2022, Vol.85, No.1

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 study aims to analyze images of air in the ballet La Sylphide(1832) and the contemporary dance Pneuma(2014), focusing on Gaston Bachelard’s dynamic imagination theory and the inner characteristics of imagination expressed through dance. Drawing upon the dynamics connecting the material and the archetype, first, I explore the images of air in La Sylphide in the context of the axiomatic metaphor par excellence of verticality and ascension. Second, I investigate the images of air in Pneuma from the perspective of open imagination, paying attention to C. Carlson’s notion of visual poetry. Finally, by in-depth discussion of the language of the body that is transformed through challenge, contrast, metamorphosis, and sublimation in the works, this study shows how the dancing body becomes a medium of poetic reverie that allows us to experience the dynamism of deep human beings as we move away from the object.

This study examines Vaslav Nijinsky’s L’Après-midi d’un Faune and Jerome Robbins’ reinterpretation of it while focusing on narcissism. Nijinsky’s choreography shows the aspect of secondary narcissism since the main character goes on to object love, then gets frustrated, and returns to self love. Masturbation implied in the last scene shows the narcissistic object choice and the connection between the choreographer’s personal disposition and childhood. Robbins’ reinterpretation deals with narcissism through the fascination, illusion, and disparity that male and female dancers have in their mirror images in an American dance studio. Although this work suggests heterosexuality, narcissism and homosexuality cannot be completely ignored. I suggest that this dual structure reflects the social situation of the time which condemned homosexuality, even though it inherits the subversiveness of the original work.

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of Work Life and Balance(WLB) of professional dancers on job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The question of this study investigated how 1) WLB of professional dancers affected job satisfaction and organizational commitment, and 2) how job satisfaction of professional workers affected organizational commitment. A survey was conducted on 171 dancers working in dance companies located in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province. As a result, it was found that the dancer’s WLB had a positive effect on job satisfaction, and job satisfaction had a positive effect on organizational commitment. It was found that the dancer’s WLB did not have a significant effect on organizational commitment. Through follow-up studies, it is necessary to analyze in detail how the WLB of dancers affects on job satisfaction and organizational commitment.