This paper researches the statutory educational regulations used as a foundation to introduce traditional Greek dance in the school curriculum and which transformed it into a taught subject with connections to the ideological-political and social conditions prevalent in Greece at the time. It particularly concerns the connection between the aims and content of this practical subject matter with the educational aspirations of cultivating a Greek national identity during the earliest introduction of dance in school activities (1914 (1899)-1929). The selection of folk dance as a representative component of Greek culture, the equation of particular dances with the substance of national identity (as "national dances") and the political goal of creating a unified cultural identity through public education formed the basis on which traditional Greek dance was included in school activities at the beginning of the twentieth century. (Contains 9 notes.)