궁중 정재와 궁정 발레의 신체‧공간 구조 비교

초록

This study compares the bodily usage and spatial organization of court dance as formed within palace spaces, focusing on French court ballet and Korean court jeongjae of the Joseon dynasty. In particular, it examines court ballet during the reign of Louis XIV in seventeenth-century France and court jeongjae during the period of Crown Prince Hyomyeong in late Joseon, in order to explore the relationship between body and space in Eastern and Western court dance systems. In French court ballet, the king appeared directly on stage and occupied a central position, actively utilizing space through vertical movement patterns and an expanded stage configuration. In this context, the dancer’s body functioned as a medium that articulated spatial centrality and directional flow. By contrast, in Joseon court jeongjae, although the king remained the symbolic center of the performance, he did not appear on stage. Instead, bodily movement and spatial order were structured within procedural compositions and codified pathways. These differences were reflected not only in bodily techniques but also in the architectural structure and spatial arrangement of the palace where the performances were held. Rather than limiting the discussion to a comparison of external stylistic features, this study analyzes the structural relationship between body and space within the institutional context of the court. Through this approach, it seeks to clarify how Eastern and Western court dance systems were organized within palace space and how their spatial frameworks shaped distinct modes of performance.

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