한국 커뮤니티 댄스의 새로운 가치 분류를 위한 시론

Abstract

The current study seeks to provide and examine a new value classification of community dance. Community dance, based on dance education, is an act of interacting with others, discovering oneself anew, and gaining confidence through physical movement. It also represents communication based on social common denominators and restoring of interactions that were cut off by the advancement of information and communication technologies. Community dance in Korea is being utilized in various ways: it is an activity that laypersons engage in to get pleasure, be healed, interact with other people, and learn new things. Community dance may be put into the four following categories. First, ‘community dance as performance’ focuses on producing outputs with a sense of ‘community’ being together. It generates new meaning as members of the general public take part in stage performances. In addition, it has attained artistic value by expressing the zeitgeist of different times through interactions with various generations. ‘Community dance as performance’ is distinct in that it has popularized community dance, bringing professional choreographers close to laypersons who dance. It has also given an enhanced sense of completeness with its orientation as performance. Second, ‘community-centered community dance’ has shared the cultural identity of the community through dance and re-produced different communities. As a dance centered around the community for the people of the community, it can discover unique features of the community and tell stories of the people of the community. Third, ‘community dance for unspecified groups of people’ is one that anyone can Abstract 한국 커뮤니티 댄스의 새로운 가치 분류를 위한 시론 211 participate in. It provides opportunities for people of different generations to interact with one another. This category includes various community dances that are hitherto defined differently, and brings together like-minded communities through dance. Fourth, ‘community dance as dance education’ is part of dance education, and provides a space for people to dance together. It helps people to express themselves better, gain self-confidence, think creatively, and enjoy cultures and arts.