Understanding of Chumsong of the Korean dance

Chumsong refers to the dance’s peculiar rhythmic and formative characteristics.

What is Chumsong of the Korean dance?

First, the Korean dance emphasizes its lithe rhythmic character with the beauty of the curved lines in its movements.

Since the Korean dance uses the dancer’s arms for the most part and puts importance to the beauty of the curved lines in the posture and rhythm, the rhythmic flowing is elegant and lithe.

Since the Korean dance expresses the lithe curved shape with the dancer’s arms or expresses the shape of the other curved line along one curved line, its rhythmic character is very elegant and lithe.

Chumsong is regulated according how to move the body parts.

Since the whole arms draw the wide and elegant curved lines in space in the shape of the half-moon in the Korean dance, the rhythmic depiction is very lithe and beautiful.

Second, all movements are performed charmingly to the tune and they are run through with the refined beauty of symmetry.

What is the basic in the Korean dance is the charming movement.

The charming movement of the Korean dance is the peculiar rhythmic motion of the dance performed to the Korean tune.

The charming movements resulting from the Korean tune’s time, rhythm, speed and intonation are transformed into the dance motions, showing the beautiful shape. In particular, in the folk dance that character is expressed more clearly.

Since the Korean dance completes one formative beauty of form by combining harmoniously the movements of all the body parts including the motion of the arms and legs, the twisting of the body, the motion of the hands and feet and the gaze, its elegance, delicacy and refinement are expressed more clearly.

Third, the movements of all the body parts are performed continuously, enhancing the value and dignity of the Korean dance.

In the Korean dance, all the movements are performed continuously when bending and stretching the joints.