일본의 근대무용가 이시이바쿠(石井漠)의 조선에서의 무용활동 고찰

Abstract

In the early 20th century, modern dance pioneered by Isadora Duncan was created in the West while ballet began to decline, and such trend spread to the East. Western dance was spread to Japan by Japanese who experienced the dance during study abroad or overseas activities. The dance was also introduced into the Joseon Dynasty under the Japanese colonial rule through Ishii Baku who pursued absolute dance that expresses natural body movements through dance poetry and dance performed without music. Until the mid 1920s, performance culture of the Joseon Dynasty was focused on traditional entertaining troupe. However, since the performance by Ishii Baku in Gyeongseong in 1926, Korean traditional dance changed into new dance, in other words, modern dance. In particular, she recruited Joseon students such as Choi Sung-Hui, Cho Taek-Won and Gang Hong-Sik through 12 times of performance in Joseon. She encouraged her students to make modern dance based on the emotion and local materials of Joseon, contributing a lot to the creation of Joseon-type new dance. This research analyzes activities and art world of Ishii Baku in Joseon from the 1920s to 30s through journal articles and preceding researches to discuss her influence over the formation of modern dance in the Joseon Dynasty.