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The Asiatic Patronage Environment of the Choi Seung-hee Dance 최승희춤의 아시아적 후원환경론 ×
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ISSN : 2383-5214(Print)
ISSN : 2733-4279(Online)
Asian Dance Journal Vol.35 pp.263-282
DOI : 10.26861/sddh.2014.35.263

최승희춤의 아시아적 후원환경론

The Asiatic Patronage Environment of the Choi Seung-hee Dance

한경자

Han, Kyungja

Abstract

This study has considered focusing on the patronage environment of the process where Choi Seung-hee dance had settled down as the pioneer in modern dance ahead of its time based on her performance of current 105 research in 2011 including books, master’s and doctorate degree theses, academic and symposium journals. The patronage environment of Choi Seung-hee dance has been limited to Asian region while classified into domestic and overseas. The domestic patronage environment includes Choi Seung-il who has played the most important role in her family members, cultural artists and association surrounding An-mak (An Pil-seung), and media organization and so on, developing a positive patronage environment. In overseas environment, this study has concentrated on the formation of ‘the White Cross Institute’ which is an official title of the Choi Seung-hee supporters association in Japan, and based on the political culture and supporters’ environment in North Korea and China, the performance that described overcoming the wartime condition and the period of political tumult could be staged. Among the initiators of White Cross Institute (白十字會) who had begun the patronage activity at the onset of ‘the Second Recital of New Choi Seung-hee Dance,’ many artists, politicians, presidents of magazine publishers, and cultured individuals who are chosen as the top-notch in Japan such as Baku Ishii or Yasnari Kawabata. Especially, many of the nationalist leaders who had worked for the independence of Joseon Dynasty were included and gained public attention. As a result, at the base of the fact that Choi Seung-hee dance has become internationally famous, the supporters’ association, politics and media, and military support involving progressive and literary foundation starting from the open and modern education in the literary family background have formed a dynamic structure in the background. At the groundwork of such patronage environment, one could figure out that more solid philosophy of dance was founded to establish the system of creating works and the performance environment. In a personal aspect, the most meaningful result from this study is that this research is the first to disclose the fact that the title of the Choi Seung-hee supporters association is ‘the White Cross Institute (白十字會)’ and the title of the well-known photograph in which a woman is jumping into the air with a transparent veil on her hands in the field in autumn is ‘Jeokgu Heunmu (赤丘欣舞).’

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