This study aims to describe and analyze the Choreography of the Galuak Plate Dance at the Pinang Sinawa Kenagarian Taratak Art Studio, Sutera District, South Pesisir Regency. This type of research is qualitative research using a descriptive method. The research instrument is the researcher himself and is assisted by supporting instruments such as stationery and mobile phones. Data were collected through literature studies, observations, interviews and documentation. The steps of analyzing data are collecting data, describing data and inferring data. The results of the study show that the galuak plate dance has 3 parts, namely the beginning as the opening of the dance, the middle part, and the final part as the climax. In this galuak plate dance, there are elements of dance composition consisting of; movement, floor design, group composition, top design, dancers, music design, costumes and makeup and props. The movements worked on by the choreographer describe the daily life of the Kenagarian Taratatak community. This dance work also looks very interesting with various floor patterns and group compositions so that the audience does not get bored in watching the performance and the various dancers who master soft movements and strong movements. The costumes used in the plate dance are simple costumes. This galuak plate dance raises the theme of the community's gratitude for the harvest. The music that accompanies the dancers' movements uses a tempo that is initially slow and rises to the end with a singing song. The properties used in the galuak plate dance are plates and shells. 

This research is motivated by the low learning outcomes of cultural arts. The reason is that the use of the learning model and students' understanding of learning is not optimal. The purpose of this study is to describe the improvement of cultural arts learning outcomes by using the Discussion-Demonstration method in class XI.1 of SMA Negeri 1 Kuantan Mudik. This research is a Class Action Research (PTK) that uses qualitative and quantitative approaches. It is carried out in two cycles, namely cycle I consists of 2 meetings and cycle II consists of 1 meeting. Each cycle includes four stages, namely planning, implementation, observation and reflection. The subjects of this study are teachers and students of class XI.1 of SMA Negeri 1 Kuantan Mudik with a total of 36 people. The results of the study showed an increase in: a) the implementation in the aspect of teachers in the first cycle of meeting 1 with an average of 3.06 with good criteria, the first cycle of meeting 2 with an average of 3.41 with good criteria and the second cycle of 3.93 (very good), while in the aspect of students in the first cycle of meeting 1 with an average of 1.87 (not good), the first cycle of meeting 2 with an average of 3.31 (good) and the second cycle of 3.87 (very good),  b) Assessment of student learning outcomes in cycle I with an average score of 66 and cycle II with an average score of 90. Based on these results, it can be concluded that using the Discussion-Demonstration Method can improve the learning outcomes of cultural arts in class XI.1 students of SMA Negeri 1 Kuantan Mudik.

The implementation of extracurricular dance at MTsN 3 Padang City is specifically research conducted to find out how students' interest in implementing extracurricular dance includes indicators of feelings of pleasure, interest, attention and involvement. This type of research is qualitative research with descriptive methods. The data collection techniques used were observation, interviews, questionnaires and documentation to find out directly about the implementation of arts extracurriculars at MTsN 3 Padang City. Then the results of the observations and interviews carried out in this research are described and described. The material taught is about randai. The teaching method used is discussion followed by practice. Based on the results of data analysis, 12 students who took part in the extracurricular, consisting of classes VII and VIII, showed that the interest of the students who took part in the Randai extracurricular can be categorized as good with an average score of 69%, because this method makes students feel interested and engaged. Regarding the extracurricular activities taught, students also often practice together and discuss movements and scripts that they do not yet understand. So the Randai extracurricular activities at MTsN 3 Padang City are running very well.
 
 

This study aims to find out and describe the Implementation of Dance Art Learning in the Independent Curriculum in Class X.E4 SMA Negeri 2 Bayang. The type of research used in this study is qualitative research with a descriptive approach. The research instrument is the researcher himself and assisted by other instruments such as stationery and mobile phones. Data collection techniques include observation, interviews, literature studies and documentation. The steps in analyzing data are data collection, data reduction, classifying and concluding data. The results of the study show that the implementation of dance learning in the independent curriculum at SMA Negeri 2 Bayang has not been carried out properly, where there are several things in its implementation that are not in accordance with the teaching module so that the implementation is less effective. In terms of the learning methods used, teachers have used methods that are in accordance with the material. However, when teachers carry out training with material on functions, meanings and symbols through a variety of local dance movements, teachers have not used media in learning, such as the use of audiovisual media that can affect student learning outcomes.

This study aims to identify and describe differences in the achievement of Dance learning among students at SMP Negeri 1 Batang Kapas, especially in the material of traditional Indonesian dance movements. This research uses a quantitative approach with Quasi-experiment method. The main instruments used to collect data were pretest and posttest. In this study, the population consisted of 174 students, with a sample consisting of class VII 3 as an experimental class that received treatment, and class VII 5 as a control class without treatment. The results of hypothesis testing showed that the use of images and video media had a significant impact on students' learning outcomes. With a significance level of 0.05, the calculated t value is -23.31, while the t table value is 1.669. Because t count is smaller than t table, it can be concluded that picture and video media are effective in improving students' learning outcomes.