敦煌舞的艺术源泉来自于敦煌莫高窟佛教壁画、彩塑艺术。其学科建立是伴随着中国敦煌学三十多年来的不断发展,历经众多美术家、舞蹈家共同在繁多的壁画、彩塑中不断提炼,将静态的壁画艺术、雕塑艺术转换成为动态的舞蹈艺术,同时融合了唐代乐舞、西域少数民族舞蹈而创建。 Dunhuang dance art source comes from Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes murals, painting art. The establishment of its disciplines is accompanied by the continuous development of Chinese Dunhuang Studies over the past 30 years, after numerous artists and dancers in numerous murals, colorful constantly refining, the static mural art, sculpture into a dynamic dance art , At the same time, it integrates music and dance in the Tang Dynasty and ethnic dance in the Western Regions.