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 research aims are to explore generation Z dance majors’ views on “good work”. We conducted, in-depth interviews with 20 dance major students at a four-year university in Seoul. The results show that, regarding the attributes of good work, students tended to rank good working conditions, job security, relevance to their major, personal interest, chances for personal development, salary, job appropriateness, and so on. Additionally, in comparing the perceived expectation levels for ideal jobs and jobs in reality, significant differences were seen in the particular jobs that were listed. The assessment of the job indicators for both occupational groups also indicated discrepancies. Examination of the gap between dance majors’ expectations for ideal jobs and their perceptions of jobs in reality identified high levels of awareness of a lack of diversity, few openings, the necessity for pragmatic compromises, low pay, and other issues, respectively. Considering these results, this study identifies that while there are differences between the specific jobs acknowledged by dance majors as good work and those available, their attitudes do not reveal new or revolutionary trends compared to past patterns. Therefore, the occupational attitudes and expectations of Generation Z dance majors appear to be passive and conservative.

This study aimed to investigate the relationship among the grit of professional dancers, protean career attitude, and subjective career success. Collected through a purposive sampling method, 330 questionnaires of dancers were used for the final analysis, and the results obtained through validity analysis, reliability analysis, frequency analysis, correlation analysis, and regression analysis are as follows. First, it was found that the grit of professional dancers had a significant effect on protean career attitude. Second, it was found that the grit of professional dancers had a significant effect on subjective career success. Third, it was found that the protean career attitude of professional dancers had a significant effect on subjective career success. The result of this study suggests that dance organizations should strive to improve the level of not only dancers but also the entire dance group by strengthening support for the career development of dancers for the protean career attitude and subjective career success of professional dancers. The expansion and application of grit education to improve subjective career success of professional dancers is also required.

The purpose of this study is to examine the current status of dance education in the Jeonbuk region and ways to localize the career paths and jobs of dance majors. To this end, the current status of professional dance education in the Jeonbuk region was examined through the analysis of published scholarly articles and online information platforms, and the problems of the decrease in professional dance education institutions and the lack of awareness of related occupations were identified. The study further assembled information on career and job paths based on the researcher's career/job consulting experience and sought ways in which dance majors from Jeonbuk or dance majors at professional education institutions in the Jeonbuk region could settle in the region and develop stable career activities. The study offers useful information to dance majors and dance educators who train dance majors in the Jeonbuk region for effective career/employment counseling and education. It also aims to establish a foundation for linking the curriculum of dance departments with career/employment.

The purpose of the current study was to investigate the relationship among body composition, bone mineral density(BMD), career and eating attitude in Korean traditional dancers. Seventy three dance major female college students were recruited in the current study. The body composition variables such as body mass index, percent body fat, total body water, fat free mass and basal metabolism rate were assessed. Data were collected from Anorexia Bulimia Inventory(ABI) questionnaire and BMD was measured using Quantitative ultrasound. T-score was used as an index of BMD. Analysis of confirmatory factor, multiple correlation, multiple regression, and Dubin Watson test were applied for the statistical analysis using SPSS 23.0 windows. There was statistically significant correlation between dietary control and BMD of eating attitude negatively and depressed mood about Career positively(p<0.05). In the result of regression analysis, dietary control and depressed mood were the coefficient determination in BMD and Career. In conclusion, the current study suggested that the perception of healthy body weight was required for dance major female college students.