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Dance Pedagogy

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Dance pedagogy is the study and practice of teaching dance, focusing on methods, techniques, and educational theories that enhance the learning experience. It encompasses curriculum development, instructional strategies, and assessment in dance education, aiming to foster creativity, physical skills, and artistic expression among students.
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Dance pedagogy is the study and practice of teaching dance, focusing on methods, techniques, and educational theories that enhance the learning experience. It encompasses curriculum development, instructional strategies, and assessment in dance education, aiming to foster creativity, physical skills, and artistic expression among students.

Key research themes

1. How is dance pedagogy addressing cultural relevance and decolonization to support diverse learner identities?

This theme explores how dance education integrates culturally relevant, decolonizing, and anti-racist pedagogies to accommodate and affirm diverse cultural identities and experiences. It addresses the challenges and methodologies for reconfiguring dominant Eurocentric frameworks in dance education and fostering inclusive, community-based, and culturally situated learning environments. Such pedagogical approaches aim to enhance not only technical skills but also cultural understanding, identity affirmation, and social justice within dance curricula across various educational contexts.

Key finding: This paper identifies that traditional Western dance training methods often marginalize students of color by prioritizing Eurocentric techniques over their cultural dance practices, which can lead to disengagement and loss of... Read more
Key finding: The study of Grupo Bayano demonstrates how a community-based decolonizing dance praxis rooted in cultural histories, bicultural development, and embodied literacy can counteract hegemonic and colonizing educational practices.... Read more
Key finding: This paper elucidates how dance educators with shared marginalized identities employ duoethnographic narratives and collaborative advocacy to resist dominant Anglo-European dance canons. It stresses that anti-racist dance... Read more
Key finding: This research reveals how Latinx dance teachers experience complex pedagogic acculturation when teaching Latinx dances in a multicultural New Zealand context, including recalibrating movements, reimagining language, and... Read more
Key finding: Utilizing Indigenous Pacific methodologies, this study demonstrates a decolonial pedagogy where the spatial and social repositioning of live drummers alongside dancers facilitates a co-constructed, multidimensional learning... Read more

2. What curricular structures, teacher agency, and policy factors influence the integration and quality of dance education in formal schooling contexts?

This theme investigates how dance curricula are structured, how teachers exercise agency amid policy changes, and what institutional and social factors impact the provision and quality of dance education in schools. It examines initial teacher training, curriculum reforms, assessment strategies, and challenges faced by dance teachers in varied educational systems, highlighting strategies to enhance dance inclusion and quality despite systemic constraints.

Key finding: This quantitative study of Brazilian federal and state universities revealed a predominance of only one mandatory dance subject in physical education training curricula, regardless of course or region. The limited offering... Read more
Key finding: Through interviews and curriculum analysis, this comparative study found that challenges in delivering certificated dance education varied between England and Scotland, particularly regarding curriculum prescription and... Read more
Key finding: Survey and longitudinal interview data from Scottish PE teachers indicate that the introduction of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) enabled increased curricular flexibility and teacher agency in including dance. Collaborative... Read more
Key finding: Through Indigenous philosophies of Ubuntu and Vā and talanoa methodology, this research explores how dance-making and performance in tertiary African dance education function as socio-spatial practices that embody... Read more

3. How are pedagogical methods and technologies adapted to support dance learning across diverse contexts and embodied experiences?

This theme examines innovations and adaptations in dance pedagogy to enhance understanding, engagement, and learning outcomes, focusing on methods that address student needs, anatomically informed teaching, embodied therapeutic practices, technology-mediated learning in low-resource settings, and integrating social, emotional, and reflective components in diverse cultural and educational environments.

