拉夫·巴克教授，现任新西兰奥克兰大学创意产业学院副院长、舞蹈学系系主任、博士生导师。他的研究和教学关注舞蹈课程设置、舞蹈教育教学法及社区舞蹈等。巴克教授目前为世界艺术教育联盟执委会主席、世界舞蹈联盟教育与培训部门主席与联合国教科文组织国际顾问委员会舞蹈顾问。同时他也是舞蹈教育界最权威的两本杂志《舞蹈教育研究》和《舞蹈教育》的国际编委会成员之一。巴克教授投入大量时间和精力建立国际艺术教育合作伙伴关系。他与联合国教科文组织合作共同发起、倡导和计划了国际艺术教育周。
巴克教授曾获奥克兰大学杰出教学奖与部门杰出领导奖等。他对于舞蹈教育的论著发表在诸多国际期刊上，同时受邀在多个国家和地区教授工作坊和大师课，如中国北京、上海、香港、台湾、新加波、澳大利亚、哥伦比亚、新西兰、芬兰、丹麦、斐济等，在2007年被《都市》杂志评选为“新西兰最具影响力47人”之一。
Associate Professor Ralph Buck (PhD) is an award winning teacher and academic leader. Ralph’s teaching has been recognised with an Excellence Award in Equal Opportunities for Community Teaching, 2006; University of Auckland Sustained Excellence in Teaching Award, 2008; Academic Leadership Award, 2010; and, Creative Arts and Industries Research Excellence Award, 2016. Ralph’s research has been featured at the UNESCO Second World Conference on Arts Education; the University of Auckland ‘Research Works Wonders’ website, and on New Zealand television.
Ralph is a Principal Investigator with the University of Auckland, Centre for Brain Research, and also a Guest Professor, Beijing Dance Academy, China. Ralph is published in leading peer reviewed journals and has written one sole authored book, Everyone Can Dance (1998); three co-authored books, Talking Dance: Contemporary Histories from the South China Sea (2016); Talking Dance Contemporary Histories from the Southern Mediterranean (2014); Moving Oceans: Celebrating Dance in the South Pacific (2014). He has edited two books, written the Queensland Ministry of Education Dance Curriculum, Australian Dance Curriculum and advised development of New Zealand Curriculum. Ralph is also on the International Editorial Boards of Research in Dance Education (RIDE) and Journal of Dance education (JODE) the two world leading journals in this field.
Ralph is an experienced researcher and research director. He has won and managed several large University of Auckland funded research grants ($800,000.00 approx.); he is part of the, University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland, ARTS EQUAL research project (12 Million Euro over 6 years); University of Auckland Learning Enhancement Grant project ($20,00.00 over 2 years); and, the University of Auckland Creative Research Initiative ($1,000,000.00 over three years).
Ralph has invested much time and energy in building international partnerships in arts education. He has collaborated with UNESCO in raising the profile in Arts Education around the world. He co-initiated, advocated for and planned UNESCO’s International Arts Education Week. He is on the Executive Council of the World Alliance for Arts Education that represents over 3 million arts educators in school and communities. Ralph has provided master classes, and keynote addresses in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Singapore, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Brisbane, Taipei, Beijing, Shanghai, Dunhuang, Suva and Auckland. His research and publications focus upon dance teaching and learning, and community dance.
