@article{ART001297985},
author={CHUNG, EUI SOOK and Kim joo hee},
title={A Study on Sexual Expression in a Dance - Focussed on 「A Chain of Fish'」by Park Ho-bin},
journal={The Korean Journal of Dance Studies},
issn={1226-900X},
year={2008},
volume={25},
number={25},
pages={187-215},
doi={10.16877/kjds.25.25.200812.187}
TY - JOUR
AU - CHUNG, EUI SOOK
AU - Kim joo hee
TI - A Study on Sexual Expression in a Dance - Focussed on 「A Chain of Fish'」by Park Ho-bin
JO - The Korean Journal of Dance Studies
PY - 2008
VL - 25
IS - 25
PB - The Korean Society for Dance Studies
SP - 187
EP - 215
SN - 1226-900X
AB - To examine how sexuality is expressed in a dance, this study examines 「A Chain of Fish」choreographed by Park Ho-bin, in particular, homosexual scenes using Roland Barthes's two stage of signification as an analysis tool. An interview with the choreographer reveals how the subconscious layer of the society on sexual issues affect a choreographer's work.
Park Ho-bin presents homosexual scene in the following manner. Firstly, dancers' movements are expressed specifically in gesture of embrace, kiss and caress rather than abstract movement. A vertical composition is formed through an act of taking off clothes, kneeling down or using a lift. Next, ordinary items such as a mobile phone, gift, bed are used as prop. Similarly ordinary clothing is used, portraying homosexuality as part of a daily life. Thirdly, the performance features a well-known homosexual icon, Hong Seok-cheon, to make the homosexual expression even more concrete. Lastly, pornographic images are inserted to control level of exposure and to convey a difficult issue of sexual intercourse concretely and directly.
Park Ho-bin's choreography forms traditional power relation between men and women as dancers with a homosexual role present relationship in love, jealousy and betrayal. This intentional setting is presumably attributed to the choregrapher's position as an outsider to homosexuality. Gender is subconsciously demarcated in presenting a homosexual scene. In terms of Barthes's theory, the homosexual expression in 「A Chain of Fish」 adopts heterosexual relationship. A female side is dependent on a male side, fitting a conventional female mythology as a subject to lead a passive life.
Considering that pornography is generally acknowledged as a collection of abnormal sexual acts, its insertion in the dance poses a risk of fixing perverse image of homosexuality. Possibly the choreographer ─ who is heterogeneous ─ over-emphasized sexual expression to overcome his own bias. The self-censorship Park Ho-bin mentioned during the interview is not so much about a personal issue as an influence from our society that is still conservative about sexual culture.
KW - gender(성);homosexuality(호모섹슈얼리티);Hobin Park(박호빈);expression(표현);qualitative research method(질적연구방법)
DO - 10.16877/kjds.25.25.200812.187
ER -
CHUNG, EUI SOOK and Kim joo hee. (2008). A Study on Sexual Expression in a Dance - Focussed on 「A Chain of Fish'」by Park Ho-bin. The Korean Journal of Dance Studies, 25(25), 187-215.
CHUNG, EUI SOOK and Kim joo hee. 2008, "A Study on Sexual Expression in a Dance - Focussed on 「A Chain of Fish'」by Park Ho-bin", The Korean Journal of Dance Studies, vol.25, no.25 pp.187-215. Available from: doi:10.16877/kjds.25.25.200812.187
CHUNG, EUI SOOK, Kim joo hee "A Study on Sexual Expression in a Dance - Focussed on 「A Chain of Fish'」by Park Ho-bin" The Korean Journal of Dance Studies 25.25 pp.187-215 (2008) : 187.
CHUNG, EUI SOOK, Kim joo hee. A Study on Sexual Expression in a Dance - Focussed on 「A Chain of Fish'」by Park Ho-bin. 2008; 25(25), 187-215. Available from: doi:10.16877/kjds.25.25.200812.187
CHUNG, EUI SOOK and Kim joo hee. "A Study on Sexual Expression in a Dance - Focussed on 「A Chain of Fish'」by Park Ho-bin" The Korean Journal of Dance Studies 25, no.25 (2008) : 187-215.doi: 10.16877/kjds.25.25.200812.187
CHUNG, EUI SOOK; Kim joo hee. A Study on Sexual Expression in a Dance - Focussed on 「A Chain of Fish'」by Park Ho-bin. The Korean Journal of Dance Studies, 25(25), 187-215. doi: 10.16877/kjds.25.25.200812.187
CHUNG, EUI SOOK; Kim joo hee. A Study on Sexual Expression in a Dance - Focussed on 「A Chain of Fish'」by Park Ho-bin. The Korean Journal of Dance Studies. 2008; 25(25) 187-215. doi: 10.16877/kjds.25.25.200812.187
CHUNG, EUI SOOK, Kim joo hee. A Study on Sexual Expression in a Dance - Focussed on 「A Chain of Fish'」by Park Ho-bin. 2008; 25(25), 187-215. Available from: doi:10.16877/kjds.25.25.200812.187
CHUNG, EUI SOOK and Kim joo hee. "A Study on Sexual Expression in a Dance - Focussed on 「A Chain of Fish'」by Park Ho-bin" The Korean Journal of Dance Studies 25, no.25 (2008) : 187-215.doi: 10.16877/kjds.25.25.200812.187
