창작발레 〈효녀 심청〉에 나타난 유 · 불 · 선 사상 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, the three major Korean thoughts and their embodiment in the creative ballet choreographed and directed by this researcher, Filial Daughter Shim Cheong. In this ballet, the story of ‘Shim Cheong’, which contains the particular theme of filial piety in Korean society, is researched from the perspective of these three major thoughts, and the motif is reflected in the creation. The Confucian filial piety of serving the father close, the Buddhist belief that sacrifices for the father’s recovering eyesight and salvation, and the Taoist retributive justice and view of cosmology that such sacrificial filial piety obtains rewards and happiness with the help of heaven are revealed through newly devised mimes, dramatic narrative ballet, choreography emphasizing on expressivity, song lyrics to convey message, and secular space in contrast with fantasy made by using Korean elements in costumes, music and dance vocabularies in this work. This study is meaningful in that such an approach from the three perspectives can facilitate the understanding of ‘Korean ballet’ and affect on laying the foundation for creation with Korean materials.