국내 직업무용단의 운영실태 및 발전방안 모색

Abstract

With the observation that civic and provincial dance troupes are remarkably active in the sphere of dance in each region of Korea, the purpose of this study was to present a more reasonable plan for managing professional dance troupes. We undertook this study by examining the operational problems, and compensation issues of dance troupes. For this study, several professional dance troupes in Korea (five civic dance troupes, plus one national troupe: the UBC Ballet Troupe) were selected as subjects. The results of the study are as follows: Firstly, the management of professional dance troupes needs to be improved and in particular, the issue of salary is most urgent. Secondly, corporate bodies are opposed to the transformation of their troupes and suggested that if change is indeed needed that management of a troupe be entrusted to a nongovernmental organization within two years. Meanwhile, public dance troupes approved of the plan and desired that the system be implemented within one year. Thirdly, the management of the troupes should be given over to professional artists and specialist aligned with the troupes. Fourthly, public group members, especially women members firmly believed that their own group should be generally improved. They also believed that the expansion of production costs was the most urgent issue requiring attention. In addition, troupe members estimated that the standard of their contribution to the development of the art was average, and they would leave the matter to the direction of the art director. In short, for the development of professional dance troupes, the present system of the dance troupes should be transformed to a civil and consigned management system operated by experts, and the terms of salary, living conditions and the problem of expanding production costs should all be ameliorated.