From Seoul to Copenhagen: Migrating K-Pop Cover Dance and Performing Diasporic Youth in Social Media. Issue 1 (April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Oh, Chuyun
• Editors: Damsholt, Inger; Hoppu, Petri
• Is Part Of: Dance research journal. Volume 52:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 20
• Page End: 32
• Publication Date: 2020-04
• Subjects: Fandom, -- K-pop Cover Dance, -- Migratory Dance, -- Nordic Social Dance, -- Popular Dance, -- Thirdspace, -- YouTube; Dance -- Periodicals; 793.3
• DOI: 10.1017/S0149767720000030
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0149-7677

Abstract

Abstract : This article examines the practice of the Danish K-pop (Korean pop) cover dance crew CODE9 as an example of the rapid cultural exchange on the Internet that reshapes the diffusion of dance styles and ideas. CODE9 demonstrates K-pop as a "migratory dance practice, " forming a transnational dancing community with modern technology at its center. By adapting and embodying K-pop, CODE9 creates a "Thirdspace" in between reality and fantasy, between being oneself and being a Korean idol. With CODE9, K-pop moves in and out of Denmark, through the practice of watching, learning, performing, and then circulating dance online.