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.

The purpose of this study is the job strain troupe of professional dancers and organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and to investigate the effect on turnover intention. The subjects were 241 patients in the final analysis of data was utilized as regular members belonging to professional dance groups throughout the country. Statistical methods for hypothesis testing was conducted using AMOS confirmation factor analysis(CFA) and structural equation modeling analysis (SEMl). The results were as follows. First, job strain of professional dancers have had a negative impact on job satisfaction. In addition, job strain had a positive effect on turnover doctor. Second, the job satisfaction of professional dancers appeared to have a positive impact on organizational commitment. In addition, job satisfaction was found to have a negative effect on the degree of separation. Third, however, job strain on organizational commitment, organizational commitment had no significant effect on turnover intention.

This postmodern era that we live in has its characteristics of eradicating the boundaries between forms of art. In this movement, where pure art and popular art are actively fusing and the importance of popular dance is becoming apparent, this paper has been developed to study a representative case on popular dance. For research methods, case studies and Dance Analysis has been combined. Case studies on idol related publications and thesis papers were used to demonstrate concepts and characteristics of popular art and idols. With Dance Analysis, details of has been examined. To accomplish this task, details from news articles, pictures, music videos, and stage clips has been reviewed and the four stages of Dance Analysis, describing the Components of the Dance, Discerning the Form of the Dance, Interpreting the Dance, and Evaluating the Dance has been applied. The three following conclusions can be drawn from this study: First, the dance emphasizes cuteness and sexiness to attract male fans. Second, the dance moves are highly repetitive, which makes it easy to pick up, appealing to the mass, exciting and enjoyable with popularity. Third, the easy-to-follow moves are friendly and makes the spectators join to develop an extraordinary feeling of group cohesiveness. In this culture, popular art has significant influence on people. I earnestly hope that this work could offer a complimentary vision for popular dance to rediscover its true meaning and value and elevate its status to a inspiring dance.

The purpose of this study is to examine the growth process of professional ballet educator; the development process of ballet teaching professionalism. Following qualitative study paradigm, this study considers ballet educator’s life, training, and educational context. Specially based on phenomenological study, this study progressed from March 2011 to December 2012. Research participants are selected by traditional case selection(Miles & Huberman, 1994) and theoretical sampling(Strauss & Corbin, 1998). For data collection, literature review, pilot study, and in-depth interview were used. Collected data were analyzed based on qualitative method; Moustakas(1994) and Polkinghorne(1989)’s method. To achieve truthfulness and ethics of the study self reflection, triangulation, member checks, and peer debriefing were used. As a result, the development process of ballet teaching professionalism divided into four periods; initiate period of ballet teaching, progress period of ballet teaching, confront period of ballet teaching, and master period of ballet teaching. Each process shows not regular and straight form but complex and circular form. Especially during the progress and confront period show dynamic growths and conflicts. Based on the results and comments, I could propose educational efforts and follow-up research for ballet educator.

The purpose of this study is to analyse and comprehend the aesthetic elements of Herodiade performed the premiere in 1944. For this study the piece’s content was apprehended from texts, the written sources. In addition, the study suggests the internal aesthetics and formal aesthetics explored from technique, movement skill and expressivity. As another aesthetic perspectives this study approaches to the choreographer, Martha Graham with a viewpoints of Nietzsche, feminine truth. The piece, Herodiade deals with the method of representational expression. The breathing as movement principle is found as an aesthetic element identifying the substantial life. The technique based on breathing accepts the emotional tension and senses, broadens the movement areas, and identifies the dance’s internal life in its expressiveness. The bird-formed sculpture stands for the ‘internal bird in mind’. This bird also stand for psychological tension of woman, in later part of the piece a dancer drift apart from it. Graham express herself the rebuilt life-world, solve out the psychological tension experienced in reality, by interacting with the significant bird-formed sculpture, and with another dancer’s role of nanny. In choreographer’s stance, the aesthetic of Herodiade is considered as an expressiveness, femininity, bodily experience and entranced phenomenon. The piece enable the lived experience of the grace, the unity of art and life. The contents of the piece stimulate to find out the meaning and aesthetic value from the loss of authority and power, individual emotion, entrance, and extreme world of sensitivity. The piece deals with the bodily experience of feminine world, implies the aesthetic element of the grace in aspects of recognition of greatness. It enable to meet a woman and her image of waiting the unexpected, wandering, as one aspect of human beings. The femininity conceived by Nietzsche is described as reinstate from masculinity. The woman for Nietzsche is considered positive, artistic, self controled. Nietzsche’s truthful viewpoints suggests a view of feminine world in accordance with the relationship of body and the earth. The significance of this study is on the rediscovery of femininity and its meaning.

