Korean Dance through the Ages
This book concerns itself with the Korean Dances and their historical background. There are already some books deal with the Korean dance history. Although this book and the others show the history of the Korean dances, this book is different to the others that it uses not only Korean reading materials but also Japanese and Chinese. This book has richer content than the others. For further research, there is a list of historical references at the end of each chapter. To help the general reader understands better, east chapter includes the historical as well as the cultural background.
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Preliminaries: Traditional Dance Transmission
Introduction An East Asian Way to Understand Culture East Asian Dynastic Change East Asian Dance Tradition and its Transmission A Brief Review of Historical Sources Terms Reference
Transmission of Ch¡¯ŏyongmu
Ch¡¯ŏyong Studies Ch¡¯ŏyong Legend and Silla Period Play of Ch¡¯ŏyong in the Koryŏ period Ch¡¯ŏyong Dance in the Chosŏn period Conclusion Reference
Dance in Ancient Korea
The Proto-Three Kingdoms The Three Kingdoms, Unified Silla, and Parhae Japanese Sources Gagaku and the Tōdaiji Buddha¡¯s Eye-Opening Ceremony in 752 Reference
Dance in Koryŏ
Historical Background Ritual Performance Entertainment Dances Spectacular and Extravagant Conclusion Reference
Dance in Chosŏn
The Early Chosŏn Period (1392) The Late Chosŏn Period (1506) Reference
Dance in a Period of Turbulence: Late Chosŏn and the Japanese Occupation
Turbulence during the Late Chosŏn period The Japanese Occupation Court Dance during the Late Chosŏn and the Japanese Occupation Courtesans and Theatres Dance and Modernization The New Dance Movement and the First Generation of Dance Conclusion Reference
Contemporary Korean History of Dance
Historical Background Dance of North Korea Dance of South Korea Conclusion Reference
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Jung Rock Seo - PhD
Seo Jungrock is a professor at the Korea National University of Arts (K-Arts). For his Ph.D, at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, he researched East Asian Dances as important carriers of cultural and social heritage. Nowadays, court performances have become the most important national symbols in China, Korea, and Japan. However, Jung Rock Seo¡¯s research showed how these performances were actually created, developed and performed in interrelation between these cultures. Even more so than written sources, traditional performances as multimedia sources reveal a complex and colourful history in East Asia, that cannot easily be subsumed under national narratives. In a recent research project, he studied the Lion dance in Asia. While it is clear that the lion dance lies at the heart of Asian traditional performing arts, in many respects its origin, the meaning, and the historical propagation process through the Silk Road remain obscure. This study combines a variety of source material such as historical and religious records in classical Chinese, Korean and Japanese language, poetry, ancient paintings to show how lion dances in Asia as well as dance videos did not develop independently of each other but through interaction and exchange along the ancient Silk Roads. Seo Jungrock has taught in South Korea, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, and Thailand. He gave courses on dance anthropology, East Asian aesthetics, and East Asian dance history.
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