The worldwide popularity of South Korean popular music has generated global consumer demand for variations of its grueling training regimen offered by talent recruitment agencies and dance studios. Using the case study of the South Korean popular music boot camps offered by the Australia-based agency, The Academy, this article seeks to frame these performative engagements along more cosmopolitan notions of choreographic co-creative labor. In contrast to the highly competitive South Korean popular music machinery, participation in these boot camps can be characterized as affective prosumer “free labor” from trainees from diverse backgrounds, abilities, and motivations. Through programs that enable trainees to “re-present,” “re-organize,” and “re-interpret” K-pop dance performances, studios like The Academy leverage on K-pop’s popularity and its training pedagogies so as to open new fields of creative labor. Accompanying such openings are the strengthening transnational connectivities in the activities of The Academy in intensifying existing multicultural networks in Australia. The studio is also part of a more cosmopolitan platform in orienting traditionally Eurocentric mainstream Australia culturally toward the Asia-Pacific region. By further democratizing the dance abilities of K-pop choreographies, initiatives like The Academy serve in enlarging creative labor in transnational rhythmic communities.

韩国流行音乐在世界范围内的流行已引起全球消费者对人才招聘机构和舞蹈工作室提供的各种艰苦训练方案的需求。本文使用澳大利亚代理商The Academy提供的韩国流行音乐新手训练营的案例研究，试图将这些表演性活动与更国际化的编排共创性劳动概念结合起来。与竞争激烈的韩国流行音乐机器相比，参加这些新兵训练营的特点是来自不同背景，能力和动机的受训者深情的“自由劳动”。通过使受训人员“代表”，“重新组织”和“重新诠释” K-pop舞蹈​​表演的计划，像The Academy这样的工作室都利用了K-pop的受欢迎程度及其培训方法，从而开辟了创意劳动的新领域。伴随着这样的开放，学院在加强澳大利亚现有的多元文化网络方面的活动中加强了跨国联系。该工作室还是一个更加国际化的平台的一部分，该平台旨在将传统上以欧洲为中心的主流澳大利亚文化定位为亚太地区。通过进一步使K-pop编舞的舞蹈能力民主化，像The Academy这样的举措有助于在跨国有节奏的社区中扩大创造力。伴随着这样的开放，学院在加强澳大利亚现有的多元文化网络方面的活动中加强了跨国联系。该工作室还是一个更加国际化的平台的一部分，该平台旨在将传统上以欧洲为中心的主流澳大利亚文化定位为亚太地区。通过进一步使K-pop编舞的舞蹈能力民主化，像The Academy这样的举措有助于在跨国有节奏的社区中扩大创造力。伴随着这样的开放，学院在加强澳大利亚现有的多元文化网络方面的活动中加强了跨国联系。该工作室还是一个更加国际化的平台的一部分，该平台旨在将传统上以欧洲为中心的主流澳大利亚文化定位为亚太地区。通过进一步使K-pop编舞的舞蹈能力民主化，像The Academy这样的举措有助于在跨国有节奏的社区中扩大创造力。