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.

This study aims to examine research trends related to the bodies of contemporary dance maors in South Korea and explore main research topics on body. As a research method, a text mining techniques, one of big data methods, was used to analyze the trends. As a result, it was found that the frequency of the term 'influence' was the highest, and N-gram connections related to 'influence,' 'dance,' and 'injury' were among the top findings. Topic modeling revealed themes such as 'dancers' body management,' 'emotional changes according to physical condition,' and 'the correlation between eating behavior and emotions in dance.' These results are expected to provide foundational data and direction for subsequent research.