세계 문화예술도시의 연극타운 비교연구 = A Comparative Study on the Theatre Towns of Global Cultural Cities -Focusing on Seoul, Berlin, Paris, Moscow & St. Petersburg, and New York-

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This paper came out of our project processed through the support of the National Research Foundation of Korea. In this project, our immediate purpose consisted in solving the problems our domestic theatre towns confronted and proposing the creative alternatives to the problems issued. From the analysis of the researches and seminars conducted, we found out that our theatre towns were getting lose of their diversity and public traits due to the prevalent economism and commercialization. We could conclude that our present theatre towns failed to provide the cultural images and contexts through which our Koreans could secure the cultural identification. Based on the crossed methodologies of the internal and external analysis, we suggested the practical model of a new theatre town replacing, complementing, or expanding the present ones in our nation. For this aim, we set our task on comparing several theatre towns of the global cultural cities, which are regarded as the successful cases of theatre clusters. In terms of preserving Seoul Taehakro theatre town, we needed the best case of overcoming economic hardships. Through the examination of Berlin and Nordrhein-Westfallen theatre towns, we could learn how the theatre towns of Berlin and Nordrhein-Westfallen have dealt with economic crisis. In case of the Cartoucherie theatre town located in a park of Paris, as the desirable form of connecting nature and culture, it provided with the possible model of eco-friendly cultural spaces away from the crowded downtown of Seoul. Russian theatre towns such as Moscow and Petersburg helped us consider the working collaboration between the governmental sponsorship and civilian trial in theatre management and theatre education. Lastly, as the alternative choice of expanding Seoul Taehakro, we explored the cultural hub system of New York theatre towns including Broadway, off-Broadway, and off-off-Broadway. Through the case studies we made, we concluded that we could help establish a new or reconstructed international theatre town in South Korea, which would function as one of the global cultural hubs. We felt that not only the governmental supports but also the efforts and passion of the theatre people involved really matter for constructing an innovated theatre towns in South Korea.