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A drummer plays a role of a threshold and intermediates between a performer and audience so that audience may appropriately take a part in the performance. A drummer, with Jangdan (a combination of long and short rhythms) and Chuimsae, helps a performer keep the time order in performance, and also he/she continuously reminds audience when and where empty spots are and when the audience should do Chuimsae.
While the performance is given, a performer can¡¯t directly approach audience without a drummer¡¯s ¡®mediation¡¯ and audience can¡¯t get near to a performer without a drummer¡¯s mediation either. ¡®Approach¡¯ here means mutual participation and engagement. A performer and audience can ¡®look at¡¯ each other as an object without the drummer¡¯s mediation. However, for actual engagement in the opposite, they need the existence of a drummer. This is clearly understandable if we think about the performance of Pansori without a drummer. That is, if there is no drummer in Pansori, audience should be a drummer and assume his existence. A drummer exists between a performer and audience and engages in both a performer and audience while a performance is given. A drummer is a being in the process, a double existence, and a threshold-like being. He/she doesn¡¯t belong to any of the performer or the audience and he/she is not perfect enough to be an independent being, but his/her existence can¡¯t be disregarded.
Through these characteristics of a drummer, the property of presence of a drummer is stipulated. Because a drummer is a reduced being, he/she intends to look smallest in the performance. The smaller a drummer reduces his/her presence, the bigger his/her movement and role becomes, which is a drummer¡¯s position in the performance. |
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