북한 교예의 기원과 형태 연구

Abstract

The gyoye(Technic Arts) in North Korea is the North Korean appellation of what we often called ‘acrobatics’ or ‘circus.’ Acrobatics is one aspect of the traditional theatricals which have been performed not only in Korea but also in China as well as in Japan, and its origin can be found from Sanakbaekhee(miscellaneous theatricals), and further a life of labor for hunting and collecting in a primitive society. North Korea re-created acrobatics into the North Korean art genre which is independent and strong in subjecthood while regarding acrobatics as a thing which lost its identity and fell into decadence in a capitalistic society. North Korea put emphasis on the fact that art should reflect a human life; in this context, gyoye has a status as art because it reflects a human life. This paper is aimed at considering genre-based analysis of gyoye in North Korea and its artistic meaning. Domestically, the research work on the culture & art in North Korea, especially on literature and movies, has been done considerably much, whereas it’s rare to find any discussion about ‘gyoye.’ Gyoye in North Korea is showing a brisk activity aspect in overseas exchange in comparison with the other cultures and arts, whereas the basic genre-based discussion about gyoye fails to be in progress; therefore. it’s definitely necessary to have the genre-based understanding of gyoye in order to produce diverse researches on gyoye in North Korea. It is hoped that this paper will have a significance as the research which fulfills a concrete analysis of the North Korean gyoye genre, and will be the preceding research for promoting the brisk progress in follow-up research work on the North Korean gyoye for the time to come.