Applying Partner-Dance Techniques in a Primary School Body-Training Class through Doll and Bear Dance

Journal: Arts Studies and Criticism DOI: 10.32629/asc.v7i3.5357

Qianyu Luan

Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, Jilin, China

Abstract

This article presents a practice-based case study of adapting partner-dance techniques for a primary school body-training class through Doll and Bear Dance. Partner-dance techniques translates the Chinese pedagogical idea of double dance technique, but the aim is classroom cooperation rather than professional duet performance. The lesson for second-grade pupils moves from solo imitation to no-contact pair work and then to simple contact. It uses leading and following, negative-space filling, and point-contact negotiation to connect music, role imagination, spatial awareness, peer cooperation, and aesthetic perception. The article offers a concise teaching pathway, not intervention claims.

Keywords

partner-dance techniques; primary school dance education; creative dance; collaboration

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