The rich ethnic flavor of Korean folk dance is inseparable from the rich rhythm of music and dance, accompanying instruments and playing techniques. For example, the main instrument of the dance is the staff drum (commonly known as the long drum), which inspires the dancers to express their inner world.
The delicate and jumpy 12/8 beat is one of the main beat types. People also call the rhythmic patterns formed by different beats "long and short," such as "gugri long and short" and "tajeong long and short. The word "long and short" is a unique term used in the Korean language to describe music and dance, and it includes the meanings of rhythm, beat, tempo, and style.
Each type of "long and short" has a specific drum beat and method of striking, and has a specific dance movement corresponding to it. Moreover, the dancers' breathing coincides with the "short and long", and they communicate with the musicians and perform smoothly with the "short and long", so that their performances can fully reflect the style and flavor of the Korean folk dances.
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Types of Dance
1, staff drum dance
Commonly known as the "long drum dance". Mostly women perform the single dance, but there are also men. The performer is carrying a staff drum, the right hand holds a bamboo key to beat the treble drum, the left hand with the palm beat the bass drum. The high and low tones of the drums and the many different drum beats are very distinctive. At the climax of the performance, the drums often make a continuous marching rotation.
2. Fan Dance
This is a form of dance performed with a folding fan as a prop. It originated from the ancient Korean witchcraft activities, and was originally performed by a witch holding a fan painted with the image of the "Three Buddhas" as a magic weapon to jump to the gods. Later, folk artists changed the fan surface to flowers, and strengthened the dance movements and modeling, gradually became an independent dance form, and developed from a single fan to a double fan.
3, round drum
Shoulder drums placed on the chest beating performance of the dance form. The drum was originally an ancient musical instrument, and later developed into a round drum dance performed by beating. Both men and women can perform, women with smaller drums, mostly for single performances, beautiful dance, in the skill to play the individual's strengths. Men are mostly group dancers, and their movements are powerful and combative.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Korean Dance