This study aims to reassess the distinctiveness and competitiveness of the Jeonju Daesaseup Festival, a traditional Korean music competition, and explore the utility of its various contents. To achieve this, the research analyzes the Daesaseup Festival evaluation sheets and observations of the competition and performance venues. The results of the study are as follows: Firstly, it is necessary to introduce differentiated competition categories and performances, as well as seminars for storytelling, folk music, dance, archery, and poetry, which are integral parts of the Daesaseup Festival. Secondly, historical sites such as Unhyeongung Palace, Jeolla Gamyeong, and Hanok Village can be transformed into tourist and cultural zones by integrating them with the competition and performances. Thirdly, the system of citizen judges should be adjusted to reflect a fair balance of gender and region. Reevaluation and careful management of the selection and operation of judges are necessary to ensure the fairness of the competition, and expansion of meticulous post-appointment management programs is also required. This study places significance on the historical aspect of the Jeonju Daesaseup Festival and its distinctiveness compared to other traditional art competitions.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the value and effect of Myeongjakmu as cultural contents and to study development measures for revitalization. A total of eleven experts, including eight original performers and successors of Myeongjakmu and three dance performance planners and administrators, were interviewed in both unstructured and semi-structured ways. Based on the data collected from the interviews with these experts, two areas of Myeongjakmu – its creative values and its ripple effects – emerged to serve as cultural contents. Music, dance moves, costumes, and props were categorized into the creative value area, while popularization, consensus formation, and accessibility were classified into the area of ripple effects. In this article we propose four development plans to revitalize Myeongjakmu based on the experts opinions. Establishing the status of Myeongjakmu, policy support, deepening expertise, and securing sustainability. These actions will increase the value of the disappearing Korean dance cultural heritage as a systematic study for future Myeongjakmu, and contribute to the establishment of related knowledge systems and basic composition of transfer materials.

The purpose of the study is to analyze the traditional cultural values of Li-ping Yang’s Dynamic Yunnan from artistic, social and economic aspects. Based on literature review and video analysis of dance and movement and its cultural context, the aesthetic characteristics of Dynamic Yunnan were identified. First, its artistic value lies in the original form derived from the unique vitality of the traditional dance of the minority nationality. Second, it was made to regard national culture ideologically as a social value. Third, in terms of economic value, the tourism industry in the Yunnan region has grown by using the dance as a resource to create economic value through its artistic content and aesthetic forms. It reminded the public of how traditional dances can be preserved and developed by combining these traditional dances of Chinese minorities with modern stages. Furthermore, it illustrates the significance and validity of entering the market for dance art works by presenting representative examples of the development of the cultural industry.

This study aims to investigate the genealogy of succession in each household of woman shamans performing Jindo Ssitgimgut. A literature review was conducted to examine previous studies and data, and we conducted interviews in parallel to confirm and verify the findings from the literature review. This research focuses on the women shamans of the Park, Kang, Ham, and Chae families. Tracing back the transmission process of Jindo Ssitgimgut reveals two distinct succession patterns. Among the two is the Jindo Ssitgimgut Preservation Association, which is centered on Park's family, and the other is the Ham family. The Preservation Association accepted a variety of successors, both shamans and non-shamans, and established a method of passing them on through education rather than through hereditary descent. In the case of the Ham family, after the death of the shaman Chae Jeong-rye, a possessed shaman who was also a disciple of Chae became the successor. These two patterns suggest that Jindo Ssitgimgut cannot expect hereditary successions within the family to continue.Due to the change of times and unsuitable succession environment, the Jindo Ssitgimgut hereditary is on the verge of extinction. In order to ensure the proper succession and preservation of the existing hereditary dance, it is necessary to understand the genealogy of woman shamans.

This study examines periods, characteristics, activities, and the significance of the 60 years The Little Angels, a Korean children’s performing arts troupe. The research was conducted through a literature survey, the review of primary data including concert programs, newspapers, films, and interviews with key informants. The troupe formulated members, management, and repertoires during its ‘Formulated Period,’ In its ‘Cultural Ambassador Period’ in the context of the International Cold War and nation-building, the troupe played its role as a cultural ambassador with the mission to dispatch Korean culture to the “free world,” beginning with the US, then Europe, Asia, and South America. In the ’Private Troupe Transition Period’ of the 1980s, the troupe focused on domestic rather than overseas activities, yet performed at major events like the Seoul Olympic Games. After 1991, during its ‘Peace Delegation Period,’ the troupe again concentrated on overseas performances in the post-Cold War context and toured the USSR, North Korea, China, and UN nations that participated in the Korean War. This study examines The Little Angels unique position and provides a rich and multi-dimensional views of contemporary Korean performing arts history as created by the intersection of global and Korean concerns.

The purpose of this research is to confirm the value of the New Folk Song Dance in the history of modern Korean dance. Based on literature review and video analysis, this research investigates the characteristics of the New Folk Song Dance by analyzing the dance movements of ‘Cheonan Samgeoli’, ‘Nillilia’, and ‘Cheonyo Chonggak’ in cultural films reproduced under the direction of the Society for Dance Documentation and History. Based on the dance analysis theory of Janet Adshead, the characteristics and values of New Folk Song Dance were explored by analyzing the components of dance (movement, dancer, visual and auditory environment) and the nature of dance (genre and style). The result of this research shows that the New Folk Song Dance has the characteristics of cultural expressions of modern dance through which we can enjoy occidental music as well as traditional one. The dance is composed of simple and repetitive movements as well as a variety of formation, which makes it very easy for the public to learn. This allows us to confirm the value of the New Folk Song Dance as another type of modern dance heritage, ultimately leading us to redefine the perspective of modern dance culture.

