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Asian Dance Journal

Korean Dance and Non-textual Mass Media : Focusing on Contemporary Sound Recordings and Films, 1930-1960

근대 비문자 대중매체와 한국무용 : 1930-1960년대 유성기음반과 영화를 중심으로

Suk, Jihun 석지훈

DOI:10.26861/sddh.2020.58.129

Asian Dance Journal
Vol.58 pp.129-170

Abstract
Korean Dance and Non-textual Mass Media : Focusing on Contemporary Sound Recordings and Films, 1930-1960 ×

This study focuses on the sociocultural and artistical interrelations between the "Korean Dance" and two of the most popular non-textual forms of mass media - commercial sound recordings (gramophone records) and films (feature films, newsreels, documentaries) - between the 1930s and 1960s. First, this study focuses on how gramophone records were employed through the Korean dance recitals during this period, as well as on what type of music was used in these recitals. Second, this paper examines the films documenting "Korean Dance" shot and produced during the time period in question, and discusses how these films were produced and how it has impacted establishing the "Korean Dance" through its mass distribution. By doing so, this paper attempts to provide a preliminary suggestion on how the "Korean Dance" has made its transitions over time, as well as an opportunity to historically understand the actual manifestation of "Korean dance" during its earlier days of a modern form of performing arts. It can be strongly argued that a strong sense of a historical parallel is revealed between the historic development of the Korean Dance in the early 20th century Korea and the development of the notion of Korean national culture, as both came into their modern manifestation through a series of constant interactions between Korean premodern cultures and the modern foreign cultures.

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