... was born in 1968 in South Korea. She studied contemporary, classical and traditional dance at the University of Kyungsung. She was already performing with the "ZOOM" dance company in Korea, Japan and Great Britain before she attained her Master of Arts degree in 1991. In 1992, Soo-Jim Yim Heil danced with the "Urania Tanzkompanie" in Cologne and began to study at the Folkwang Academy in Essen. She has worked with Henrietta Horn since 1995. She gained her professional dance diploma from the Folkwang Academy in 1996 and joined the Folkwang Tanzstudio in 1999.