An English terminology ‘community dance’ could be translated into Korean “Ji-yeok-sa-heo-ui-chum (Dance based Community)” or “Gong-dong-che-ui-chum (Communal Dance).” These kinds of community dance including “Ji-yeok-sa-heo-ui-chum” or “Gong-dong-che-ui-chum”, were nothing new at all, because they have been existed in every society and in every time. However, with boom of community dance in current Korean society, most Korea people are expecting that there are specifical meanings like ‘public concerns’ and ‘artistic value.’ Therefore, the purpose of this study is to define meanings of community dance while how this terminology is consumed by both in Korean popular society and Korean dance society. For this purpose, the researcher uses date analysis methodology. That is, the researcher analyzes data of news clippings and dance research list concerned with community Then, the researcher sums up the brief history of Korean community dance with external and internal approaches. In the historical approach, the researcher argues that how the term and methods of England community dance were combined with Korean communal dance. In the conclusion, the researcher suggests perspectives of Korean community dance.