中国舞蹈教育现状分析

Abstract

Thanks to popularization of dance education and its spread over institutions such as art centers, culture centers, palaces for the youth(the organizations for political and cultural activities), universities, and middle schools, people of all social classes in China have formed a complete education system for dance and strengthened it for a few years. This study analyzes the current condition of dance education in China, based on Beijing dance academy and Beijing university of teaching, suggests the features of dance education in both schools; it investigates dance, classification and curriculum in the middle/high schools attached to Beijing dance academy and explores the dance education in primary schools and outside schools. Beijing dance academy had been founded in 1954 and was ratified in 1978 by Ministry of Culture. Currently, it has five majors (acting, choreography, dance studies, visual art design of acting, and management of public utilities), 9 dance departments, a center for life-long education, a center for training teachers, dance troupe of the youth, and a secondary dance school. The academy has an authority to grant a master degree of dance and qualification for training students with a master degree of research in 36 fields. Each department has different purpose and training course; there is a distinction between Chinese traditional dance and dance of Chinese people in educational objective. Beijing university of teaching was established in 1954; dance department belongs to Music School in the university; the school is designed to develop talent, competent students ,by means of continuous dance performance, courses for creating dance movement, basic course, and courses for dance theories. The major classes consist of ballet, Chinese dance, dance of Chinese people, modern dance, dance choreography, production, creation, repertoire, dance theories, and sports dance; the courses of dance theories are composed of analysis of works, the history of dance in China and foreign countries, dance esthetics, a methodology of dance for Chinese people, an introduction to art, and the department of business administration for dance art. Dance in China is largely divided higher into vocational education, aiming to develop capable dancers; they are encouraged to realize their full potentials, based on acquisition of a vast basics and in-depth knowledge. Looking into the subject classification and curricular assignment in the middle, high schools attached to Beijing dance academy, dance education in China is mostly focused on training both amateurs in universities and professionals of the organizations concerned; there are about 108 secondary dance schools in a city. China is changing rapidly in the 21st century; it is believed that science has a important role in China's prosperity, with education being fundamental; organization, integration of dance education has come as a new challenge. Faced with the era of innovation, development, the dance business in China is said to be the age of science. For improvement in China dance, more systematic approach to it is required.