Kut choom: Korean shamanic ritual dance
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Title
Kut choom: Korean shamanic ritual dance
Collection
The Myung-soo Kim Video Archive
Names
Kim, Myung-Soo (Dancer)
Lee, Mae Bang (Composer)
Stein, Bonnie Sue (Producer)
Ward, Penny (Videographer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1994-05
Table Of Contents
Binari -- Seung mu -- Salpuri -- Tae pyong mu.
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8206
Subjects
Dance -- Korea
Shamanism -- Korea
Court dancing -- Korea
Genres
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: presented by GOH Productions/NY and Bonnie Sue Stein ; performance by Myung-soo Kim.
Creation/Production Credits: Choreography, traditional ; music and costumes, traditional, provided by Master Mae-bang Lee ; [still] photography, Beatriz Schiller and Johan Elbers.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, in May 1994, by Penny Ward/Video.
Acquisition: PAMI; NHPRC; Created 6/24/2019; myd_274596_v01_pm; 1 video file; viewing copy.
Acquisition: PAMI; Received 12/4/1995; CMS#: 274596; Myung-soo Kim; 1 3/4" U-Matic videocassette; archival original.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (15 min.) :sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Abstract
Excerpts from four traditional Korean dances, the first three based on shamanic ritual and exorcism, the fourth a court dance. The performance is preceded by a brief introduction. "Kut choom," a term coined by Myung-soo Kim, combines the words "kut," an ancient Korean ceremonial form incorporating drama, dance, music, and shamanic ritual, and "choom," or dance. For full footage of these dances, without the introduction, see *MGZIC 9-4995 Kut choom.
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Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY96-F218
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12480184
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 321d9da0-a8f9-0138-b416-7d6b829a2b7c
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Kut choom: Korean shamanic ritual dance" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/321d9da0-a8f9-0138-b416-7d6b829a2b7c
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. Kut choom: Korean shamanic ritual dance Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/321d9da0-a8f9-0138-b416-7d6b829a2b7c
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Kut choom: Korean shamanic ritual dance" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/321d9da0-a8f9-0138-b416-7d6b829a2b7c
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