Abstract
The purpose of the current study is to specify the nature of Korean dance by clarifying the dynamic contemplative norm inherent in the aesthetic structure of Korean dance. The traditional styles of Korean dance conveyed a universal aesthetic view and the cognitive systems developed through dynamics have solidified the aesthetic structure of Korean dance to define the awareness of aesthetic truth. The aesthetic structure of Korean dance can be discussed in terms of the spiritual, emotional, and active structural systems. The spiritual structure is identified as the ‘spirit of dance’ where the concept of Oneness of Heaven and Men in the Book of Changes underlies as the nature of Korean dance. The emotional structure is the orientation of body and mind. The mind reflects the abstract spirit and its emotion is expressed through the body to convey the contents of dance. The active structure embodies the natural meaning of mind through the circulating process of generation and extinction of breaths. The dynamic contemplative norm inherent in the aesthetic structure is threefold: first, the contemplative norm of ‘the law of heaven, earth, and men’ explains the law of universe and nature and specifies the natural principle of Korean dance as a ‘metaphysical law’ to conceptualize the property of space through the generation and change of universe and humankind. Second, the contemplative norm of ‘law of change’ is specified in terms of time and space in the phrase, ‘the law of one ying and one yang,’ and interprets the law of Yixue in terms of time and space. Third, the contemplative norm of ‘law of sun and moon’ is specified in terms of time in the phrase, ‘endlessly created universe’ and clarifies the property of time through yin and yang, the law of universe.
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