A Study on the Development of Changes in Performance Style of Baltal

This study has sought to identify the succession and chronological alteration of Park Chunjae s Baltal(Foot Mask Theater) with improvised Jaedam(funny gags) and artistic motions in order to determine the main composition and aspect of Baltal as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage. Detailed studies were conducted to examine the direction of variation in performance patterns of Baltal. including vertical comparisons from Lee Dongan’s first organized script of the 1980s to that of the present and horizontal comparisons of present scripts of Park Jeongim and Cho Yeongsuk.The study has analyzed the composition, script of Baltal, and its musical composition and is summarized as follows. While Park Chunjae mainly showed off his unique skills and cracked gags with the Clown, Park Jeongim’s script today had its banter reduced and Baltal’s lines extended. In Cho Yeongsuk s script, the gags between Baltal and Clown were reduced, while singing was added and type of songs became more diverse than other versions. Considering Park Chunjae’s initial Baltal however, it is clear that the gag and banter has been significantly reduced and it shows that Baltal is losing its identity as a witty play. This change is not to blame the audience, but the successors. In order to incorporate all the skills and entertainment learned from Lee Dongan, Cho Yeongsuk added more songs to the original script and expanded the function of the Clown, as Cho herself took the role.