This study aims to develop and implement an educational program to help elementary school students increase their mimetic expression skills by integrating storytelling into Hwataogeumhui, a movement set developed in China. Based on applied research, the results of the study are as follows. The program, structured around the processes of observation, mimicry, composition, and practice, consisted of five sessions targeting third-grade students, with each session lasting 40 minutes. Activities included observing animal movements through videos, performing Hwataogeumhui, creating their own movements as a group, presenting their work, and practicing exercise. The educational effects were qualitatively evaluated based on teachers’ reports on students’ progress and group presentations. The results revealed three educational effects: movement motivated through storytelling, complexity and mutual complementarity experienced by group activities, and learning abilities enhanced through the integration of other subjects into dance. Additionally, it is necessary to provide diverse and rich educational materials tailored to students’ learning levels. Furthermore, it is recommended that elementary school teachers have basic knowledge in dance education in order to implement gradual and continuous dance classes in elementary schools.

This study focuses on strategies to promote new content based on storytelling with the case of in particular in order to make dance more mainstream. As the importance of intangible assets such as knowledge, creativity and information emerged in recent years, stories have been presented as a basic element of business to be commercialized. The story of Cheoyong is a leading example of where a narrative work that is latent in the subconscious of the public has been approached from various angles. To shed light on the artistic value of dance that uses the story of Cheoyong as its theme, this study reviews the contemporary patterns in which the story of Cheoyong has been adapted to dance performances. Moreover, , one of the major repertoires of the world’s leading ballet companies and one of the three major classical ballet works, is reviewed in terms of how dance content can be brought into the consciousness of mainstream culture. has also captured the theme from folklore of the West, just as in similar cases in the East. The storyline has become latent in the subconscious of the public that drives the art work, which then affected works in a wide array of art fields. Lastly, to review the universal value, the narrative structures of and were compared in terms of how stories can lead to a chain of reminders, thus shedding light on the trends in dance performe art.