The Junyi Sun Kernel Dance Theater presents the contemporary dance, theater and martial arts show “Am I Bruce Lee”, a play about the prejudice carried by people of Chinese origin who are not from where they appear to be.

Based on the connection points and parallels that Junyi Sun has with Bruce Lee, the popular character of the seventies, the work explores the search for identity through dance: from the origin, personal development and professional journey. , even their ideals or desires to give them body and life in this show halfway between dance and martial arts. 

A tragicomic performance with the aim of exposing racism on stage. A journey that aims to make the public reflect on the role we all play in changing the stereotypes and clichés rooted in our subconscious. 

Junyi Sun Kernel Dance Theater (www.kerneldt.com)

This multifaceted dancer trained in Barcelona directs  for ten years Kernel Dance Theater as co-director and choreographer. A collective project that he manages together with Alma Steiner and Marina Miguel from which he establishes his own scenic language that always dialogues with the most immediate present through fragility, the careful detail of the images and the commitment to the social. 

Junyi has established his career in Barcelona presenting his works at festivals, theaters and various contexts in the city such as La Pedrera, Sismògraf, Dansa Metropolitana, Fira Tàrrega, Fira Mediterrània, among many others. In addition to his work with Kernel Dance Theatre, Junyi obtains the Best Dancer Award from Els Premis de la Crítica 2017 with Dancing with Frogs by the Sol Picó company. 

The Kernel Dance Theater company, formed by Junyi Sun, Alma Steiner and Marina Miguel, develops its own language integrating contemporary dance, martial arts and theater. Kernel (from the German kern or kurna etymology of the Proto-Germanic language) is a word that means "core, center or essence of an object or system."

The show is part of the “Asia Stage” Program of Casa Asia.

Author and direction: Junyi Sun
Interpretation: Junyi Sun and Pol Para

At the end of the show there will be a short discussion with the choreographer.