One modern dancer at the forefront of the art is SongBeom. Numerous studies have considered his life and work activities. However, an error exists, citing incorrect records. This research reconsiders the records of newspaper news organizations working on the agencies. SongBeom was established in the National Dance Company and played a major role in the 1962 writing style. Meanwhile, he demonstrated creative experimentation in Korean dance, helping to create a new framework. Paper records show that he entered the world of dance as an opportunity during a decisive time. He demonstrated endless enthusiasm for show. Not only can we check his newspaper records to clarify the title and year, we now can also consider his work and identify the notations. Performance on a performance advertising, unlike these days. Newspaper articles still contained some errors, but data are sound in terms of the work years. Even though he gross change in his microscopic, even if we approach Chuminsaeng can check the newspaper. It's a dance thing of a time of his activities through to become an opportunity to read the flow.

Expressions of literature or fine art create work that leaves a distinct record. By comparison, the performing arts never create work that remains afterward. Performance is a momentary art shown only in the present, and it is never affected by anything after the show. Performing arts are solely present at the time and place of a performance, making it practically impossible to preserve and store the work. In fact, maintaining and preserving the actions performed on scene has become an unresolved question in the world of performing arts. In order to maintain and preserve such moments, artificial interventions are essential, such as taking photographs or making videos. This paper aims to discuss some theoretical issues that should be taken into account in the process of documenting the performing arts. This paper will first discuss the authenticity of performance in terms of the object of documentation. Authenticity is a concept related to the identity of work. It will continue by examining Margolis’s theory of arts before exploring suitable media to record performances, such as records, body, memory and repertoire. Lastly, this paper will raise a question as to how to reflect aesthetic elements that need to be considered along with other factors in performance documentation. Ultimately, this paper suggests that performance documentation should begin to recognize the gap between performance and record. Such an approach should integrate ethnography and narrative.

This paper analyzes the performance of “Connected” by focusing on the proprioceptive senses. Presented at Ewha Woman’s University Performance Hall 1, “Connected” was performed based on ballet movements and characteristics of post-modern dance and somatics. This research adopted a practice-based research methodology and followed five steps: research design → concept formation → composition and practice → performance and analysis → examination of the research findings. The researcher videotaped practice sessions and kept a journal of proceedings during the study. In order to analyze the dance work thoroughly, the researcher explored the role that an audience’s visual sense plays in a ballet performance as well as the performer’s senses in post-modern dance. The researcher looked inward with the concept of proprioceptive senses in somatics in order to analyze the researcher’s own ballet performance. The findings based on “Connected” can be summarized as follows. First, after stimulating senses in the first part of the practice, the researcher had a more delicate understanding of the soma. As the researcher gained more knowledge about one’s soma, including contraction and relaxation levels and range of motion, the researcher felt more comfortable, focusing more on expressing oneself. Second, the routine and habitual movements felt different because the researcher was dancing according to one’s feelings. The researcher was able to focus more on the performance’s qualitative aspects, indulging in dancing and performing more sensuously, rather than focusing on the quantitative factors, the mere connecting of different moves. Finally, the researcher was able to dance with more freedom when trying to stimulate the proprioceptive senses while remaining conscious of the audience. Rather than practicing and performing routinely and putting too much emphasis on the audience’s perceptions, the researcher moved with more freedom. This research demonstrates that stimulating the proprioceptive senses of the researcher was essential to the dancing. Through proprioceptive sense stimulation, dancers may produce more comfortable and seamless moves, which may also result in a higher quality performance. In this regards, this research suggests that performers can enhance the quality of their performances when they thoroughly understand their own soma through proprioceptive sense stimulation.

