아방가르드적 관점에서 본 최승희 무용예술

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to look into Choi, Seunghee's dance performing arts in its aspect of Modernism which is a kind of an art trend of Western Modernization. She tried to connect Korean traditional dancing in dancing history of Korea with western dance through the concept of Avant-Garde, a trend of modern art. Therefore, in this study Choi, Seunghee's avant-garde trait is studied by looking into her dance based on the standards of two avant garde characteristics; anti-aesthetics and experimentalism related to modern art in the early 20th century. The avant-garde art movement in the early 20th century caused Choi, Seunghee to perform her dance enthusiastically at home and abroad. This means her dance and avant-garde art movement interacted each other. Her active dance in connection with avant-garde art movement also led the initiative of Korean dancing history. In this result, Choi, Seunghee's avant-garde dance performing arts contributed to dancing art to be an indispensible genre in modern art culture. Besides, her dance set up the foundation of dance as a center of modern art culture, and it had a direct influence on the history of modern dancing arts.