진주지역 무용단체의 공연활동과 지역 무용예술에 끼친 영향

Abstract

The objective of this study is to understand the characteristics and work tendency shown in performance activities of dance companies in Jinju region, and also to seek for the development measures by analyzing the effects of dance company activities on dance arts in Jinju region. The research methods focused on video, relevant books, press release, and interview. The research subjects were limited to Jinju Municipal Dance Company, Jinju Eol Dance Company, Mucheon Dance Company, and Blue Willow Art Academy. The purpose of foundation of those four groups was commonly based on the development of dance arts, cultivation of civic emotion, and inheritance of traditional dance while there were also differences of purpose according to the tendency of activities. As the tendency, they pursued the tendency of traditional dance, new dance, creation, and dance theater, and traditional dance performance based on Kim Su-Ak’s style dance. After examining the activities of dance companies, total three kinds of development measures for dance arts in Jinju region were drawn. First, there should be financial support from Jinju City. Due to the support fund which is remarkably insufficient compared to other regions, many dance companies feel some burden of performance activities. Second, it is the creation of theaters in Jinju region. Currently in Jinju region, as the venues for dance performance, there are Gyeongnam Culture & Art Center and Hyunjang Art Hall. On top of the small number of theaters, the biggest problem is the size of stage in those theaters. For the continuous development of arts in Jinju region, the detailed dance education needs to be provided to young dancers like conducting a program for researching the representative arts or culture of Jinju or carrying out a contest.