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This study regarded prestigious schools as one of the main actors in changing the status of dance in Korean society and examined their social significance. Extensive literature review of the study revealed that Korea's prestigious schools have taken the lead in ballet, which was considered a special activity of elite students. Moreover, dance education, which had been a part of bridal education for young women in the past Korean society, has gradually been transformed into professional art education with efforts of dance department in the prestigious women's universities to improve the quality of dance. Given that prestigious schools have led the ideal of dance education, the idea of taste culture theory that elite group has affinity with high culture is applicable to Korean art.