XuetangX Courses

China Academy of Art

Chinese Calligraphy（中国书法）

Practice Chinese calligraphy techniques through major script styles, historical masterpieces, and guided calligraphy creation.

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• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Sichuan Conservatory of Music

Chinese Art History

Survey Chinese art from prehistory to the late Qing dynasty, connecting painting, sculpture, architecture, music, dance, and art theory to historical context.

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• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Children’s Dance Choreography course

Develops children’s dance choreography through classroom, stage, and culture-themed projects using child-centered movement, music, props, and creative teaching methods.

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• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Fundamentals of Piano

Build foundational piano technique through finger training, notation, scales, arpeggios, articulation, rhythmic patterns, polyphony, and pedal work, culminating in a recorded performance.

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• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

An Introduction to Drama

An introduction to drama’s ontology, creative processes, genres, theatrical elements, and historical development for appreciation, criticism, creation, and research.

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• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

China Academy of Art

Observation and Embodiment in Chinese Landscape Painting(中国画学·中国山水画的观物与体象)

Learn Chinese landscape painting by observing nature and studying and copying four Song and Yuan masterpieces.

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• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Preliminary of Design Aesthetics

Build foundational design aesthetics through two-dimensional, color, and three-dimensional composition, including spatial color and traditional Chinese color reconstruction.

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• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Sichuan Conservatory of Music

Fundamentals of Piano Performance

Learn foundational piano technique and music theory through finger, wrist, touch, rhythm, and beginner repertoire practice.

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• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Latin Dance Competition Guide

A practical guide to coaching Latin dance competitors through judging standards, technical quality, choreography, presentation, training plans, and competition preparation.

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• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Sichuan Conservatory of Music

Learning Erhu From Scratch

Learn erhu from scratch through posture, bowing, fingering, notation, rhythm, and position shifts in D and G major.

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• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Beijing Opera show

Explore Beijing Opera through the classic repertoire Sit in the Palace, with lessons on vocal styles, role performance, costumes, and foundational stage techniques.

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• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

China Academy of Art

A History of Chinese Landscape Painting （中国山水画史）

A historical journey through Chinese landscape painting, tracing its evolving styles, materials, techniques, and cultural meanings from early traditions to Huang Binhong.

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• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Watercolor Painting of Landscapes

Develop watercolor landscapes through composition, color tones, texture, spatial organization, and sketching practice.

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• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Chinese Folk Motif Arts

Explore Chinese folk motifs through their modeling methods, aesthetic meanings, cultural symbolism, and hands-on traditional art practices.

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• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Dancing with the Graver-Appreciation and Application of Yunnan Irreproducible Woodcut Prints

Explore Yunnan’s irreproducible woodcut prints through their folk-art history, visual beauty, appreciation methods, and hands-on multicolor and monochrome printing techniques.

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• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course