On December 1, Round-table Meeting on Disciplinary Development and Future of Dance Education, organized by Beijing Dance Academy, was successfully held at Conference Room 6F. The meeting, revolving around "dance education and disciplinary development", discussed the strategy and reform initiatives of dance education in various academies and universities during the upcoming 14th Five-Year Plan period, in a bid to explore common directions as well as unique characteristics in constructing the knowledge and education system. The meeting was joined by BDA Party Secretary Ba Tu, President Guo Lei and Vice President Deng Youling, and chaired by Xu Hang, Director of the Graduate School. Professor Tian Peipei, Vice President of the Music College and Doctoral Supervisor at Capital Normal University, was engaged as the academic commentator for the round-table.
This sub-forum was attended by 29 executives of dance academies and dance departments, including Capital Normal University, Minzu University of China, Shanghai Theater Academy, Shanghai Normal University, Nanjing University of the Arts, Tianjin Conservatory of Music, Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, Anhui Professional College of Art, Jilin University of Arts, Nanchang Normal University, Yunnan Arts University, Tibet University, Qinghai Normal University, Wuhan Conservatory of Music, Henan University, Qiqihar University, Northwest Minzu University, Guangxi Arts University, Southwest University, Fujian Normal University, Hebei Vocational Art College, Shanxi University, Chongqing University, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang Conservatory of Music, Hainan University, Shaanxi Normal University, Hubei Minzu University, Guangdong Dance and Drama College, and Xinjiang Normal University. The participants introduced in detail the concept and framework of disciplinary development at their respective institutions, as well as characteristics and experience in dance education, with in-depth discussions on unique training methods depending on regional resources and characteristics from the perspectives of pedagogical concepts, education programs, dance curriculum and teacher development. With a focus on latest trends and future development, the participants shared problems in the current reform of disciplinary development and dance education, as well as insights for the way forward in dance education reform, disciplinary development and innovation, education standards, and missions and responsibilities in cultural inheritance. Each section of keynote speeches is followed by accurate and concise academic comments made by Professor Tian Peipei.
BDA Party Secretary Ba Tu attended the forum.
In his speech, President Guo Lei said on behalf of the Academy, he sincerely thanked everyone for their candid exchanges and sharing of their own experiences in running dance majors. The core of this forum is that our dance academies and universities should be clear about their missions and responsibilities, give full play to the role of dance in its positive impact on people and society, focus on disciplinary development as a priority, continuously consolidate the foundation of disciplines, and press ahead with reform led by disciplines with unique characteristics. He said that in developing dance education, different academies and universities have leveraged rich regional dance resources in exploring curriculum system and pedagogical approaches with unique characteristics. We should continue to follow this approach in finding our own unique identity, and give priority to the all-round development of students with a new model of talent training well adapted to the needs of the future society.
At the beginning of the sub-forum, Vice President Deng Youling mentioned the original intention of holding the Dance Directors’ Round-table on Disciplinary Development and Future of Dance Education. She hoped that BDA, together with the executives of dance departments and academies across China, with their shared mission to train talents for the benefit of the people and the country, could pool their strengths and wisdom in creating synergy in dance education. As the national 13th Five-Year Plan draws to a close, and against the background of developing double first-rate universities, different academies and universities shall work together in making the top design of the disciplinary system of dance, and give suggestions to the development of dance disciplines in promoting China's higher dance education.
Speaking with enthusiasm at the forum, representatives of various academies and universities showed their willingness to serve as the main player in promoting disciplinary development, and shared their thinking on China’s dance disciplinary development and effective education practices in future in various aspects, such as cementing disciplinary foundation, developing unique characteristics, and forming an effective system. Always adhering to its founding mission, Beijing Dance Academy will continue to cultivate high-quality innovative talents with first-class teachers, disciplines, and research results, and continue to inherit cultural treasures to serve social development, towards building a world-class dance academy with Chinese characteristics.
(Research Department Text / Liu Mingming Picture / Chen Long)
(Editor / Du Peng)
