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A Study of New Women’s Femininity through Seung-hee Choi’s Dancing Body and Daily Life

최승희의 춤추는 몸과 일상에 나타난 근대 신여성의 여성성 연구

Hwang, Heejeong 황희정

DOI:10.26861/sddh.2016.43.197

Asian Dance Journal
Vol.43 pp.197-214

Abstract
A Study of New Women’s Femininity through Seung-hee Choi’s Dancing Body and Daily Life ×

This study seeks to interpret how femininity is revealed in Seung-hee Choi’s dancing body and how it was expressed in daily life at a time when patriarchy and the concept of the “new woman” collided. In early modern dance and in later works of Korean traditional material and Oriental images, we see aspects of bold, dignified women. These reveal a feminism that conforms to established male ideals and challenges classical femininity. In contrast, Seung-hee Choi practiced a progressive to her life and to marriage. The romantic relationship she shared with her husband was not like those of radical feminists. Instead, the couple forged a modern marriage that linked them as a mental partner and a mentor of life. The tendency of her work was also affected by her husband, so she created dance of proletarian tendency and then developed Korean dance. Seung-hee Choi succeeded at both her career and marriage. Seung-hee Choi was also a celebrity in her time for emphasizing femininity through her fashion. She retained her bob style hair and wore Western clothes indoors and out. The hats, coats, dresses, clutches, and shoes that she wore were carefully chosen to coordinate with the Art Déco style then in vogue in Paris and the U.S. This form of fashion reveals a graceful, sophisticated, and self-assured femininity.

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A Study of Types and Characteristics of Korean Fan Dance : Focusing on Korean Fan Dance of Seung-hee Choi, Baek-bong Kim, Geum-do Jang, and the Korean Minority in China in the 20th Century

20세기 부채춤의 유형 및 특징 연구 : 최승희, 김백봉, 장금도, 조선족의 부채춤을 중심으로

Shin, Myungsook 신명숙

DOI:10.26861/sddh.2019.55.179

Asian Dance Journal
Vol.55 pp.179-212

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A Study of Types and Characteristics of Korean Fan Dance : Focusing on Korean Fan Dance of Seung-hee Choi, Baek-bong Kim, Geum-do Jang, and the Korean Minority in China in the 20th Century ×

Korean Fan Dance is the most favored dance by the entire nation, however, it would be astonishing to explain that this dance's history has been less than 100 years old. Korean Fan Dance, which appeared around 100 years ago, was coincidentally performed by two Shinmuyong (New Dance appeared at the beginning of the 20th century) dancers, Seung-hee Choi(1911-1967) and Baek-bong Kim(1927-) in the same period, and recently Geum-do Jang(1928-2019), a former gisaeng (female entertainer) of Sohwa Gwonbeon (Gisaeng School) in Gunsan area, was also known to have performed a fan dance. I had a curiosity about the fact that the three people had different fan dances. I also realized that our knowledge of Korean Fan Dance might have been scattered. Thus, I attempted to research the history of different Korean fan dances while examined the published materials. As a result, Seung-hee Choi's fan dance changed several times and developed without a certain framework in terms of the function and background of the dance. On the contrary, the fan dance of Baek-bong Kim's movements were formalized and handed down so far without any significant changes until the first presentation. Geum-do Jang's fan dance started as a formalized group dance after learning from Gwonbeon, but later she performed it as a solo dance. After the Korean Liberation, Jang's fan dance lost its venue due to the disappearance of Gwonbeon. Meanwhile, the fan dance of Korean Minority in Chinese was influenced by Seung-hee Choi and the gisaeng, but it was widely changed and interpreted upon topics and expressions.

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