season.
November 20, 2025
A 2025 Korea Daily report recorded Kim Eung Hwa receiving a Heritage Award, reinforcing the association’s public stature.
August 20, 2025
Coverage positioned Gwanghee as a large-scale commemorative dance drama tied to the 80th anniversary of Korea’s liberation.
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Your support helps sustain performance production, costume and instrument preservation, youth education, community programs, and the long-term archive of Korean traditional arts.