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A Study on the Dance Criticism in Korea - Focused on the Debut Process and Activities of the Dance Critic -

Jisun Lee 1

1이화여자대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

By concentrating on the debut process and activities of the dance critics, one of the primary purpose of this study is understanding the dance criticism in Korea. The other is defining the problems which dance criticism in Korea has and suggesting the improvement devices.In early days, by appearing in the press at the editor?s requests, the writers, artists and dancers could be easily carry out as a dance critic without the specific debut process. From 1970s to 1990s, many dance critics could debut through the dance magazines. And recently, the most critics are coming out through the specific system like ?critic award? presented by dance magazines. The debuts of dance critic regardless of way of process are not objective and has no definite criterion. Either the debut through the magazine or through the specific system, editor?s choice is the most influential. If this social factor keep effect on the critic?s debut, their status and public trust will hardly be acquired.Also the activities of dance critics were too diversified and uneconomical to concentrate on their critiques. The main problem of the dance criticism in Korea which existing researches have insisted on was that there are insufficiency of dance critics. But at the result of this study, major causes are laid on not their number but their inactivity. Through the above discussion, I suggest follows,1. necessity of the academical criticism2. necessity of the economical support to the critic?s activities3. necessity of the training system for the dance criticDance criticism make the dance be popular and it discover the values and meanings of dance. In conclusion, this research can be a contribution to identify the way to expand the dance audience base and to improve in future-oriented by understanding the structure of the dance criticism in Korea and suggesting the expansive dance criticism culture which is under the opening culture markets.

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