A reimagined world: international tertiary dance education in light of COVID-19

Abstract

This study used an analytical and critical descriptive qualitative technique. Data was acquired through observation, document analysis, and interviews. This research explores COVID 19 in the context of worldwide tertiary dance education, considering pandemics' influence on the social, political, and economic sectors. Coronavirus disease (COVID19) is now sweeping the world. This study discusses COVID 19 in the context of worldwide tertiary dance education and asks: How to sustain international contacts and global debate in dance education in the face of COVID19. What are the new opportunities for international involvement if we are physically immobile as before COVID19? And how can dance education be innovative in this era of online learning, teaching and research, and what does this mean for international tertiary dance education? We give three early experiences of a changing world, utilizing an auto-narrative manner of reflecting on our position and practice as dance instructors and academics of this century. In COVID19, problems such as innovation, motivation, cultural agenda, slow science, online instruction, and virtual and physical mobility will be recognized and explored. Coronavirus disease (COVID19) is now widespread over the world. The Covid-19 epidemic compels folks to study, work, worship, and undertake various duties at home, so everyone's biological immunity has deteriorated. Dance is a means of expression that choreographers can use to restore their immunity. This study aims to look at the choreographers' work made during the pandemic, emphasizing describing the dances created during the pandemic and other forms of expression used. According to the research, dance has become a medium of expression for choreographers during a pandemic. Although the Covid-19 pandemic initially strained East Java choreographers, it had a favorable effect, motivating choreographers to employ their originality in their work.