The purpose of this study is to consider implicit meanings with Panofsky’s iconographical methods. This research further seeks to objectively organize and understand a new dancer’s, (Kim Baek-Bong) intention to produce meanings and details in “Flow of Line.” Based on references, this study captured images necessary for an iconographical analysis of “Kim Baek-Bong’s Dance Performance” (on Nov. 29, 1989 at Sejong Center for the Performing Arts) and “New Dance, the Triple Layer Dance Scenes” (on March 25, 2013 at Yeak-dang of National Gugak Center). The researcher then drew the image of the line produced as the group danced in order to study the composition of Kim Baek-Bong’s “Flow of Line.” Analysis revealed that the group dance movements, formed by the dancers’ movements, was set to the ‘line’. This study also included an interview with Kim Baek-Bong, the choreographer of “Flow of Line” in order to understand the time setting and conditions of dance communities at the time of creation for “Flow of Line.” The ‘pre-iconographical description’ of “Flow of Line” was divided into the factual meanings and the expressional meanings. The former were the proscenium stage (stage), 16 female dancers (dancers), Kim Yoon Deok style Kayageum Sanjo music (music), unique movements of upper and lower body parts (movement), and white skirts and jackets (costume). The latter included a total of 41 compositions: 3 compositions from Jungmori beat, 23 compositions from Jungjungmori beat, and 15 compositions from Danmori beat. As mentioned above, in the 41 compositions, the iconographical analysis indicated that the united image was derived from sources of snow crystals, water drops, whirlpools, water drop wavelengths, moving waves, and waterfalls. They also showed images of tree rings, the sun and moon, flowers, ridges, whirlpools, silk threads from cocoons, water drop wavelengths, and other natural elements. This iconological analysis was divided into the original meanings of a nature-friendly world of art as well as circular images and the symbolic values of white-clad people and Korea’s ethnicity and unity. Thus, “Flow of Line” is the work with elegance, beauty, and contemplation about life resulting from Kim Baek-Bong’s love for nature. He created the circular images, yet Kim Baek-Bong’s “Flow of Line” is also meaningful to dance history as a new type of group dance combining Western dance styles and Korean traditional dance styles.

This paper primarily presents a general review of the theoretical literature pertaining to “somatic awareness,” which is assumed to be a potential healing element of yoga. Somatic awareness is a devised concept indicating the process of non-judgmental self-awareness for subtle bodily sensations and felt senses. It remains meaningful to define somatic awareness on a theoretical basis. This paper therefore provides an overview of current research in various areas related to somatics, body awareness, mindfulness, bodyworks, and therapeutic approaches involving yoga. To make the review more purpose-directed, this paper starts with a review of studies for soma and soma intelligence perceived from the first-person perspective as well as awareness of bodily sensations and felt senses. This discussion leads to the primary explanation of somatic awareness as the adaptive aspect of body awareness. This paper also delivers basic perspectives on soma from yoga philosophy and yoga physiology. Through the review, this paper verifies a concept of ‘somatic awareness’ implied in therapeutic approaches of yoga, which generally utilizes breathing and self-awareness, such as Viniyoga, mindfulness yoga, and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR). Understanding this mind-body linking concept of somatic awareness and its adaptive aspects in yoga therapy, this paper explores the main arguments from neurophysiology, focusing on the brain reactions and influences arising from the somatic awareness process while practicing yoga and meditation. With its review of current research, this paper verifies the effective integration and interaction of bottom-up and top-down processes of self-regulation taking place in the triune brain structure. It therefore offers a better theoretical understanding of the self-regulating and healing effects of somatic awareness-based yoga and its application in diverse fields.

