2021, Vol.82, No.2

The Korean Journal of Dance Studies 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.93

pISSN : 1226-900X / eISSN : 2713-9468
https://journal.kci.go.kr/krsds

This paper aims to understand the form and change of Butoh dance from the perspective of the body. Hijikata Tatsumi’s dark butoh has discovered the “materiality” of the body, including grotesque and self-killing, regression of the body toward the darkness of the source, and fall. In the case of Ohno Kazuo, the spirits of the dead are accepted by his body, and his dances presented mainly improvised, entertaining, colorful, and dynamic movements by combining various opposite entities. The next generation, including Shankai Juku, is showing a different physicality from the previous generation. It shows the pursuit of "universal physicality" rather than individuality, or “physical retreat,” which is approaching universality by carving and refining the special form of dark Butoh with internationalization.

The objective of this study is to explore the effect of warm-up activities using the Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement (ATM)® method on the physical awareness of dance major students in a university dance improvisation class. To achieve this, scripts for 12 ATM® classes were selected, based on which warm-up activities were being conducted for the junior year dance major students at University C in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Warm-up activities employing the Feldenkrais ATM® Method were reported to be the most effective in Physical Relaxation, among the components of physical awareness. It was followed by “Physical Alignment”, “Sensory Reception”, “Sensory Restoration”, “Sensory Recognition”, “Mind-Body Connectivity”, “Self-image Formation”,“Concentration Control”, “Trust Factor” and “Movement Factor” respectively. The study proved that the warm-up activities using Feldenkrais ATM® method were effective in all of the above mentioned physical awareness factors.

This study aims to find surrealism expressions in three pieces of William Forsythe by referencing four surrealism techniques : automatisme, dépaysement, collage, frottase. To analyze the works, the author enumerates notions and traits of surrealism techniques referring to other scholarly papers, books and videos. The City of Abstracts has a rubbed effect of audience’s body image. Scattered Crowd puts thousands of ballons in the space which, looks unfamiliar and irrelevant. Heterotopia emphasizes unconsciousness, which is the point of surrealism using props and sounds of dancers. Through these analyses, Forsythe’s works exemplify how surrealism techniques affect on contemporary dance works.