I AM NOT OKAY

I AM NOT OKAY

I'm Not Okay

I Am Not Okay

Installation-based dance theater with live camera

Who decides when a body is “okay”?

I AM NOT OKAY explores the female body as a site of social expectations, memories, and learned self-control. The starting point is experiences spanning Korea and Germany: notions of beauty and conformity, family and social role models, public gazes, language, and violence become inscribed in the body—often long before they can be consciously articulated.

Two performers move through routines of examination, adaptation, and repetition. They dress and undress, observe and scrutinize one another, wear masks, speak, remain silent, and sing. Movements from Korean dance meet contemporary performance and physical theater. Live music, text, and a camera expand the stage space.

The camera is not merely a technical tool here. It becomes a gaze in its own right: it magnifies, tracks, frames, and decides what becomes visible. Between the real body and its projected image, a space of tension emerges between self-perception and how one is perceived by others.

The production is based on artistic research conducted in Germany and South Korea. Interviews, observations of public space, and historical and contemporary images of femininity form the material for the work. The aim is not to tell a linear story. Rather, the past appears as a physical habit, as tension, a gesture, or a phrase that continues into the present.

I AM NOT OKAY exploreshow social norms live on within the body—and what happens when that body begins to break free from them.

Artistic Team

Artistic Director / Performance

Minju Kim

Co-Director / Performance

Moonjoo Kim

Musical Director / Live Music / Performance

Este Kirchhoff

Set Design

Maribel Medina Rodriguez

Technical Director

Jan Leschinski

Seoul Showcase Team

For the first presentation of *Nicht in Ordnung* in Seoul, MÜN Kollektiv collaborated with an expanded Korean production team.

Co-Director / Performance

Minju Kim · Moonjoo Kim

Musical Direction / Performance

Este Kirchhoff

Dramaturgy

Sein Kim

Set Construction / Set Design

Soyoung Park

Costumes

Cheonhong Min

Lighting Design / Lighting Direction

Yoonhee Kim

Lighting Technician

Heewon Ahn

Video

Panjung Kim

Graphic Design

Gureumson Dongne

Online Communication / Social Media

Dohye Kim

Photography

Yongjin Oh

A production by the MÜN Collective.

Supported by the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture (SFAC), the Goethe-Institut, the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia,the NRW State Office for Independent Performing Arts, and the Cultural Affairs Office of the City of Essen.

In cooperation with the Katakomben-Theater Essen.

With support from the HELIOS Theater Hamm and the Consol Theater Gelsenkirchen.