Dancing Korea by Kim Malborg

A richly illustrated survey of contemporary Korean dance, from its traditional foundations to a new generation of choreographers and companies. Full title, Dancing Korea: New Waves of Choreographers and Dance Companies. Per the jacket flap copy: "This publication, planned and supported by Arts Council Korea, is to introduce contemporary Korean arts to the world." Surveys Korean dance from its traditional philosophy and history through modernization and the contemporary stage. Drawing on personal interviews and the author’s experience in the Korean dance scene, the book profiles major choreographers and companies and places their work in context. Author: Kim Malborg Publisher: Hollym International Year: 2012, first (US?) edition Format: Hardcover with dust jacket Pagination: 136 pp., illustrated in color Binding: Blue cloth over boards with silver lettering and linear ornament ISBN: 9781565913288 CONDITION: Fine in Fine dust jacket. Blue cloth boards and jacket bright and clean; binding tight. Pages clean, unmarked, and apparently unread. Published as the fifth volume in Hollym’s Contemporary Korean Arts Series, Dancing Korea examines the development of Korean dance through tradition, modernization, and the adoption of Western theatrical forms, before surveying the contemporary scene. Kim discusses choreographers including Kim Mae-ja, Ahn Ae-soon, Ahn Sung-soo, Jung Young-doo, and Ahn Eun-me, alongside the National Dance Company of Korea, Korean National Ballet, Korea National Contemporary Dance Company, and other major companies.