• (The) Research of the performance art and culture
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• no.33
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• pp.303-328
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• 2016

This paper identifies the life of Kim Jung Hyun who was so called kisaeng, a beauty and entertainer in modern times and serves as the study considering what kinds of dances she played going through modern times and the significance works in Korea Dance illustrated guide bear in terms of dance history. Kim Jung Yun who was designated as an important intangible cultural asset for her Korean traditional narrative song in the northwestern provinces (Number twenty-nine. designated in 1971) devoted herself to Korean classical music area after having been designated as cultural asset and became a stranger in dance area. However, in Kisaeng call-office, she had been estimated to learn dancing under the great dancer, Lee Jang Sin, and make efforts on dance activity until the early 1960's. Her works derived from such learning and creation activity came to be part of Korea Dance Illustrated Guide. This study aimed at studying Kim Jung Yun in addition to her works who had not received attention so far but worked on positive lines and made a significant accomplishment in modern dance history in order to reveal her importance status in modern dance history.