The dancer kidnapped to the north, the pro-Japan dancer, the daughter of Joseon The troubled life and splendid art of Choe Seung-heui are well expressed through various evaluation, Her international achievement is nothing to be undervalued. She was an excellent dancer with good physique and strong charm on the stage, She was also a wonderful choreographer with a creative spirit and an experimental mind, Her approach to creation was quite unique, modernizing something Korean and harmonizing music with dance. To her, the Korean Peninsula was not the only stage. She performed all over the world, Her creative dancing works beyond classic ballet and modern dancing were praised throughout the world. She played an important role in the Korean dance history both as an artist and educator, Early in the 1950s, she prepared systematic training methods, taught teachers, and published books, In short, she was a fully-prepared dance educator. Choe Seung-heui was an artist who let the world know about the beauty of Korean dance during the Japanese colonial age. Though this forerunner of modern Korean dance is gone, her artistic spirit and dance are still alive in her students these days.