How Does Pedagogy Compare between Professional Dance Education and Non-Professional Dance Education

Hu Yingying(Chengdu Vocational University of Art)

Abstract

Nowadays, dance education has been popularised at different educational levels, so dance teachers have the opportunity to teach students of different ages and backgrounds. However, this created a problem for me as, although I was teaching different people, I did not alter my teaching style. The pedagogy which aimed to foster professional dancers had no effect to non-professional students. In order to combine my experiences and resolve my problem, this paper concentrates on the difference between school-based and vocational dance pedagogy.

Keywords

Dance education; Professional education; Non-professional education; Pedagogy

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26549/jetm.v5i1.6690