Since the 1990s, Korea has developed into a full-fledged multicultural society with an increase of foreign workers, marriage immigrants, and defectors. Today, as multicultural education is emerging as a critical task for Korea in the 21st century, it is a crucial moment to examine what role Korea’s dance education plays in such a multicultural society. The purpose of this study is to search for an appropriate type of dance education, given Korea’s transition to a multicultural society. Thus, this study conducted comparative studies between the United States’ form of multicultural education and France’s intercultural education to identify the current status and problems of dance education in Korea. Based on this analysis, four ways in which intercultural education has been applied as an alternative to appropriate dance education in Korean multicultural society are presented. This study attempts to identify the similarities rather than the differences in intercultural dance education. Furthermore, children coming from immigrant families and students from ordinary households want to communicate with each other through various traditional dances. Therefore, intercultural dance education needs to be extended to immigrants as well as native citizens. Additionally, a community dance program that implements intercultural education for a large number of inhabitants and a small number of immigrants should be established. If dance education that emphasizes communication and mutual integration is formulated to meet the needs of the present age, it is expected that it will also be a great help toward creating a safe and healthy multicultural society. Through this study, the importance and value of dance in Korean multicultural society will be re-acknowledged, and the value of dance education for leading the way toward a 21st century multicultural society will be illustrated.