본 연구는 한국 전통춤이 학문으로서 기능하려면 무엇을 계승하고 어떻게 변용해야 할 것인가에 연구의 초점을 둔 것이다. 즉 지금까지 실기 중심의 전통춤 익히기를 답습하던 학습에서 벗어나 전통춤을 하나의 학문으로 정립하기 위해서는 어떠한 공부를 해야 하는가를 짚어 본 것이다. 이는 현재 대학에서 무용학과가 사라질지도 모른다는 위기감에 기인한 것으로 전통춤도 대학에서 인문 사회학적 및 실용적 관점에서 하나의 학문으로서의 정체성과 고유성, 그리고 차별성을 가지고 그 필요성을 확장시켜 나가야 하기 때문이다. ‘전통춤’과 ‘학문’하기를 연구하고자 하는 연구방법의 하나로 현대 한국의 학문 경향인 ‘통섭’을 학문 방법론으로 연구하였으며 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 한국 전통춤은 인간 삶의 살아 온 시대를 바탕으로 전래되어온 것으로 문학, 역사학, 철학 등의 학문을 통섭한 인문학적 연구가 가능하다. 둘째, 전통춤은 인간의 신체를 매개로하는 운동이므로 이학, 공학을 포함한 자연과학 영역으로 전통춤의 연구영역을 넓힐 수 있다. 셋째, 한국 전통춤은 가무악을 중심으로 행하여지므로 음악(소리를 포함), 미술, 의상, 소품 등의 예술종합적인 통섭의 연구가 필요하다. 넷째, 전통춤 속에 들어 있는 그 시대의 문화현상은 그 시대의 사회성이나 정치성과 엇물려 공동의 목표를 향하여 나아갔기 때문에 정치 사회, 경제 등 사회과학 제 분야의 분과학문 영역을 학제간 결합을 통하여 연구할 수 있다. 그리고 마지막으로 전통춤을 현대의 광고물(광대역 선전)이나 생활무용(전통춤 요가, 활인 등)에 적용할 수 있으며 태극 및 기공운동의 개발, 혹은 타 예술과의 접목 등을 통해 현대 문화산업과 연계한 연구 또한 가능한 학문으로 본다.
This study focuses on dealing with succession and modification for the function of korean traditional dance as a field of study; it aims to investigate what research is required for establishing Korean traditional dance as a study, away from the practice-centered learning of traditional dance. The research originates from the fact that dance department of the university may be nonexistent in the not-so-distant future. Thus, universities concerned ought to regard the dance as a study, with humanistic-sociologic, practical perspective and maintain the properties of identity, uniqueness, and differentiation of the dance. Convergence, a contemporary study trend, is employed for the purpose of studying traditional dance and learning and the results are as follows: first, now that Korean traditional dance has been passed down for a long time, humanistic research covering literature, historical studies and philosophy, could be carried out. Second, since traditional dance is defined as movement using human body, the relevant research area can be extended to natural science. Third, the dance is usually performed, centered on music of songs and dances and thus convergence study of synthetic art like music, art, costume, and props, should be implemented. Fourth, the branch studies of social science, such as politics, social studies, and economics, are to be made possible through an interdisciplinary approach, seeing that the cultural phenomena shown in the traditional dance have been interlinked with sociality and political nature of the time. Last but not least, Korean traditional dance could be applied to advertisements featuring broadband of smart phone and lifelong dance like traditional dance of yoga and living pictures; the research associated with modern culture industry could be a feasible plan, by means of development of taegeuk and stomatal movement and integration with other departments of art.
This study focuses on dealing with succession and modification for the function of korean traditional dance as a field of study; it aims to investigate what research is required for establishing Korean traditional dance as a study, away from the practice-centered learning of traditional dance. The research originates from the fact that dance department of the university may be nonexistent in the not-so-distant future. Thus, universities concerned ought to regard the dance as a study, with humanistic-sociologic, practical perspective and maintain the properties of identity, uniqueness, and differentiation of the dance. Convergence, a contemporary study trend, is employed for the purpose of studying traditional dance and learning and the results are as follows: first, now that Korean traditional dance has been passed down for a long time, humanistic research covering literature, historical studies and philosophy, could be carried out. Second, since traditional dance is defined as movement using human body, the relevant research area can be extended to natural science. Third, the dance is usually performed, centered on music of songs and dances and thus convergence study of synthetic art like music, art, costume, and props, should be implemented. Fourth, the branch studies of social science, such as politics, social studies, and economics, are to be made possible through an interdisciplinary approach, seeing that the cultural phenomena shown in the traditional dance have been interlinked with sociality and political nature of the time. Last but not least, Korean traditional dance could be applied to advertisements featuring broadband of smart phone and lifelong dance like traditional dance of yoga and living pictures; the research associated with modern culture industry could be a feasible plan, by means of development of taegeuk and stomatal movement and integration with other departments of art.
