This study specified the interdisciplinary characteristics of somatics to explore the role of somatics for the paradigm change of university dance education. To this end, the academic discourse related to somatics was investigated, and the characteristics of the contents related to somatics, which have been operated as dance major subjects in universities, were identified. As a result of the study, first, the definition and characteristics of somatics in academic discourse were derived as 'Soma as an experiencing body, and the unity of body and spirit', 'integration of scattered areas and multidisciplinary approach', and 'changing life process and embrace of surroundings'. Second, as a result of examining the courses related to somatics that have been operated at Ewha Womans University from the 1960s to the present, it was found that multidisciplinary contents using somatics were the main focus rather than contents that specialized in a specific type of somatics. In addition, it was identified that it flexibly responds to the instructor's competency and student's learning demand, emphasizes the interdisciplinary characteristics of somatics that can be expanded to choreography, education, and research, and leads the design of creative somatic programs by students themselves. It is expected that the interdisciplinary characteristics of Somatics will be used in the composition and research of subjects encompassing the center and the periphery as a way to expand and change university dance education.