This study aims to improve basic motor skills Zapin dance in sdn 143 Pekanbaru by applyinglearning model Explicit Instruction for cultural arts lessons and skills. The subjects were students of class V SDN 143 Pekanbaru academic year 2016/2017 the number of students 23 people. This research is a classroom action research with two cycles. Each cycle has four stages, planning, action, observation…