摘要：长久以来,人们对敦煌舞蹈的熟知大多是对其女性舞蹈的了解,不论是敦煌石窟的壁画还是如今已经搬上舞台的敦煌舞蹈,均是以女性舞蹈为主体,在人们心目中似乎已经形成了一个印象,那就是敦煌舞蹈是女性的舞蹈。她柔美典雅,高贵神圣,是贯穿中华文明几千年来的艺术瑰宝。但是,经过专业的研究人们还发现其中存在着的一类舞蹈形象中,还包括男性舞蹈表演的形象,这个探索发现也是对于人们传统观念的一种颠覆与升华,原来,通过矫健男性身躯所展现的敦煌舞蹈竟能有如此刚柔的一面。本次课题的研究目标是:通过对敦煌舞蹈的研究首先了解其中手姿的运用,以男性敦煌舞蹈表演艺术为例,展开对于敦煌古老历史艺术的深入研究,这一探索有助于舞蹈艺术不断发扬光大。这里通过其中一个方面的认识进而整体了解敦煌舞蹈所蕴含的历史文化积淀,让之后的人能够由此了解到敦煌艺术的魅力以及由此来发扬中国的传统优秀文化。也为其他艺术领域的研究开拓了捷径。

关键词  敦煌艺术，男性壁画乐舞，艺术形象，艺术价值

ABSTRACT：For a long time, people have known Dunhuang dance, but only know its female dance. Whether it is Dunhuang murals or Dunhuang dance which has been moved on the stage, it is always female dance as the main body, which seems to have formed an impression that Dunhuang dance is female dance. She is gentle, elegant, noble and sacred. And she is through the artistic treasures of Chinese civilization for thousands of years. However, after professional research, image of male dance is found in Dunhuang dance. The discovery is a subversion and sublimation of people’s traditional concepts. It turns out that through vigorous male body，Dunhuang dance can have such a rigid side.The goal of this research is: firstly to understand the gestures through the study of Dunhuang dance and to make a further study of Dunhuang old art history by male Dunhuang dance performance which helps to flourish dance art constantly. Here by understanding one aspect, we can have an overall understanding of history culture of Dunhuang dance to make people know the charm of Dunhuang art and to promote the traditional excellent culture of China. It also opens up a shortcut for study of art in other fields. 

Key Words:Art of Dunhuang ,Male fresco music and dance, Image of art , Value of art