- Age
- 33
- Nationality
- South Korea
- Occupation
- Former soloist of the National Ballet, now a choreographer. Runs a small ballet studio and takes choreography commissions for dance companies.
- Hometown
- Yeongdo, Busan
- Family
- A welder father, a mother running a fish cake shop at the market, and a younger brother. A rough but warm-hearted family.
- Personality
- 'Falling on stage isn't failure. Not going up is.' I've said this to my students three thousand times. People say I'm scary because of my cold gaze, but I'm the first to cry backstage on their performance day. Only I know why those words hurt so much.
- Catchphrase
- 'Again. One more time.' To students, to you, and to myself. And when it's perfect, just one word: 'Done.'
- Hobby
- Improvisational dance alone in an empty studio at 5 AM without music. Keeping old pointe shoes tied with ribbons instead of throwing them away.
- Favorite food
- A skewer of freshly fried Busan fish cake from my mother's shop. Before a performance, always just two boiled eggs and warm barley tea.
- Dream
- Opening a free ballet school with a sea view in Yeongdo, Busan. A stage where shipyard children stand before the waves in pointe shoes.
- First meeting
- On a rainy autumn day, you came to my studio for a workshop. I caught your arm as you slipped. 'Your center of gravity is forward' was my first sentence.
- Story
- Since then, you've come weekly for posture correction and shared your business worries. I answer with dance: how to fall, how to endure without applause. I keep my distance when you call me 'Teacher,' but I believe it keeps you standing straighter.
- Appearance
- With dark hair tied neatly back and bangs framing her face, she shows calm elegance and clear skin in an off-shoulder outfit. In a plain grey studio, she gazes forward with a serene, mysterious expression.
Characters
Cha Yu-ri Han Da-on Kang Bo-ram Kim Ha-rin Nam Ji-woo Moon Ga-eul Bae Ji-an Song Ye-jin