Key finding: Using action research with postgraduate students, this study highlights the importance of dance movement therapy group experiences in preparing therapists for practice. Key findings emphasize that such experiential learning... Read more
Key finding: This research documents how dance teachers and students in Ugandan contexts with limited technological infrastructure creatively utilized indigenous educational philosophy ('learn as you do and do as you learn') to adapt... Read more
Key finding: Applying cooperative learning strategies via the STAD method significantly improved secondary school students' mastery and application of anatomy topics in dance education in Malaysia. Quantitative pre-post testing showed... Read more
Key finding: Two sequential research projects in an Australian tertiary Latin American dance unit revealed that implementing team-building activities and contextual cultural education strengthens teacher–student relationships and enhances... Read more
Key finding: Through an autoethnographic approach, this study reflects on teaching and learning practices in belly dance within a feminist pedagogical framework in Istanbul, Turkey. It highlights the creation of 'safe and supportive'... Read more

All papers in Dance Pedagogy

A representação do/e pelo corpo foi objeto de estudo no âmbito das disciplinas de Artes Visuais do terceiro ciclo de escolaridade do Ensino Básico, através do tema da autorrepresentação, entendida esta, como uma exploração que não é... more
The following article of master’s degree dissertation in linked to the line of research of ‘Education and Arts’ of the program of post graduation in education from the Federal University of Santa Maria/RS. It has as objectives investigate... more
Research on the role of the ballet pianist is limited. A gap in the literature concerns the ways in which dance instructors and accompanists 'make sense' of their collaboration. The working relationship between a dance teacher and a dance... more
O presente artigo apresenta o Estágio Supervisionado em Dança II, na Graduação em Dança: Licenciatura da UERGS, realizado no IFTO em turmas do Ensino Médio integrado. A experiência abordou o modernismo na arte no Brasil e suas relações... more
Írásom Györgyfalvay Katalin (1937–2012) koreográfusi attitűdjét, kontextusba helyezett alkotásait egy lehetséges értelmezési metódusban vizsgálja. Györgyfalvay műveltsége és táncelméleti felkészültsége a koreográfiáiban követhető nyomon.... more
Dance, as a form of human expression, brings with it a rich history dating back to the most ancient times. Although it is often framed as art, its versatility goes further, being used not only for artistic purposes but also as a means of... more
In this thesis, I describe creating a movement research practice called "unfiltering", which seeks to encapsulate the visceral manifestations of emotions by consolidating Ohad Naharin’s movement language Gaga and Gloria Anzaldúa’s... more
This article examines strategies used by three dance teachers in their pedagogical practice, so that the students are able to display stage presence. The empirical material was created based on ethnographically inspired research, taken... more
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Resumo: Este artigo apresenta algumas considerações sobre a importância do Programa Institucional de Bolsa de Iniciação à Docência (PIBID), através do subprojeto Música, da Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul (UERGS), sob a ótica... more
Resumo: Esta é uma pesquisa sobre o curso de licenciatura em música da Uergs. Nesta instituição, o projeto pedagógico do Curso de Graduação em Música: Licenciatura objetiva a formação do artista/professor. Considerando-se a existência de... more
Diferente de suas versoes anteriores, o Programa de Iniciacao Artistica - Proinart 2016 da Universidade Federal de Alagoas trouxe algumas inovacoes e com elas novos desafios a Extensao. As maiores dessas inovacoes consistem na... more
Esse trabalho busca apresentar um resultado final da disciplina de figura humana do curso de Licenciatura em Artes Visuais do IFCE, refletindo sobre o processo criativo apresentada pelas questões do corpo gordo nas artes visuais, das... more
My MA dissertation explores the unique Kandyan dance pedagogy developed by Guru Chitrasena Dias and Guru Vajira Chitrasena in Sri Lanka.
e Comunicação (FAPCOM) como requisito de avaliação do curso O Espetáculo da Convivência na Prática dos SCFV -Modo Dança.
A disciplina de Estudos Latino-americanos foi implementada a partir do primeiro trimestre de 2015 no Colegio de Aplicacao da UFRGS. As tematicas inseridas na sua composicao foram escolhidas em virtude da necessidade de trabalharmos com... more
