Resurrection of Ghosts - Gothic Imagination in Akram Khan’s Giselle -

Youngjae Roh (노영재)

doi:10.16877/kjds.88.4.202211.9

Resurrection of Ghosts - Gothic Imagination in Akram Khan’s Giselle -

The Korean Journal of Dance Studies
Abbr : KRSDS
2022, 88(4), pp.9-25
DOI : 10.16877/kjds.88.4.202211.9
Publisher : The Korean Society for Dance Studies
Research Area : Arts and Kinesiology > Dance
Received : October 15, 2022
Accepted : November 2, 2022
Published : November 30, 2022

Youngjae Roh ¹

¹동아대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study aims to illuminate Gothic imagination and its meaning in the British choreographer Akram Khan’s Giselle (2016) focusing on Gothic traditions and revival. I explore the humanistic meaning of Gothic in Giselle and closely analyze contemporary applications of Gothic through a multicultural approach. To this end, first, the study examines the cultural origins of medieval Gothic and the transition process of Gothic by era. Then, it discusses the Gothic images and choreography that appear in the history of Western dance from the Middle Ages to the present. Lastly, this study rereads Gothic imagination in Akram Khan’s Giselle from a post-colonial perspective focusing on the “utterance of others” and “social inequality.” As a results, the Gothic nature of Akram Khan’s Giselle allows for voicing a kind of encroached social contradiction, and the contemporary form of dance vocabulary requires a more active attitude toward facing and listening to the problem.

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Akram Khan(아크람 칸), Giselle(지젤), Gothic(고딕), Romantic Ballet(낭만발레), English National Ballet(영국국립발레단)

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.

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