아동의 성장발달에 발레교육이 미치는 영향

Abstract

Due to the rapid development of modern civilized society, the recovery of destruction in humanities and overwhelming of individualism have demanded dramatic expansion of social values of Korean culture. Especially, the necessity and importance of education have been emphasized among other social developmental factors. Korean ballet in 1970-80s was in the stage of primitive. Fortunately, the ballet in Korea was considerably developed in 1990s because of the strong efforts in activation of continuous education and early childhood education. However, the recognition of importance in ballet education for toddlers is still necessary. Improvement in intellectual standards and physical development of young children may further possible if the ballet education based on professional and scientific background were recognized and expanded among educational system. The ballet education through long term scientific methods would influence physical, emotional, and social development of human being. Therefore, the necessity of ballet education for toddler should be emphasized for the growth and development for children, not only for professional ballerina education, considering current Korean education system. This will change the traditional concept for ballet, a special culture of upper class, to a new concept, The ballet education for toddler should be a part of daily life for better cultural standard.