CEFContemporary Education Frontiers3029-18793029-1860WHIOCE PUBLISHING PTE. LTD.10.18063/CEF.v4i3.1733ArticleThoughts on the Positioning of Local Talent Cultivation Model for Dance in Ordinary Universities in Minority Areas: Also Discussing Regional Dance Curriculum Reformhttps://artdesignp.com/journal/CEF/4/3/10.18063/CEF.v4i3.1733XiongYunfei2026432026-03-26This paper addresses the prevalent issues in the cultivation of dance talents at general institutions of higher education in ethnic minority regions, such as the lack of local cultural subjectivity and the homogenization of competency structures. It proposes a talent cultivation orientation centered on the “trinity” of dance performance competence, cultural interpretation capacity, and creative transformation ability. To explore effective cultivation pathways, three dimensions are examined: Deeply forging performance competence through curriculum system reconstruction, content expansion, and the upgrading of inheritance methods; Systematically nurturing cultural interpretation capacity via semiotic analysis, historical contextualization thinking, and interdisciplinary integration; and facilitating the development of creative transformation ability through multi-dimensional approaches. Building on these, the paper further puts forward strategies to expand practical platforms and reform evaluation mechanisms, thereby providing a systematic pathway reference for the cultivation of local dance talents in ethnic minority regions.Ethnic minority regions, Dance studies, Talent cultivation, Ethnic and folk dance, Teaching reform

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