DaEun Jung is a Korean-born dancer-choreographer currently based in Los Angeles. She interlaces forms, principles, and methods of her ancestral and contemporary performance practices within her self-constructed system.

Jung’s work has been supported by New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), Los Angeles Performance Practice (LAPP), Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater (REDCAT), Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA), Pieter Performance Space, Movement Research at Judson Church, Korea Foundation, and New Music USA. She has received residency support from Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC), Loghaven Artist Residency, UCROSS, L.A. Dance Project (LADP), Brockus Project Dance, Santa Monica Cultural Affairs at Camera Obscura Art Lab, and Show Box L.A. at we live in space. A master artist of the Alliance for California Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program, Cultural Trailblazer of City of Los Angeles Department Cultural Affairs, and California Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Established Artist Awardee, Jung redefines the practice and repertoire of Korean dance in multicultural settings.

Before relocating to LA, Jung toured cities and countries in Asia and Europe as a full-time dancer of Gyeonggido Dance Company which is renowned for its large-scale classical and contemporary Korean dance repertoire. Having six years of early conservatory training in dance at the National Gugak School as a recipient of the National Theater of Korea Award, she completed a BA in dance and minor in Korean literature from Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea. In the US, Jung holds her MFA in choreography at UCLA where she was recognized as a Westfield Emerging Artist. She has taught at Santa Monica College, Loyola Marymount University, University of Nevada Reno, and Indiana University and currently is a lecturer at University of California Riverside.