Choi Seung-hee
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- This is a Korean name; the family name is Choi.
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Choi Seung-hee (1911—1969) was a leading Korean dancer.
She was born into an upper-class family in Seoul, Korea during the Japanese occupation, and was also known by the Japanese pronunciation of her name, Sai Shōki.[1] After graduating from Sookmyung High School at the age of fifteen, she went against her father's wishes to study under modern dancer Baku Ishii in Japan, where she distinguished herself as one of the most talented dancers. She developed her own modern dances inspired by Korean folk dances, which had been considered as lowly works. She was supported by Japanese intellectuals including Yasunari Kawabata.
She went to North Korea and got posts in the communist government. She was purged by the party and disappeared in the 1960s. In February 2003, she was rehabilitated and utilized for propaganda by North Korea, who announced that she had died in 1969.
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[edit] Films
- 1998 - Choi Seunghee: The Korean Dancer. Produced and directed by Won Jong-sun. VHS video. West Long Branch, New Jersey, United States: Kultur.
[edit] References
- ^ Park, Sang Mi (2006). The Making of a Cultural Icon for the Japanese Empire: Choe Seung-hui's U.S. Dance Tours and "New Asian Culture" in the 1930s and 1940s. Duke University Press.
