Drum Dance

HA Yong-bu, Holder in Intangible Cultural Heritage no. 68 Milyang Bakjung Nori, Master of Beomboo and Drum Dance
"Beomboo" in Beomboo Dance means "a common man." Interestingly enough, this repertoire takes the literal meaning to have dancers performed without any elaborate props or instruments. Beomboo Dance has been varied into several different types depending on the originality and characteristics of an individual dancer. HA Yong-bu's Beomboo Dance involves a drum which quite shows its powerful spirit as the sound of the drum is getting infused inside the dancer's body and then gradually being laid out again on the stage. The slow movement in the first part of the dance picks more and more speed, later becoming rapid and energetic.