The findings of this study are derived from a comparison with 『Jeongjaemudoholgi』 in order to consider ㆍㆍㆍㆍㆍㆍㆍㆍㆍㆍ and Jeongjaedos: suggested a dance of eight Yeoryeongs standing in a two-fold left and right formation. In it, the dancers on the left and right sides stretch out both of their arms while facing each other and facing south. Only one piece of it remained in Uigwae, Yeoryeongjeongjae. suggested a dance of two people for Hyeopmu moving north and partnering with each other. Four pieces have been handed down through four types of Uigwae, and all are Mudongjeongjae. offered a dance moving forward on top of the edge of Daemoban. Three pieces remained intact in three types of Uigwae, including Mudong and Yeoryeong. suggested a dance performing “Naesuyeomanoesubanhageo [Horo two people]” by moving north in the front and the rear formation with Horo two people positioned in front and Hyeopmu in the rear. Five pieces have been passed down through four types of Uigwae; three of them are Mudong, and the remaining two are Yeoryeong; their dance notations are of one kind. introduced a dance of Oemugi and Naemugi turning outwards, inwards, right and left around a boat. Eleven pieces remained in eleven types of Uigwae, all of which are Yeoryeongjeongjaei, with ten kinds of dance notations. suggested a dance of Jukganja partnering in the introduction while facing left and right in twofold left and right formations in the proceedings. Eight pieces have been passed down through eight types of Uigwae, all of which are Yeoryeongjeongjae, with dance notations consisting of two contents. introduced a dance of partnering in a five-direction formation and turning inwards, outwards, left, and right in a circular formation. Four pieces are found today in four types of Uigwae: one of them is Mudong, and the other three are Yeoryeong, with dance notations composed of four contents. contains a dance of Hyeopmu 2 people heading north in a single file, centered in and out [Oesuhanaesuyeoman, Naesuhaoesuyeoman]. Six pieces are available today in six types of Uigwae, all of which are Mudongjeongjae, with dance notations consisting of two kinds of content. Jeongjaedo refers to a solo dance of one Hyeopmu heading towards the north and northwest on top of Hwamunseok. Its standing locations on Hwamunseok vary from center, north, or south. Eleven pieces remained intact in ten types of Uigwae: two are Mudong, and nine are Yeoryeong; and their dance notations contain three kinds of contents. offered a dance of Hyeopmu with two people going north to dance in a single file. One aspect that all have in common is their holding of flowers in Oesu [Oegeosunaesubanhageo]. Three pieces are found today in two types of Uigwae; two of them are Mudong, and the other is Yeoryeong; their dance notations have been reduced to two kinds of content. is composed of a story of a crane pecking at Jidangpan and thereby letting Dongi stand up. It introduced a dance involving partnering in a single file line in the south of Jidangpan. Eight pieces have been passed down through eight types of Uigwae; all are Yeoryeongjeongjae; and they have only one type of dance notation. suggested a dance of partnering in a single file or twofold left and right formation in the case of two or four people. Dancers head north or facing each other in a single file line or encounter each other around a dancer in a fourfold left and right formation. Six pieces have been found today in nine types of Uigwae; five of them are Mudong and four of them are Yeoryeong; their dance notations are divided into nine. One to eleven pieces were contained in each Jeongjaedo, and one to two, four, five, or seven pieces had the same dance notations. In some cases, the dance notations of Mudong and Yeoryeong were the same, and the pictures of one dancer were repeated in multiple Jeongjaedos. Almost all dance notations suggested similar content, and many were proposed on one page. Those can be identified through Jeongjaedo, which were the compositions of dancers, formations, movements, directions, and locations recorded in Holgi. On the other hand, what was not documented in Holgi were supplemented by pictures, through which the researcher discovered that the arrangements of dancers varied depending on the nature of banquets. Therefore, various formations were adopted, and the centers around which dancers were partnering were the formed line itself or the dancer.

The purpose of this study was to investigate trends in male choreographers’ work in Korean dance, as demonstrated in “12 Korean Contemporary Dance Choreographers’ Showcase.” For this study, the researcher observed the showcase before collecting and organizing critiques about the showcases from dance magazines, such as 󰡔Auditorium󰡕, 󰡔Performance and Review󰡕, 󰡔Dance Forum󰡕, 󰡔MOMM󰡕, 󰡔Dance Korea󰡕, 󰡔Dance󰡕, and 󰡔Dance and People󰡕. These articles were collected from performance pamphlets and related news in the 1990s or earlier from the Internet News Libraries (newslibrary.naver.com). The researcher also interviewed and communicated via email with the choreographers who participated in the showcase. The interviews included questions about background information in creating the work, the focus of the dances, and their points of view. From 1987 to 2005, a total of 15 male choreographers in Korean dance participated in”12 Korean Contemporary Dance Choreographers’ Showcase,” composing a total of 26 performances. Gook Soo-Ho participated in the showcase eight times, including two repeat performances. As this showcase emphasized premieres, Jeong Jae-Man had three performances, Chae Sang-Mook had two performances, and Kim Yong-Cheol had two performances. The Other 11 choreographers had one performance each. The choreographers demonstrated various themes in “12 Korean Contemporary Dance Choreographers’ Showcase.” Performances with the themes of fraternity and love for family included “By the River in North Korea” by Gook Soo-Ho and “Share” by Kim Seung-Il. Performances with themes of nihil and samsara included “Empty Boat,” “Gook Soo Ho’s Bolero,” “Garden of God Ⅰ- Nought (無)”by Gook Soo-Ho and “Mind Purifying Music” by Chae Sang-Mook. “Dance in the Sky” by Jeong Jae-Man illustrated the pursuit of an ideal, whereas “Sound of Dried Wild Flowers” by Chae Sang-Mook and “Light Wind” by Kim Yoon-Soo tried to overcome reality. There were also themes of exorcism (ritual ceremony) for the repose of souls: “Meditation of Myeonam” by Gook Soo-Ho, “Fever” by Im Gwan-Gyu, “Like Butterflies” by Lee Hong-Jae, and “Black Exorcism” by Kim, Yong-Cheol. Finally, there were themes of discovery of the ego and self-training, including “Danya (Red Bellow)” by Kim Yong-Cheol, “Shadow” by Kim Jeong-Hak, “Sad Song” by Han Sang-Geun, “Ego” by Lee Gyeong-Soo, and “Far Away” by Kim Nam-Yong. Since 1987, male choreographers in Korean dance have demonstrated unique performances in “12 Korean Contemporary Dance Choreographers’ Showcase,” presenting dance performances with religious and philosophical speculation. Generally, they emphasize themes about human beings and the environment. There are fewer female choreographers in Korean dance than male choreographers. However, female choreographers also try to show their spirit based on their lifestyles and experiences. As choreographers in Korean dance, they adopted the division of Korea and the Korean environment as a theme rather than showing the uniqueness of Korean traditional dance movements in developing Korean contemporary dance techniques.

