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Asian Dance Journal

The Value and Meaning of Dance Education Through the Performance Experience : An Auto-ethnographic Analysis

무용교사의 수행체험을 통해서 본 무용교육의 가치와 의미 : 자문화기술지를 통한 분석

Oh, So hee 오소희

DOI:10.26861/sddh.2019.53.181

Asian Dance Journal
Vol.53 pp.181-201

Abstract
The Value and Meaning of Dance Education Through the Performance Experience : An Auto-ethnographic Analysis ×

The purpose of this research is to provide insights into the essence and value of dance education by describing the teaching experiences through an auto- ethnographic method. It is difficult to find researches on the overall teaching experience ranging from early childhood education to college education. Having experienced child dance class, elementary school dance class, and college movement class, I seek to find the desirable education and its significance for students while reflecting on dance teaching method and its meanings. Students get interested in their body parts, and they learn how to communicate and share their feelings with others through dance education. The performance experiences as a dance teacher are as follows. First, a natural culture at home or a home atmosphere has formed through learning-by-playing. Second, my first part-time class has led to my lifelong workplace and developed functionally. Third, I have found that a strict discipline in a dance class could give difficulties for students to express freedom. Fourth, a dance class that gives joy and pleasure changes students’perception of dance, makes them more interested in their bodies, and have more confidence with dance. In conclusion, I have realized that a dance class enables students to widely understand various emotions expressed by the body, discover ‘self’ through this process, and it can be developed into a means of communication to form a community spirit.

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