Qu’en est-il de l’enseignement et de l’apprentissage de la danse à distance ? Adaptations et défis

The health measures imposed in 2020-2021 have led to the development of distance learning courses in the field of leisure. Be it music, yoga, cooking, etc., many courses have been offered online. This has been particularly the case with dance. As distance learning dance classes were rare before the pandemic, new practices had to be developed. How have dancers adapted to this change in training mode and what challenges have they faced in teaching or learning online? In this paper, we propose to look at the challenges faced by teachers and learners of recreational dance. To do so, we will rely not only on the literature published on the subject, but also and especially, on interviews conducted with 78 professional and amateur dancers living in Quebec and France. We will highlight the technologies and teaching methods used in these courses as well as their advantages and limitations according to the teachers and learners. We will then open a discussion on the perspectives of online dance courses