This study aims to investigate the activation plans of Korean cultural artists through the modern reception of performance art and to design a new conscious transition of traditional art into popular art. Today, the Seoul Performing Arts Company is a group representing Korean art with unprecedented experiments involving external and internal changes. This study examined the developmental plans of the Seoul Performing Arts Company and its comprehensive artwork, including singing, dancing, and music. The study employed Microsoft Excel, a data processing program, to summarize the list of performances by the Seoul Performing Arts Company and to analyze the three genres of singing, dancing, and music. In addition, the company performers were interviewed about the meanings of modern singing, dancing, and music. These study methods allowed investigation of the characteristics of traditional art genre with singing, dancing, and music as well as the direction and strategic aspects of comprehensive art. This analysis seeks to reorganize perceptions of traditional art as public art exceeding the boundaries of genres in the performance industry while continuing to create comprehensive Korean artwork containing a mutual communicative structure.

This study focuses on how to teach general dance education in university environments where a dance department does not exist, making it difficult for students to approach dance as an art. Within such a context, this research aimed to teach a general dance class in such a way as to improve students’ perceptions of dance as art. The research questions were as follows: First, what is the perception of general dance education for students who live in areas where people lack opportunities to experience dance as art? Second, what should be taught in a general dance education class in order to activate perceptions of dance as art? Third, what points could be improved in a general dance class in order to revitalize dance as art? This study followed an action research format, focusing on a real situation while seeking to understand the role of education. The participants were five male students taking a general dance class at a four-year system university located in Chungcheong province. In this context, it is difficult to offer various dances as art forms to students because the class runs semester by semester, making it difficult to meet all student requests in such a brief time. In addition, the university lacks any other dance classes, so students had no choice and could not compare with other classes. Therefore, the interviews completely focused on the researcher’s class, lacking comparisons with other classes. The study results indicate the following effective approaches to a general dance class. First, the class needs to include “dancing for physical exercise.” Second, the class needs to be “naturally experienced.” Third, the class needs to be “exciting and communicable.” These results emphasize that dance is not a “serious” class but offers comfortable and interesting learning to students. In addition, educators need to consider the students’ responses and develop teaching content and methods depending on the situation. Therefore, dance educators teaching general dance classes must consider various environments and students’ interests. Many action research studies on general dance education have been published, and people can continue to share their experiences in the future. Furthermore, we can expect increasing interest in dance as art.

This dissertation investigates the way dancers experience the “personality of soma” while practicing. The purpose of this dissertation was to study the interrelationship between the personality of soma and the creation of unique dances. This study included dancers learning original movements and the entire process of practicing. The author used practice-based research and other academic resources for the study. First, major terms, such as “soma,” “somatic learning,” and “personality of soma” were defined based on other academic sources. The discussion of the concepts of soma and somatic learning is primarily based on the somatics of Thomas Hanna. The personality of soma discussion is based mainly on the concepts that Karol Wojtyla suggested from a theological perspective: origin solitude, origin nakedness, and origin unity. Practice-based research informed analysis of the entire process of constructing the piece, creating choreography, practicing, and performing. Somatic data was derived from the researcher’s first-person observation, and dancers were employed as the subjects of analysis. Experiencing the personality of soma consists of four stages: recognition, awareness, unity, and openness to soma. First, the experience of silence caused the dancers to recognize their soma and discover the potential within them. Second, the experience of origin solitude allowed the dancers to discover creativity and autonomy within their soma through an exploration of autonomous movement. Third, the experience of origin unity provided a chance to realize that soma has its own way of conducting communication and personal interaction. Fourth, undergoing the origin nakedness stage, the dancers learned how to dance their unique moves without the eyes of others, a perspective that they had internalized. The researcher who participated in the study gained self-esteem and recovered the personality of soma. They also created unique dance through a development of their own dance moves. By conducting this study, the researcher experienced transitions from passive, memorization-based learning to active learning, which allowed the utilization of somatic sensations.