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- Volume 3
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- Pages.109-135
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- 2017
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- 2508-3309(pISSN)
Characteristics of Everyday Movement Represented in Steve Paxton's Works: Focused on Satisfyin' Lover, Bound, Contact at 10th & 2nd-
스티브 팩스톤(Steve Paxton)의 작품에서 나타난 일상적 움직임의 특성에 관한 연구: , , 를 중심으로
- KIM, Hyunhee (Sungkyunkwan University)
- 김현희 (성균관대학교 무용학과)
- Received : 2017.04.15
- Accepted : 2017.06.19
- Published : 2017.07.25
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis is to analyze characteristics of everyday movement showed in performances of Steve Paxton. A work of art has been realized as a special object enjoyed by high class people as high culture for a long time. Therefore, a gap between everyday life and art has been greatly existed, and the emergence of everyday elements in a work of art means that public awareness involving social change is changed. The postmodernism as the period when a boundary between art and everyday life is uncertain was a postwar society after the Second World War and a social situation that rapidly changes into a capitalistic society. Changes in this time made scholars gain access academically concepts related to everyday life, and affected artists as the spirit of the times of pluralistic postmodernism refusing totality. At the same period of the time, modern dance also faced a turning point as post-modern dance. After the Second World War, modern dance started to be evaluated as it reaches the limit, and at this juncture, headed by dancers including the Judson Dance Theatre. Acting as a dancer in a dance company of Merce Cunningham, Steve Paxton, one of founders of the Judson Dance Theatre, had a critical mind of the conditions of dance company with the social structure and the process that movement is made. This thinking is showed in early performances as an at tempt to realize everyday motion it self in performances. His early activity represented by a walking motion attracted attention as a simple motion that excludes all artful elements of existing dance performances and is possible to conduct by a person who is not a dancer. Although starting the use of everyday movement is regarded as an open characteristic of post-modern dance, advanced researches on this were rare, so this study started. In addition, studies related to Steve Paxton are skewed towards Contact Improvisation that he rose as an active practician. As the use of ordinary movement before he focused on Contact Improvisation, this study examines other attempts including Contact Improvisation as attempts after the beginning of his performances. Therefore, the study analyzes Satisfyin' Lover, Contact at 10th & 2nd and Bound that are performances of Steve Paxton, and based on this, draws everyday characteristics. In addition, related books, academic essays, dance articles and reviews are consulted to consider a concept related to everyday life and understand dance historical movement of post-modern dance. Paxton attracted attention because of his activity starting at critical approach of movement of existing modern dance. As walking of performers who are not dancers, a walking motion showed in Satisfyin' Lover gave esthetic meaning to everyday movement. After that, he was affected by Eastern ideas, so developed Contact Improvisation making a motion through energy of the natural laws. In addition, he had everyday things on his performances, and used a method to deliver various images by using mundane movement and impromptu gestures originating from relaxed body. Everyday movement of his performances represents change in awareness of performances of the art of dancing that are traditionally maintained including change of dance genre of an area. His activity with unprecedented attempt and experimentation should be highly evaluated as efforts to overcome the limit of modern dance.
본 논문의 목적은 스티브 팩스톤의 작품에서 드러난 일상적 움직임 특성을 분석하는 것이다. 예술작품은 오랜 시간동안 고급문화로서 높은 계층의 사람들에게만 향유되는 특별한 대상으로서 인식되어왔다. 일상과 예술의 간극은 크게 존재해왔고 때문에 예술작품에서 일상적인 요소의 출현은 사회적 변화를 수반한 대중의 인식전환을 의미한다. 예술과 일상의 경계가 불분명해지는 시대로서 포스트모더니즘의 시대는 2차 세계대전 이후의 전후사회 그리고 후기 자본주의사회로서 급변하는 정세를 배경으로 가진다. 이 시기의 변화는 학자들에게 일상과 관련한 개념들을 학문적으로 접근하게 하는 계기가 되어졌으며 예술가들에게는 총체성을 거부하는 다원주의 성향의 포스트모더니즘의 시대정신으로서 영향을 미쳤다. 같은 시기 현대 무용역시 포스트모던댄스로의 전환기를 맞이하게 되었다. 2차 세계대전 이후 현대무용은 그 한계점에 도달한 것으로 평가되기 시작했으며 이러한 상황에서 저드슨 댄스 씨어터를 비롯한 무용가들을 필두로 포스트모던댄스는 전개되었다. 저드슨 댄스의 설립자 중 한 명인 스티브 팩스톤은 머스 커닝햄의 무용수로 활동을 하며 움직임이 생성되는 과정과 계급적인 사회구조를 지닌 무용단의 생태에 문제의식을 가지게 되었다. 이러한 그의 사고는 일상적인 동작을 그대로 작품에 실현하는 시도로서 초기 작품 활동에 드러난다. 일상적인 동작의 활용이 포스트모던댄스의 공공연한 특징으로 간주되어지고 있음에도 이에 주목한 선행연구가 드물다는 점, 그리고 팩스톤 관련 연구들은 접촉즉흥에 관련한 것으로 편향되어 있다는 것에서 본 연구는 시작되었다. 때문에 접촉즉흥 기법에 치중하기 이전 일상적인 동작의 사용으로서 작품활동을 시작한 것에 주목하여 그 연결선상으로서 이후의 작품들을 살펴볼 것이다. 본 연구는 팩스톤의 작품인
Keywords
- Steve Paxton;
- Characteristics of Everyday Movement;
- Satisfyin' Lover;
- Bound;
- Contact at 10th & 2nd;
- Contemporary dance;
- Post-modern dance
- 스티브 팩스톤;
- 일상적 움직임 특성;
- 현대무용;
- 포스트모던댄스;