무용인의 은퇴 의미 재탐색 및 필요 대책에 관한 연구

Abstract

This study aims to look into the identity, meaning of retirement, retirement expectations of dancers according to the types of their activities and what are necessary for preliminary retirees, and reconsider the scope of the meaning of dancers that forms the basics in establishing policies. For the foregoing, this study selected 4 dancers belonging to a vocational organization and 3 independent dancers who satisfy criteria of‘Professional Dancers’ regulated by the Dancersʼ Career Development Center, and carried out in-depth interview and research of dance-related references as well as analysis on the materials collected by the preparation of research note through the method of ethnography. As a result of study, participants’ identities were varied as ‘a dancer belonging to an organization’, ‘dancer’, ‘performer’, ‘artist’etc. Participants appreciate that they are capable of performing a variety of roles including a dancer, and the role of dancer is just part of oneʼs various roles. As a result of researching about which part dancerʼs activity is appertaining between labor activity and artistic activity, this study found that its meaning varied according to the characteristic of activity, relation with an artistic director of administrative office they personally encounter and oneʼs own will. Of the retirement expectations, 1) Study participants regard volunteered retirement from current work as primary retirement and they anticipate to retire after continuing activities in the field of dance. 2) As for the anticipated times of retirement, participants replied as ‘30s’, ‘40s’, ‘until the time of retirement age’ or ‘as long as I can’. As to the anticipated reasons for retirement, they replied as ‘for oneʼs own work activities’, ‘change jobs to a better environment’, ‘before my image that represents dance organization and nation vanishes’, ‘when I cannot dance well’, ‘when I cannot receive fair compensation’etc. 3) As for the plan and hope after retirement, participants want to become a choreographer, producer or educator, and among the preparations for retirement are obtaining a degree, devising a work for their artistic works, human relation management, saving, application for support fund etc. 4) With respect to the necessities in preparing retirement, this study revealed that in verifying qualification as an educator, participants need establishment of more practical selection standard other than academic ability and expansion of selection opportunities, support projects for production of work and an opportunity to receive education necessary for it and a space for dance practices. In addition to the foregoing, they also need change of recognition toward artists including dancers, payment of justifiable compensation and establishment of organizations where they can work as Korean traditional dancers. On the basis of this study, more practical and extensive support policies for dancers shall be established by reconsidering dancers that are the fundamental units in the establishment of policies as well as the meaning of their retirement.