Somaesthetics reconstruction and creative transformation of intangible cultural heritage dance: contemporary expression of traditional vocabulary

This study explores the creative transformation and aesthetic reconstruction of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) dance through the lens of Richard Shus-ter-man's somaesthetics, focusing on the traditional Chinese Nuo dance. It ana-lyzes how choreographers can deconstruct and reconstruct traditional body vocabu-lary to achieve contemporary expression while preserving cultural in-tegrity. Drawing from case studies, neuroanthropology, and movement analysis, the re-search establishes a transformation model from cultural genotype to phenotypic expression. By integrating embodied knowledge, improvisation mechanisms, and choreography theory, it proposes a paradigm shift from ele-ment borrowing to system reconstruction. This contributes to building a sus-tainable, dynamic pathway for ICH dance in the modern aesthetic context.