K-Pop Dance - 9781032079424

This book is about K-pop dance and the evolution and presence of its dance fandom on social media. Based on five years of ethnographic fieldwork, interviews, choreography, and participation-observation with 40 amateur and professional K-pop dancers in New York, California and Seoul, the book traces the evolution of K-pop dance from the 1980s to the 2020s' social media dance and explains its distinctive feature called 'gestural point choreography' - front-driven, two-dimensional, decorative and charming movements of the upper body and face. It also explores K-pop cover dance as a form of intercultural performance, suggesting that, by imitating and idolizing K-pop dance, fans are eventually 'fandoming' themselves and their bodies. Presenting an ethnographic study of K-pop dance and its fandom, this book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of Media Studies, Korean Studies, Performance Studies, and Dance.

• | Author: CHUYUN. OH
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Jul 01, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 194 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1032079428
• | ISBN-13: 9781032079424