This study identifies the current status of dance departments at universities in Daegu and Gyeongbuk and to raise the need to improve dance education programs and to seek a change in educational direction for dance departments facing the crisis of the abolition at the local universities. Starting with the department of dance at Hyosung Women's University (currently, Daegu Catholic University), which was established in 1974, the department of dance was established at Keimyung University (1984), the dance major at Yeungnam University (2002), and the department of practical dance at Daegu Art University (2004) in succession. The dance culture of Daegu and Gyeongbuk was formed and developed through dance education and creative activities have been centered on these universities. Today, however, with the rapid decline of the school-age population and the university restructuring policy, the dance departments at local universities face a crisis through the abolition, unification, downsizing of undergraduate majors and reform of specialty majors. Therefore, if the departments of dance at the local universities establish a step-by-step educational program that considers not only the admission process, but also student’s employment after graduation, and expand programs such as directing, management, stage, lighting as well as practical education centering on fine arts, and if each university presents a paradigm of specialized education to expand investment in creative dance education and to develop a new dance education ecosystem through the formation of a network between departments, community education institutions, and regional art creation agencies, they will grow into a continuous and future-oriented dance departments at local universities.

This paper aims to compare the forms of basic and creative dances in Tokyo Korean School (hereafter Korean School) and Joseon School by focusing on the national dance education conducted by them, consider what a role the national dance has placed in internal and external events and suggest some tasks that they should perform in the future.

From the consideration , following findings can be summarized:

First, in terms of basic dance, Joseon dance is taught by dance instructors trained in a consistent system with systematic curriculum in Joseon School, while Korean dance education is conducted in an autonomous form at the discretion of the instructors in Korean school. Second, in terms of creative dance, although Korean School put an emphasis on creative activities reflecting the current generation's senses, by considering the flow of times, Joseon School is biased toward the nationalist tendency and has no modernistic perspective. Third, the national dance education in both schools has commonly served as an important medium for promoting the relation with Japan, the country of residence, through external activities.

Based on the findings, the tasks of the national dance education can be suggested, on which the new generation should focus. First, it is important for both Korean and Joseon School to co-host the cultural events in which they can watch and learn each other's dance and create the environment for them. Second, a joint research on the traditional dance of South and North Korea should be conducted, based on regular exchange between dance instructors working in both schools.