This research classifies "Di-dim-locomotion or step" that is one of motion-terms for education in the Korean traditional dance. The Korean traditional dance is rooted in an improvised and not-artificial movement, so it is natural to diversify on a loc...
This research classifies "Di-dim-locomotion or step" that is one of motion-terms for education in the Korean traditional dance. The Korean traditional dance is rooted in an improvised and not-artificial movement, so it is natural to diversify on a local specific character and an individual dancer. With the special quality, motion-terms of the Korean traditional dance are defined from Korean native emotions. By regional and traditional characteristics, motion-terms of the Korean traditional dance are various. And there are many terms of which we don`t know the meanings if they are reported by oral transmission. Because of not-unification, so many trobles are in teaching the Korean traditional dance. Motions are not exactly with only the motion terms, the motion has different terminologies and archaic words or words in Chinese characters have not clear meaning. With these problems, using the motion-terms in an educational system is inefficient. Comparing the applications with foreign countries where the arrangement motion terms in an educational system are well to korean where the desultory ones, the absence of the educational terms not the absence of the qualities of the Korean traditional dance is the cause. For teaching, the motion-terms of the Korean traditional dance have to be corresponded the movements and make up for the limits of setting examples and explanations in an educational system. In addition, they should have the meanings which are available in various forms. Also, it can raise the using in an educational system with supplementation the motions terms by using Korean and Chinese characters and foreign words. ``locomotion or step`` is so important to seek motions and beautiful movement in the Korean traditional dance. ``locomotion or step`` is one of the dancing motion that are based upon using spirit and breath and play the special feature of dancing by using the lower part of the body for not only stability and skill but pursuing the movement of the upper body and the beauty of motions. For this reason, this research arrange the motion-terms specific on ``locomotion or step``. The term which is arranged in this research is according to the motion. So it can make up for the limits of setting examples and explanations in an educational system. Also it can be a basics to understand the essential peculiarity of the Korean traditional dancing.