This paper analyzes the author’s piece entitled “After Beginning and Before the End”, which explores the relationship between the creation process of Chinese characters and dance, drawing upon the Tao-te-ching of Laozi. As per Laozi’s concept of ‘Tao’, all creation changes from a simple to a complex state, with a wide variety of possibilities in the process. We intended to make the rediscovery of all creation suggested in the Tao-te-ching of Laozi into a piece of a choreography by applying the minimum unit of Chinese characters and their shapes as the principle for generating dance movement. This research proposes the method of dance composition from the perspective of the redevelopment of all creation presented in Laozi’s Tao-te-ching.

In this study, I apply the LMA(Laban Movement Analysis) system to analyze the movement of Taekyun. In this context, I think that if I can analyze the movement of Taekyun which is representative of Korean martial arts by the LMA, It will be a new opportunity to shed light on traditional martial arts from an artistic point of view. I especially focuse on the dancing elements of Taekyun. It is thought that the action of the Taekyun movement ​​resembles curve, because it avoids the fatal blow on the opponents. Taekyun is embodied a unified gesture through the tempo of strength and weakness, with softness in its movement. I explore the physical aspects(Body), qualitative aspect(Effort), shape of movements aspect(Shape), and spatial aspect(Space) of LMA in order to illuminate the aesthetic elements of Taekyun. As a result of the analysis, the dancing elements of Taekyun are found as follows. First, in the body part, I find a common feature that is connected naturally by Breath Support and Core Support. Respiration strengthens the meaning of each action in the three movements(pumbalbgi, hwalgaesji, neunjileugi). Second, in terms of quality(Effort), I find the properties of Strong Weight and Quick Time. A common feature of the Effort is the rhythm state. It can explains the reason why Taekyun is similar to dancing movement. Third, the spatial aspect can be seen as a Directional Shape, but it can not be completed unless Shape Flow is emphasized. Fourth, in the aspect of the Shape, it can be seen that there is a Central Tension when you raise his leg to defend himself or when he turn his arm to defend from his opponent's attack. I hope that this study help the LMA to be applied to the various fields in order to the value of movements.

This thesis examined the inherent meanings of the C-shaped movements in Chunaengjeon the Tang court dance reconstructed by Liu Feng-shueh. In this paper, we examined the cultural and aesthetic features that are contained in the breathing, basic movements, and morphological C-shaped movements portrayed by Li Chao as a feature of Chunaengjeon. First, C-shaped movements in Confucian thought appeared in two different forms: "C" in "Etiquette" and "C" in respiration. For the former, the C-shaped movements of "Etiquette" used the movements of Chunaengjeon in Japan and the form of "Etiquette" in Korea Ilmu for reference, in oder to be based Confucianism. As a result, the C-shaped movements of "Etiquette" showed characteristics of dignity and humbleness embedded in national culture of Tang Dynasty. For the latter, breathing of the C-shaped movement was inherently calm and harmonious by using the Taichichuan breathing method, which was derived from Confucianism and Taoism, that gathered the breaths from the pubic region and then pushed it down constantly. Second, the aesthetic of the C-shaped movements introduced various movement trajectories such as circular or straight lines in the static C-shaped movements in order to reveal the elegance and neat figure of the Tang court dance. The elements of imagination and beauty about the Tang Dynasty court dance were added into by Liu Feng-shueh so that ultimately aesthetic C-shaped movements were made with aesthetic sense. In addition, Liu Feng-shueh made aesthetic C-shaped movements from the Tang dynasty's court dress by learning from the characteristics of the dual structure of Japanese Chunaengjeon. This result suggested intrinsic meaning of the C-shaped movements in Liu Feng-shueh. Last but not the least, we were looking forward that Chunaengjeon could make a contribution to help reconstruction research the traditional dance of China, Korea and Japan.