This study aims to articulate how the social background and environment of liberalism and exoticism in the fin de siècle affected the expression of movement, analyzing the work of Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis. For this, First of all, the works the two choreographers’ developed during their peak years, between 1900 and 1920, has been reviewed through the lens of previous research. Second, a fresh look was taken at each choreographer’s solo work that has significant movement characteristics, and two experts working abroad recommended three major works each. Finally, the movement of six works was analyzed by video. The recommended works are as follows: For Duncan, Water Study, The Blue Danube Waltz and Dance of Furies and, for Denis, Incense, A Javanese Court Dancer and White Jade were chosen. Six categories including theme, significant body part, line of movement, locomotion (level change/path), music and mood were used to analyze movement. Following the analysis, significant movements of Duncan preferred rounded arm lines, utilizing integrated movements. This created a challenging and intense mood along a circular path. She expressed the inner self that appears in liberalism, influenced by individualism and her own thoughts that followed the order of nature-Greek-women’s liberation. On the other hand, Denis preferred angular-lines with a variety of hand gestures, using isolated movement, and walked calmy by grounding her feet from heel to toe while straightening the upper body. She made a solemn and serious mood along a linear path. As Denis was facing a new era, she became interested in exoticism and grafted her art onto oriental thoughts. She expressed the gods through herself rather than showing her individual tendencies. In conclusion, these movements’ characteristics of the two choreographers grafted liberalism and exoticism together. Duncan elevated liberalism into her choreographies while expressing nature-including ocean waves-and the comfortable costumes of ancient Greece. But Denis pursued a new style of choreography with more symbolic movements, utilizing various images of oriental and Asian gods. These are the major differences between Duncan and Denis. Their attempts were the predecessor to American modern dance.

This study extracted the literary figuration of the Sleeve Dance (袖舞) from the literature collections of Joseon Dynasty, and explored its meaning and style. As a result, the study extracted not only ‘Jangsu (長袖)’ and ‘Chuisu (翠袖)’ with connotative meanings, but also ‘Bun (飜: Bunyeon 飜然: Yeombun 艶飜)’ and ‘Pyeonpyeon (翩翩)’ the specific descriptions for fluttering sleeves, and ‘Pasa (婆娑)’ the description for non-conventional dance. After exploring the meanings of their origins and exemplary standards, the study emphasized that ‘Jangsu’ should be considered not only the shape of a long sleeve but also a gorgeous sleeve dance of a beautiful dancer, and ‘Chuisu’ should be considered not only the color of a green sleeve but also an excellent sleeve dance of a pitiable dancer. The study also confirmed that ‘Bun’ was a general description for a fluttering sleeve, ‘Bunyeon’ was a description for a sleeve fluttering high enough to touch the sky and changing very quickly, ‘Yeombun’ was a complex description for the combination of a beautiful dancer and beautiful sleeve, ‘Pyeonpyeon’ was a description for a very thin and light silk sleeve fluttering like a butterfly, and ‘Pasa’ was a description for a sleeve movement which was more rough and non-conventional than an ordinary sleeve dance which generally moved light and swift. Those descriptions were confirmed to be based on the standards from the Classic of Poetry (詩經) and Tang Poetry (唐詩), and these phenomenons were confirmed to be the part of Classicism (擬古主義). This study has significance to bring ‘Sumu’ in the center of discussion for the first time in Korea

To investigate dance graduates current state of employment, preparation process for the foregoing and job satisfaction, this study selected 108 graduates who graduated department of dance within three years as subjects of study. After establishing two study questions according to the purpose of study, this study used a questionnaire composed of total 22 questions. This study carried out descriptive statistics, frequency analysis, reliability analysis and correlation analysis using SPSS Win 18.0 program to analyze all data collected, and results are as follows. First, about 54% of graduates are getting jobs in the field of performance including dancers and choreographers as types of employees, and their monthly average income ranged from more than 1 million to less than 2 million. And responses that development of ability in the field of major is the most important for employment and prepared more than three years were the highest. As for the route of employment, about 59% were receiving help from introduction of acquaintances. Second, results of descriptive statistics on job satisfaction show that occupational profession was the highest amongst job satisfaction, and human relations, social appreciation and support and satisfaction of economic income followed in order. And a high degree of correlation and significant differences were also found in four constituting concepts and each subfactor of job satisfaction.