This study focuses on analyzing how Han is embedded and characterized in a traditional folk dance, Seung-mu, and its relationship to the Korean culture and dance. This research employs literature reviews for the concept of Han and historical background of Seung-mu and Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) for an objective analysis of movements. The findings of the analysis are as the follow. A combination of slowly Rising lower body, gradually Opening arm and Growing torso movements is created by very strict control from the core and Breath Support and is accomplished by a Mobile State—Bound and Sustained—Effort constellation with a moment of inhalation. Continuously following Scattering arm and throwing long sleeve movement accompanies with a moment of exhalation, which comes with Diminished Strong, Free, and Quick Passion Drive Effort. Then, highly controlled outpouring exhalation directs a smooth knee bend and arm close with following soft curves of the long sleeves. The intensely controlled breath supports Sinking Shape Qualities in whole body and inner energy stream smoothly comes back to previous Mobile State, Bound and Sustained Quality. These particularly sequenced movement qualities creating a movement phrase mean a qualitative pattern of the Seung-mu and also reflect the emotional transforming process of Han. The Bound and restricted characteristics signifying strictly controlled inner impulses of lamentation, in Seung-mu refer to a tragic history and strong social restrictions like taboo within the traditional society of Korean people. The hurt and lamenting feelings from their tragic fates are transformed into the artistically refined expressivity with the embodiments of positive and peaceful feelings in Seung-mu.

Political stability and economic surplus in the late Joseon Dynasty accelerated the negotiation of traditional dances in the context of the demand of popular culture, increase in the desire to make art, and awareness of popular art. Such negotiation aspects became more distinct with the revitalization of the Seonsanggi system and stronger roles of the middle class. Particularly, the middle class was changed into the manager, enjoyer, and doer of dance culture with the movement of elevation of social status in the 18th century. They were the actant that laid foundation for dancers to meet their dances. The principal media of transformation in the dance culture formed between the court and the people, between surface and substratum, and between upper and lower classes were Gyoang and government-sponsored gisaengs. They created their own dances with such an axis as the center, which increased the number of each dance and gave birth to the advancement of dance history. What offered the core channel to the cultural diversity of traditional dances in the late Joseon Dynasty are the Seonsanggi system and the middle class. Gobang contributed to the birth of various dances as well as gisaengs of great dances. 18th century was the time for preparation of negotiation for others’ dances due to cultural diversity phenomena in the late Joseon Dynasty. 19th century was the zenith of desire for expression of dances in which the aspects of negotiation started in earnest.

This study is the first step to build electric culture map in advanced form with the topic of korea intangible cultural heritage dances. It aims to search for design methods for electric culture knowledge map. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, the present status of electric cultural knowledge map design methods was researched. After identifying the problems and systems of cultural heritage from Cultural Heritage Administration, the directions of electric cultural knowledge map design were suggested. As a result of study, the electric cultural map attracted interest and attention from domestic academic circle since ECAI started in 1996. And then it has expanded to humanities, geography, history, folklore, etc. Accordingly, the development of useful electronic cultural map was required as a new form of dance history and research tools in the field of dance. Second, as a result of reviewing the cultural heritage map from Cultural Heritage Administration, the cultural heritage map reached the current advanced level by building nation-designated cultural heritage information with electric cultural map over about 10 years since 2002. It also provides with movies, photos, monographs, etc. visually. However, the vast amount of troubles was found from search index, types of cultural heritage, location expression, distribution, information error, etc. They are the errors which occurred in the middle of building and classifying a great deal of data. Classifying system of easy search and multi-functionality was required. Third, the korea intangible cultural heritage suggested as problem recognition, electric cultural knowledge map of dance targeted only intangible cultural heritage dance to improve information provision. Linking to professional academic information like paper, it provides integrated professional knowledge, which is a dynamic content. Therefore, according to designed system, area classification and input guidelines were suggested as examples. Virtual map was realized to identify the potential to build electric cultural knowledge map of dance.

The purpose of this study is to analyze the images of dancing women in the Korean novels from the 1910s to the 1950s and to investigate the relevant social discourse and cultural context at that time. This study focuses on the Korean novels as the research materials and the media to reflect the people’s awareness and social aspects of the times. The 6 novels selected through the material collecting process over 3 sessions are 『Moojeong』, 『Bokdeokbang』, 『Mooseong-gyeokja』, 『Seoul』, 『Sawhasan』, 『Silbimyeong』. The substantive characteristics and relational characteristics of dancing women appeared in the novels are arranged by type through text analysis. Their social implications are also explored. As a result, the images of dancing women appeared in the Korean novels are as follows. First, as the substantive characteristics of dancing women in the Korean novels, the number of dancing women appeared in the 6 novels is total 8. Their occupations and social activities are found to be Gisaengs, dancers, the students to prepare for being dancers. Second, as the relational characteristics of dancing women in the Korean novels, the relationships between main characters and dancing women are found to be classified into sexual relations and familiar relations. Third, the social implications of dancing women in the Korean novels are deducted from the opposite social awareness on Gisaeng and modern-girl dancer and the demands of the times on dancing women. It is expected that dance culture research would be enhanced and the close relationship between women and dance would be investigated if the follow-up studies to analyze the contemporary novels from the 1960s to the 2000s with the identical standards to this study are conducted. In addition, it is also expected that this study can contribute to the research on the Korean modern dance culture.