The purpose of this study is to examine the trend of dance therapy research while providing scholastic information for the future research. To the study, the researcher analyzed 43 research papers on dance therapy which are mainly domestic doctorate dissertation. The information was collected from internet research while retrieving in the Korean Studies Information. ‘Dance healing’ was main word for the internet research. The researcher aslo use keywords with trend of study on dance therapy and theme/object/method of study. The result of study is as follows: Dance therapy is being studied in the academic field at several domestic universities(23 universities). It is mainly studied in the departments of athletic area(47.8%) and health/medical area(27.9%). With respect to type of study, quantitative study(79.1%) is much more than qualitative study(13.9%) and integrated study(7.0%). With respect to tool of study, research by questionnaire(56.8%) is most prevalent. With respect to sample of study, general people(55.8%) is slightly higher than patients(44.2%). Collective sample(87.5%) and mental disease(47.4%) are most prevalent in the sample of patients. With respect to independent variables as the method of dance healing, DMT(41.9%), Korean traditional dance(18.6%) and other dance program(16.3%) occupy 76.8% of the entirety. Health (43.5%) is highest in the dependent variables as the object of dance healing, followed by disease(32.6%), physical strength(8.7%), physical composition(7.6%) and physiological function (7.6%). Related to the health, mental health (37.5%) is higher than physical health (6.5%) and in the disease, mental disease(28.3%) is higher than physical disease(4.3%). In the lower factors of mental disease, the 3 factors of depression(38.6%), stress(26.9%) and anxiety (23.1%) occupy 88.6% of the entirety. The lower factors of mental health appear in the order of self-respect(29.4%), quality of life(14.7%) and emotional intelligence(8.8%) and they diversly appear in the 14 lower factors. Although this study was done for domestic doctorate of trend of study on dance therapy, the study should be extended to include master's degree or journals and study on the meta-regression analysis of dance therapy effect is necessary. The author intends to suggest that the development of dance therapy program and the study to develop questionnaire as tool of study is necessary as independent variable appearing in the result of this study.

In the second volume of the book Samguk Yusa (The History of Three Kingdoms), Cheoyong appears as a son of the Dragon King of the sea in an era of King Heongang of Silla. He got married to a beautiful wife from Silla. One day, as he came home late, he discovered that his wife was sleeping with a god of epidemic. Looking at the scene, Cheoyong chased away the god by singing and dancing. In this folk tale, the meaning of each characters is interpreted as follows: the god of epidemic means disease, his wife means a patient, and Cheoyong himself means a dance therapist. I approached Cheoyong Dance as an act that he defeated the god. In this paper, I would like to develop a new therapeutic Cheoyong Dance for promoting health by combining traditional Cheoyong Dance and Gigong Exercise. This will be the way to approach the public easily as another role of healthy Cheoyong Dance. The combining Cheoyong Dance with Gigong exercise will be the way of promoting healthy life and wellbeing.

The purpose of this study is to examine Western works of art through a historical and archival point of view related to arts psychotherapy. The method of approaching visual works of art is based on essential attributes of art therapy history. The theoretical background is founded in publications and research papers relating to art history, arts philosophy, and expressive arts therapy. To examine contemporary Western works of art and artists, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, and Henri Matisse were selected for analysis and exploration of the origin of arts psychotherapy. For the purpose of discussing the conceptual foundation of dance therapy, the characteristics of Western works of art and artists were examined, resulting in the following findings. First, the characteristics of Pablo Picasso’s “Three Dancers” include free-form expression, destruction of form, and bodily expression of subjective emotions arising from an inner world. In particular, “Three Dancers” exhibits Symbolism, which is one of the main elements of dance/movement therapy. Second, the characteristics of Jackson Pollock’s “Mural” and “Rhythmical Dance” represent Shamanism and strong Body Action, both from the artifacts and the process of creating them. Lastly, Henri Matisse’s “Dance the Second” and “Two Dancers” show a simple and strong color composition which emphasizes the harmony of nature, humans, and the power of Rhythmic group activity, also a main concept of dance therapy. As a result of the analysis, these three important Western artists and works of art are seen to demonstrate meaningful perspectives and theoretical foundations of dance therapy. Indeed, their works of art could be considered valuable documents of dance therapy history. This study is limited by its focus on only a few selected artists and works of art. A larger, follow-up study is needed to rule out over-generalization. Second, interpretation may be limited by the subjectivity of the author. For this reason, the author included a number of references to support the study’s point of view.