Gyeonggi-do (GyeonggiProvince) Dang-Gut (Korean Shaman Rite) is a treasure house of Korean modem traditional dances, many of which have become stage performance arts accepting various artistic assets from Gyeonggid-do Dang-Gut such as rites, dance clo...
Gyeonggi-do (GyeonggiProvince) Dang-Gut (Korean Shaman Rite) is a treasure house of Korean modem traditional dances, many of which have become stage performance arts accepting various artistic assets from Gyeonggid-do Dang-Gut such as rites, dance clothing and etc. Especially, Korean traditional dances have been influenced in their artistic change by various kinds of melodies harmonized with shaman rhythms of Gyeonggi-do that are the melodies with the shaman rhythms of Gyeonggi-do. For example, Han Sung Joon’s Taepyeongmu is based on the shaman rhythms of Gyeonggi-do in terms of its musical accompaniment enhancing the completion of the dance. Also in Lee Dong An’s dances and Kim Sook Ja's dances, Gyeonggi-do Dang-Gut shows strongly its shaman color in their titles, contents, clothing, action and etc.
Therefore, Gyeonggi-do Dang-Gut has been studied in a number of researches to investigate its interrelationship with the other Korean modern traditional dances. Most of researches have been, however, focused on the external interrelationships such as rhythm, clothing, instruments and etc without making it clear how the dance principle of Gyeonggi-do Dang-Gut has been applied as a dance composition principle to formation of Korean modern traditional dances. In this study, therefore, I have compared and analyzed the actual performance video tapes of Gunung Dance by Oh Soo Bok who has been inherited Gyeonggi-do Dang-Gut, the important intangible cultural asset No. 98, and Bujeong-Nori Dance by the late Kim Sook Ja who is the composer of Bujeong-Nori Dance and has been inherited Salpuri Dance (Do-Salpuri), the important intangible cultural.
asset No. 97, in order to investigate the dance composition methods of Kim Sook Ja’s Bujeong-Nori Dance by comparing and analyzing Gunung-Gut of Gyeonggi-do Dang-Gut and Kim Sook Ja’s Bujeong-Nori Dance. 1 have recorded the dance action steps of such dances mentioned above based on Definition of Terms of Korean Traditional Dances written by Huh Soon Sun and referred to Body, Effort, Shape and Space specified in Lavan Movement Analysis, from which I applied the Body, a theory to observe and analyze the dance in physical terms based on anatomy and functionality, to this study in order to investigate the physical characters of the dance in analysis of dance actions.
The analysis results of this study indicate that Kim Sook Ja’s Bujeong-Nori Dance is very similar to Gyeonggi-do Dang-Gut Gunung Dance. The similarities are as follow:
First, Bujeong-Nori rhythm consists of 3-4 sectors of action. Each sector is composed of main action, middle action and finishing action.
Second, the series of actions finish with turning shapes.
Third, it goes over Bujeong-Nori rhythm of 8 beats with the multiple dance rhythm type of 3, which is the principle of Gut Dance.
Forth, the right arm moves elastically using bells while the left arm turns using fan.
Fifth, the series of actions look simultaneous sequencing that the dances of upper body and lower body are connected moving simultaneously.
Based on such analysis results, I could analogize that Kim Sook Ja composed Bujeong-Nori Dance based on the dance principle of Gyeonggi-do Dang-Gut she learned from her father Kim Duk Soon.
These two dances, of course, have also some differences: Gunung Dance starts with narrow movement pulling and overturning the fan while Bujeong-Nori Dance uses middle joints; Gunung Dance shows contra-lateral pattern that the left foot and right hand move at the same time moving bells and fan simultaneously while Buejong-Nori Dance shows homolateral pattern that the left foot and arm move at the same time and the right arm and right hand move simultaneously for movement of bells and fan; Gunung Dance is performed mostly on a spot while Bujeong-Nori Dance uses the stage widely; and etc. That is, Bujeong-Nori Dance has been able to make strong, efficient and various changes in dance composition.
In conclusion, I could say that Kim Sook Ja was faithful to show shaman dance feeling based on the dance composition principle of Gunung-Gut and supplemented the artistic aspect of the dance based on the principle of change considering the stage.