K-pop Dance

<p>This book is about K-pop dance and the evolution and presence of its dance fandom on social media. </p><p>Based on five years of ethnographic fieldwork interviews choreography and participation-observation with 40 amateur and professional K-pop dancers in New York California and Seoul the book traces the evolution of K-pop dance from the 1980s to the 2020s and explains its distinctive feature called ‘gestural point choreography’ – front-driven two-dimensional decorative and charming movements of the upper body and face – as an example of what the author theorizes as ‘social media dance.’ It also explores K-pop cover dance as a form of intercultural performance suggesting that by imitating and idolizing K-pop dance fans are eventually ‘fandoming’ themselves and their bodies.</p><p>Presenting an ethnographic study of K-pop dance and its fandom this book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of Media Studies Korean Studies Performance Studies and Dance.</p>