Implications of Deterritorialization and Reterritorialization for the Dance History Writing:

Abstract

This study aims to address the issues of dance and national borders focusing on the impact of political and ideological border movements on art and culture. First, I examine the concepts of deterritorialization and reterritorialization and discuss their implications on art and culture. Next, I review the case of German Reunification, to draw parallels with its experience with division and reunification to Korean dance history. Here, I explore the historiography of East German art that faded due to the predominance of the West after reunification. I suggest that it is important to ask questions about the foundation on which I stand in order not to otherize myself and others. A balanced perspective shall be sought to embrace the complexity of personal history that an official narrative may miss. I finally propose to have a broad view that goes beyond not only the borders of division but also the borders of unification.