The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of narcissism on self-management and performance confidence among university students majoring in dance. A survey was conducted with dance majors enrolled in four-year universities in Seoul, and a total of 363 valid questionnaires were analyzed using SPSS Version 23.0. Data analysis included frequency analysis, exploratory factor analysis, reliability testing, correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis. The findings are as follows. First, narcissism had a statistically significant effect on self-management. Second, narcissism significantly influenced performance confidence. Third, self-management had a significant positive effect on performance confidence. These results indicate that narcissism functions as a psychological resource that promotes self-management and enhances performance confidence among dance majors. The findings suggest that, within pre-professional dance training contexts, certain dimensions of narcissism may contribute positively to psychological stability and performance-related competence.

This study aims to examine the value and transmission directions of dances designated as cultural heritage from the Five Northern Provinces (Ibuk 5-do) transmitted in South Korea: Hwagwanmu from Hwanghae Province, Pyeongyang Geommu and Pyeongnam Sugeonnchum from South Pyongan Province, Gim Baekbong's buchaechum (Fan Dance), and Hambuk Seonnyeochum from North Hamgyeong Province. The research research draws primarily on historical literature and institutional materials from the Five Northern Provinces Committee. The study confirms how practitioners transmitters have preserved the cultural heritage of the northern provinces through the Japanese colonial period and national division, and analyzes the artistic, regional, and educational value of each dance. The findings suggests the need for a sustainable transmission system: first, securing transmission records through archiving; second, establishing a systemic framework for research on dance genealogy and related music; third, expanding the designation of new genres and strengthening collaboration within the Five Northern Provinces Committee; and finally, establishing an online platform for the cultural heritage of the Five Northern Provinces. These proposals lay the groundwork for future extension to include other dance genres and yet undesignated cultural heritage.

This study aims to establish the category of Korean traditional dance, in which Korean aesthetic consciousness and spiritual culture are embedded. The purpose is to explore the cultural-historical and policy implications of its inscription on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. By analyzing historical literature and current state of domestic transmission, the study approaches the subject from perspective of ‘typical form [jeonhyeong]’ the intersection of tradition and modern transmission. The results confirm that dance forms redefined as stage arts in the modern era constitute the foundation of contemporary Korean traditional dance Furthermore, UNESCO inscription facilitates the globalization of the identity of Korean arts and shifts the policy paradigm from ‘preservation’ to sustainable ‘transmission and promotion.’ This study is significant in proposing a cultural-historical category for Korean traditional dance and presenting policy recommendations for UNESCO inscription. It serves as a scholarly and policy foundation encompassing both the preservation of archetypal forms and modern re-creation.

This study examines the artistic significance and value production of choreographer Park Kihyun’s re-enactment performance based on Lakeside Adagio of Act I, of Swan Lake, focusing on the concepts of ‘prototype/archetype’ and ‘re-enactment.’ The analysis examines the original dance notation and musical score to investigate how the prototype of the classical ballet was documented and structured. It also conducts interviews with the choreographer and dancers and observes the rehearsal process to explore the embodied memory and experiential performance of the ballet master and dancers in the re-enactment process. The study argues that the original value of the classical work is preserved and transmitted not only through the physical conservation of notation but also through the bodily archive of the ballet master and dancers. Re-enactment in classical ballet is understood not as a passive repetition of the original text, but as an exploratory practice realized through the interpretation of documentation and the creative execution of embodied knowledge.

This study examines the evolution of modern dance culture amidst the historical tribulations of the colonial era by analyzing dance photographs published in 1920s newspapers. Utilizing a literature review methodology, the research analyzes 317 photographs from Maeil Sinbo (154), Joseon Ilbo [Chosun Ilbo] (93), and Dong-a Ilbo (70). The analysis revealed three key findings. First, the photographs visually corroborate the heteronomous nature of dance culture under colonial rule. Second, they demonstrate the systematic assimilation of Japanese dance into colonial Korea. These images expose an imperialist agenda designed to manage and mobilize the colonized population under the pretext of artistic exchange. Third, despite such oppression, the photographs capture the emergence of a modern and subjective dance culture. This study holds significant value by providing a comprehensive pictorial understanding of the performing arts landscape during the Japanese occupation through the lens of newspaper photography. By re-evaluating these visual archives, the research illuminates the complex interplay between colonial hegemony and the pursuit of modern cultural identity in 1920s Korea.

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.

This study chronologically analyzes the institutional changes of the Seoul Dance Festival(SDF) using the framework of New Institutionalism to identify the festival’s function as an institutional field where national cultural policy, the artists’ community, and social discourse intersect. The research employs a three-tiered analytical framework —policy history, institutional history, and cognitive discourse—to structure the festival’s stages of formation, transition, and institutionalization. The analysis reveals that the SDF’s institutional evolution accompanied the complex interplay of regulative, normative, and cognitive factors. Key drivers included internal critical discourse from the dance community, the national cultural policy’s ‘Arm’s Length Principle’, and the exogenous pressure of adopting ESG-based operations. This empirically demonstrates the realization of Discursive Institutionalism, where social values such as fairness, transparency, and sustainability become internalized as institutional norms. Ultimately, the Seoul Dance Festival transitioned from a ‘regulative institution’ focused on administrative efficiency to a ‘discursive institution’ that has internalized social trust and value. This confirms the shift in Korean arts administration from an emphasis on efficiency rationality to a cultural rationality centered on social discourse.