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Asian Dance Journal

A Study on the Characteristics of Korean Ballet in Juri’s Blue Dopo +

주리의 「푸른 道袍(도포)」에 나타난 한국적 발레의 특성 연구+

Kim Yoonsoo 김윤수

DOI:https://doi.org/10.26861/sddh.2023.71.21

Asian Dance Journal
Vol.71 pp.21-33

Abstract
A Study on the Characteristics of Korean Ballet in Juri’s Blue Dopo + ×


The purpose of this study is to explore the common Korean characteristics in the works of choreographers who were active in the same era as choreographer Juri, of “Blue Dopo” This paper is a literature study, and the results are as follows. First, from 1955 to 1970 the influence of the Korean War and the military regime, encouraged a search for Korean culture, promoting choregraphers to produce work related to Korea. In addition, since the National Dance Company was the only “national” dance organization, it is believed that choreographers internalized the cultural reforms of the government and projected Korean characteristics into their works. Second, the core theme of “Blue Dopo”which was created by Juri adapting the Spanish folk tale “Triangle Hat,” is based on orean folktales, poems, folk paintings, and legends. Therefore the costumes combine hanbok and ballet tights, the music is Korean and Western, and both Korean dance and Western movement is combined. It is meaningful in modern art history to re-examine Juri’s addition of Korean ethnic characteristics to Western themes as she was the iinfluential first female choreographer and founding member of the National Dance Company.


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