The objective of the present study was to survey dancers’ audience recognition and to analyze their state anxiety and performance effect according to their audience recognition, and by doing so, to obtain basic materials for maximizing dancers’ co...
The objective of the present study was to survey dancers’ audience recognition and to analyze their state anxiety and performance effect according to their audience recognition, and by doing so, to obtain basic materials for maximizing dancers’ communication through their performances and performance effect. For this purpose, we surveyed 255 undergraduate and graduate students majoring in dance, of whom 108 were Korean dance students, 72 ballet students and 75 contemporary dance students, on their demographical characteristics, audience recognition, state anxiety, and performance effect, and drew conclusions as follows.
First, by major, audience recognition and performance effect were highest in ballet students, and next in order of Korean dance students and contemporary dance students, but the differences were not significant. On the other hand, state anxiety was significantly higher in contemporary dance students, and next in order of Korean dance students and ballet students.
Second, by school year, audience recognition was highest in sophomores, but the difference was not significant. State anxiety was highest in sophomores, and next in order of freshmen, seniors, juniors and graduate students, and the differences were significant. By school year, performance effect was highest in graduate students, and next in order of seniors, juniors, sophomore and freshmen, and the differences were significant.
Third, by the frequency of performance, audience recognition and performance effect were highest in once a month, and next in order of once in every six months, once a week, and once a year. On the other hand, state anxiety was highest in once a week, but the difference was not significant.
Fourth, by preferred audience, audience recognition was highest in those who preferred university students, and next in order of those preferred elementary and secondary students, and those preferred ordinary adults, but the differences were not significant.
Fifth, by the size of theater, audience recognition was highest in large?size theaters with around 2000 seats, and state anxiety was highest in theaters with 500~700 seats, but the differences were not significant.
Performance effect was highest in large?size theaters with around 2000 seats, and next in order of large?size theaters with around 1000 seats, medium?size ones with 500~700 seats, and small?size ones with 200~300 seats, and the differences were significant.
Sixth, in correlation analysis and regression on audience recognition, state anxiety and performance effect, significant correlations were observed. In the correlations between the sub?factors of audience recognition and state anxiety, “dancer?centeredness” and “conversation with audience” of audience recognition had a significant effect on tension of state anxiety, “conversation with audience” on stability of state anxiety, and “dancer?centeredness” of audience recognition on hypertonicity of state anxiety.
In addition, in the correlations between the sub?factors of audience recognition and performance effect, “exchange with audience” of audience recognition had a significant effect on satisfaction of performance effect, “dancer?centeredness” and “conversation with audience” of audience recognition on flow of performance effect, and “conversation with audience” and “exchange with audience” of audience recognition on the sense of mutual exchange of performance effect.
In the correlations between the sub?factors of state anxiety and performance result, “stability” and “hypertonicity” of state anxiety had a significant effect on satisfaction of performance effect, “stability” of state anxiety on flow of performance result, and “stability” of state anxiety on the sense of mutual exchange of performance effect.
In the effect of simple regression analysis on state anxiety according to audience recognition, audience recognition appeared to have an effect of 4.3% on state anxiety, and in the results of multiple regression analysis on performance effect according to audience recognition and state anxiety, audience recognition appeared to have a significant effect of 20.2% on audience recognition.
According to the results of this study, dancers’ audience recognition has an effect on their state anxiety and performance result. Therefore, in order for dancers to be relieved from anxiety, to have psychological stability and to be absorbed in performance with confidence, they need to attune themselves to audience and exchange with them through regular performances at least once a month. Furthermore, students majoring in dance should have more opportunities to meet audience even if not in theater performances.
What is more, in addition to surveys and analyses like this study, there should be research on the consciousness of performers and audience in order to popularize dance art among the public, to improve the quality of dance performances, and to provide materials for dance performances to awaken audience to their latent possibilities.