Dohyun Gracia Shin

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Dohyun Gracia Shin's research investigates how erotic and grotesque bodies in postwar theatrical performances in Japan and Korea respectively responded to their socio-historical context in terms of the haunting scars of WWII. She asks how ero guro bodies were bracketed and consumed in eroticized and grotesque ways to stabilize normative and reproductive representations of the post-WWII body for ..

From 2017 to 2019, Shin worked as a volunteer member (a.k.a. Friends) of the publicity team at Seoul Performing Arts Company, the musical theatre company under the Ministry of Culture in Korea. She researched the context of their productions and published them on the online publicity platform. In 2018, she publicized Geumranbang, the musical about a cross-dressing storyteller during the Joseon d..

Seoul Performing Arts Company (SPAC) is the national performing arts organization under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea, originally established for the cultural exchange between North and South Korea along with international events (esp. 88 Seoul Olympics). Since 1986, they are producing home-grown performances of Korean traditional contents. SPAC is often known to the publi..

monthly-theater.tistory.comPublished from Nov 2015 to April 2017 (vol. 16) Select issues:Post-colonial theatres of South KoreaLocal Audiences of South KoreaWomen in South Korean theatre The Project Monthly Theater : Iseonjwa was started to archive reviews, responses, and thoughts of audiences on contemporary theatres in Korea. Editors of Iseonjwa believe that every response of the audience is va..