강원도 지역 무용 문화의 현재와 과제

Abstract

This research is to look at the reality and issues to be addressed in order to support the efforts to maintain cultural diversity and, to preserve, inherit and develop the dance art of Kangwon province. To this end, 1) I look at the present of dance art of Kangwon region and the traditional culture that represents Kangwon region, 2) I compared and analyzed the performance and dance education status of Kangwon region since 2000 and 3) based on the research, I will suggest the future direction to where Kangwon region's dance culture should head for. The result of the study is that the challenge in activating the dance culture of Kangwon region includes ; first, Kangwon province should restore and inherit its unique traditional dance as they did in Youngdong region for their Gwanno Mask Dance (Slaves' Mask Dance) and it should put focus on developing creative dance that carries the unique sense of the region. Second, there are several elements that should be considered when developing projects to support Kangwon region such as supply of art trainer and Havichi Sunny School in order to overcome the structural limits generated by geographical and cultural characteristics of Kangwon region. Third, aside from schools, national and public regional culture center and social education institutions should provide art programs in consideration for the location of establishment and the target of the program. Forth, it should discover and develop the dance that carries cultural and historical tradition of Kangwon region and establish mid- and small-sized national/public dance companies which can perform at regional hubs according to the spatial and geographical characteristics of the dispersed Kangwon region.