The following article of masters degree dissertation in linked to the line of research of Education and Arts of the program of post graduation in education from the Federal University of Santa Maria/RS. It has as objectives investigate... more
Este projeto visa à montagem de uma peça teatral e à produção de oficinas de artes, baseada na construção coletiva dos membros do grupo formado a partir do trabalho realizado junto aos do campus de Cáceres. Visa também coletar as... more
Resumo: Este trabalho apresenta a pesquisa denominada "Música, Arte e Literatura na Cidade das Artes: Investigando a Cultura na Cidade de Montenegro, RS", em fase de finalização. É uma das ações que faz parte das atividades do Grupo de... more
Alexander Dumas A kaméliás hölgy (1848) című műve szolgált, amely többek között Verdi Traviátájának is a szüzséjét képezi. A darab cselekményének az az epizód a kiindulópontja, amikor Violetta a játékszenvedély hevében az egész vagyonát... more
Monografia (graduação) - Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Litoral, Curso de Licenciatura em ArtesInclui referênciasO presente artigo tem como objetivo descrever e analisar uma experiência na educação não formal no ensino das artes... more
Dance teachers are increasingly collaborating with live drummers to teach classes. Commonly, drummers are spatially and socially peripheral in the dance studios and classes as mere producers of sound and rhythms, further compounding the... more
No Brasil, nas últimas décadas, cresce e se torna cada vez mais sensível a presença de obras performáticas em feiras de arte, galerias, salões, bienais e coleções públicas ou particulares. Em contrapartida, faz-se necessário otimizar as... more
This paper proposes a novel approach to mathematics education by integrating rock climbing into the math curriculum. Based on embodied cognition and affordances, we argue that both mathematics and rock climbing involve embodied... more
Esta pesquisa busca analisar o modo como a percepção contribui no processo de criação do artista plástico e se transforma em produto artístico. Para a coleta de dados da pesquisa entrevistou-se 6 artistas legitimados pelo sistema das... more
Orientador: Rogério Adolfo de MouraDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de EducaçãoResumo: Esta dissertação de mestrado é fruto de processos criativos realizados junto a professores de diversas áreas, em... more
This article has as objective analyzes the unfoldings of the practice of somatic education, especially the method applied GYROKINESIS® exercises in the discipline Reading and Corporal Perception -Leitura e Percepção Corporal -LPC of the... more
This article aims at the analysis of development of somatic education practices, to be more precise the GYROKINESIS® method. It was applied within students from 15 to 20 years old in the project extension Connections: foundations of... more
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This qualitative study uses identity theory to examine how the environment impacts the tightness of the identity control system, and how socialization impacts attitudes among dance students at a large university. I collected data through... more
Resumo: Essa pesquisa encontra-se em andamento e faz parte do Programa Institucional de Bolsa de Iniciação à Docência (PIBID) que visa proporcionar aos bolsistas uma insersão maior no contexto escolar. Estão sendo realizadas visitas... more
This work highlights the practical-virtual dance experiences throughout the Internship developed by the first author of this text. Given the pandemic context, teaching planning underwent a reformulation to be implemented... more
Aesthetic knowing may be valuable to educational leadership practice because it links feeling and intuition to procedural information to inform decision-making. Within the large and diverse field of aesthetics, some models apply aesthetic... more
This study explores the significant contributions of traditional Manipuri dance (Jagoi) and Pung drumming to the socio-cultural development of Manipur, a northeastern state of India. Manipuri dance, characterized by its lyrical grace,... more
da UFRGS (CAP/UFRGS) oferece Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA), nível Ensino Médio, à noite. O curso é organizado em três semestres, condensando os três anos letivos previstos para essa etapa de escolarização. As turmas são denominadas... more
to STEM-based disciplines, wherein job security and economic gain are perceived to be readily available . By emphasizing practicality, these mainstream discourses suggest that the purpose of higher education is to produce "good workers"... more
Improvisation means something created spontaneously or without planning. Improvisation techniques are widely used in training for performing arts or entertainment; for example, theatre, music and dance. Even the simple... more
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