This study examined the effects of performance participation motivation on dance self-confidence and major satisfaction among Chinese international students majoring in dance studying at Korean universities and tested the mediating effect of dance self-confidence. A survey was conducted with 303 respondents, and the collected data were analyzed using measurement and structural equation models. The results showed that performance participation motivation had significant positive effects on both dance self-confidence and major satisfaction. Dance self-confidence also had a significant positive effect on major satisfaction and demonstrated a mediating effect in the relationship between performance participation motivation and major satisfaction. These findings suggest that systematic support for performance experiences and educational support measures to enhance dance self-confidence are necessary to improve major satisfaction and academic adjustment among international dance major students in Korea.

This study examines the contemporary dance work Yunhoejeok Macbeth (2025) to investigate how nonverbal cues touch, distance, gaze, spatial formation, and rhythm semiotically mark the Lady Macbeth Macbeth relationship and how their repetition and accumulation lead to relational shift and collapse, while evaluating the applicability of Transactional Analysis (TA) . The work was segmented into scenes and the cues were coded as signifiers and interpreted through the signifier signified framework of dance semiotics and TA concepts, including ulterior transactions and ego states (Parent Adult Child) The analysis revealsthat in Scene 2, Lady Macbeth’s approach, contact, and central positioning reinforce covert control and pressure beneath apparent collusion, intensifying relational asymmetry. This is accompanied by weakened adult regulation (A) and heightened parent control (P) and child instability (C). Scene 3 employs repetitive movement and circular formations to present a cyclical structure of samsaric recurrence following catastrophe. This study demonstrates that nonverbal cues function as semiotic units that produce and transform relational meaning and confirms the productivie applicatbility of TA concepts to dance analysis.

This study aimed to examine the effects of professor student interaction on class satisfaction and career exploration behavior among Chinese international students majoring in dance in Korean universities. A survey was conducted with 312 Chinese dance students enrolled in university dance programs across Korea, and 310 valid responses were analyzed using SPSS 26.0 and Amos 24.0. The results indicated that students with higher academic levels and advanced Korean language proficiency demonstrated more active professor student interaction and career exploration behavior. Furthermore, professor student interaction had a positive effect on class satisfaction and significantly promoted career exploration behavior. Class satisfaction also played an important role in enhancing students’ engagement in career exploration. These findings provide practical implications for improving curricula and designing targeted career support strategies for Chinese dance students studying in Korea, highlighting the importance of fostering effective professor student interactions to support academic engagement and future career development.

This study examines how Han Seongjun’s aesthetics in Jeukheungmu were transmitted to Gang Seonyeong. Using documents from the Joseon Music and Dance Institute and oral accounts from Gang and her successor Gim Miran, the study employs an interpretive method. Han’s instruction- “gcombine the learned movements and create your own dance”-shows his view of Jeukheungmu as a form of individuality and inner freedom. Gang embodied this lineage through affective contrasts of stillness and sudden release and the coexistence of joy and sorrow. Testimony on the “six movements” confirms Jeukheungmu as a core creative-pedagogical system reflecting Han’s aesthetics. This study clarifies how freedom and emotion are inherited within Korean dance.