Lee Ju-sun

{{short description|South Korean choreographer and dancer}}

{{Infobox Korean name

| hangul = 이주선

| hanja =

| rr = I Juseon

| mr = Yi Jusŏn

}}

Lee Ju-sun is a South Korean choreographer and dancer. He is best known as the creator of the "horse-riding dance" from Psy's viral music video "Gangnam Style".

Lee began his career during the 1990s as a background dancer but the meager income forced him to leave the industry and he started his own small business.{{cite news|title=Bitter reality behind hilarious dance|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2014/02/386_151089.html|work=The Korea Times|date=February 6, 2014|last=Park|first=Si-soo}} However he returned to dancing as it was his passion and performed with or choreographed for the likes of Im Chang-jung, g.o.d, Cha Tae-hyun, UN, Kim Jin-pyo, and Psy. He heads a dance team called Mania which mainly performs with g.o.d and Psy, both of whom he has performed with and choreographed for since the early 2000s.{{cite news|title=[Step by staff](2) ＜젠틀맨＞안무가 이주선 "H.O.T 등장 이후 많은 것들이 변했다"|url=http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/129884|work=10Asia (Korea Economic Daily)|date=May 2, 2013|language=Korean}}{{cite news|title=[인터뷰] 스타 안무가 이주선 "싸이 말춤 성공, 우연 아닌 땀의 결과"|url=http://www.newspost.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=50153|publisher=newspost.kr|date=October 27, 2016|language=Korean}}

Lee came to further prominence as the creator of the "horse-riding" dance in Psy's 2012 hit song "Gangnam Style".{{cite news|title="춤도 저작권료 내라"… 안무가, 사단법인 만든다|url=http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/09/08/2013090802420.html|work=The Chosun Ilbo|date=September 8, 2013|language=Korean}} The success and popularity of the move won him the Style of the Year (Choreographer) Award at the 2nd Gaon Chart Music Awards.{{cite news|title='말춤' 이주선, 안무상 수상 "절친 싸이 고맙다"(가온차트 어워드)|url=http://star.mk.co.kr/v2/view.php?sc=50900001&year=2013&no=112611|publisher=star.mk.co.kr|date=February 13, 2013|language=Korean}} With the global spread of K-pop and the massive success of "Gangnam Style", Lee has been a vocal activist calling for choreographers to be allowed to claim and collect copyright fees to prevent them from being exploited. He and six other choreographers co-founded the [http://kcnca.co.kr Korea Choreography Association].{{cite news|title=박상현 안무협회장 "안무가의 노력을 알아줬으면" (인터뷰)|url=http://www.hankyung.com/news/amp/2016033022074|work=Korea Economic Daily|date=March 30, 2016|language=Korean}}

In 2015 Lee made his debut as a singer and released a single "Druwa", which featured Joohee of 8eight.{{cite news|title='음악중심' 이주선, 중독성 UP 파워풀 '드루와'|url=http://www.ytn.co.kr/_sn/1406_201509051542020272|publisher=YTN|date=September 5, 2015|language=Korean}}