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This study examined how the body produces artistic behavior and aesthetic experiences through dance sports, focusing on Foucault's power theory and Wittgenstein's language game theory. In modern society, leisure is an important condition of life that is directly related to human happiness, but it tends to be reduced to consuming or fatigue-relieving. Therefore, this study attempted to clarify that dance sports are practical acts that combine artistic creation and philosophical thinking beyond simple leisure activities. First, through Foucault's theory of power, visual images and recommendations of important others in the process of participating in dance sports were interpreted as social and psychological power actions that govern the body and induce voluntary participation. In addition, applying Wittgenstein's theory of language games, it was analyzed that the technical language of dance sports functions not as a simple command, but as a form of life that mediates physical behavior and meaning generation. This verbal immersion converts the participant's body into a tool for artistic expression, and enables an aesthetic experience that combines inner imagination and emotions. In conclusion, dance sports can be understood as a complex cultural phenomenon that is regulated in social relations and produces meaning through verbal actions as an artistic body practice that consists of a field where power and language intersect. This study reinterprets dance sports as a philosophical leisure activity that integrates body, language, and art, and suggests its applicability in physical and artistic education in the future.