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"Long Drum Dance"

Title (English): "Long Drum Dance"
Title (Chinese): 《长鼓舞》
Title (Romanization): "Changgu wu"
Description: This is a photograph of the world-renowned Korean dancer Choi Seunghee (Sai Shōki/Ch'oe, Sŭng-hŭi/최승희/崔承喜, 1911-1969). Choi visited China frequently during the 1940s and 1950s and had an enormous impact on the development of modern Chinese dance.

"Bodhisattva Dance"

Title (English): "Bodhisattva Dance"
Title (Chinese): "菩萨舞"
Title (Romanization): “Pusa wu"
Description: This is a photograph of the world-renowned Korean dancer Choi Seunghee (Sai Shōki/Ch'oe, Sŭng-hŭi/최승희/崔承喜, 1911-1969). Choi visited China frequently during the 1940s and 1950s and had an enormous impact on the development of modern Chinese dance.

"Bodhisattva Dance"

Title (English): "Bodhisattva Dance"
Title (Chinese): "菩萨舞"
Title (Romanization): “Pusa wu"
Description: This is a photograph of the world-renowned Korean dancer Choi Seunghee (Sai Shōki/Ch'oe, Sŭng-hŭi/최승희/崔承喜, 1911-1969). Choi visited China frequently during the 1940s and 1950s and had an enormous impact on the development of modern Chinese dance.

"Long Drum Dance"

Title (English): "Long Drum Dance"
Title (Chinese): 《长鼓舞》
Title (Romanization): "Changgu wu"
Description: This is a photograph of the world-renowned Korean dancer Choi Seunghee (Sai Shōki/Ch'oe, Sŭng-hŭi/최승희/崔承喜, 1911-1969). Choi visited China frequently during the 1940s and 1950s and had an enormous impact on the development of modern Chinese dance.

Choi Seunghee Dance Research Class

Title (English): Choi Seunghee Dance Research Class
Title (Chinese): 崔承喜舞蹈研究班
Title (Romanization): Cui Chengxi wudao yanjiuban
Description: This image shows a group of Chinese and Korean students at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing (中央戏剧学院 Zhongguo xiju xueyuan) in 1951-1952 studying “flowery female” (花旦 huadan) movements from Chinese indigenous theater (戏曲 xiqu) with the world-famous Korean dance artist Choi Seunghee (Ch'oe, Sŭng-hŭi 최승희1911-1969).
Date: 1951-1952

Choi Seunghee Dance Research Class Performance

Title (English): Choi Seunghee Dance Research Class Performance
Title (Chinese): 崔承喜舞蹈研究班展演谢幕
Title (Romanization): Cui Chengxi wudao yanjiuban zhanyan xiemu
Description: This image shows the final group performance by Chinese and Korean students who studied with the world-famous Korean dance artist Choi Seunghee (Ch'oe, Sŭng-hŭi 최승희1911-1969) in 1951-1952 at the Central Academy of Drama (中央戏剧学院 Zhongguo xiju xueyuan) in Beijing.
Date: 1952

Choi Seunghee Dance Research Class

Title (English): Choi Seunghee Dance Research Class
Title (Chinese): 崔承喜舞蹈研究班
Title (Romanization): Cui Chengxi wudao yanjiuban
Description: Siqintariha (斯琴塔日哈, b. 1932) was the first famous female Mongol dancer in the People's Republic of China. Here, Siqintariha and her classmates visit a local factory as part of their social research and engagement activities during the Choi Seunghee Dance Research Class held at the Central Academy of Drama (中央戏剧学院 Zhongguo xiju xueyuan) in 1951-1952.
Date: 1951-1952

Choi Seunghee Dance Research Class

Title (English): Choi Seunghee Dance Research Class
Title (Chinese): 崔承喜舞蹈研究班
Title (Romanization): Cui Chengxi wudao yanjiuban
Description: This image shows a group of Chinese and Korean students at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing (中央戏剧学院 Zhongguo xiju xueyuan) in 1951-1952 studying with the world-famous Korean dance artist Choi Seunghee (Ch'oe, Sŭng-hŭi 최승희1911-1969). The dance featured here is “Southern dance” (南方舞 Nanfang wu), a style Choi had developed based on Southeast Asian dance forms.
Date: 1951-1952

Choi Seunghee Dance Research Class

Title (English): Choi Seunghee Dance Research Class
Title (Chinese): 崔承喜舞蹈研究班
Title (Romanization): Cui Chengxi wudao yanjiuban
Description: This image shows a group of Chinese and Korean students at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing (中央戏剧学院 Zhongguo xiju xueyuan) in 1951-1952 studying “young male” (小生 xiaosheng) movements from Chinese indigenous theater (戏曲 xiqu) with the world-famous Korean dance artist Choi Seunghee (Ch'oe, Sŭng-hŭi 최승희1911-1969).
Date: 1951-1952

Choi Seunghee Dance Research Class

Title (English): Choi Seunghee Dance Research Class
Title (Chinese): 崔承喜舞蹈研究班
Title (Romanization): Cui Chengxi wudao yanjiuban
Description: This image shows a group of Chinese and Korean students at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing (中央戏剧学院 Zhongguo xiju xueyuan) in 1951-1952 studying “martial male” (武生 wusheng) movements from Chinese indigenous theater (戏曲 xiqu) with the world-famous Korean dance artist Choi Seunghee (Ch'oe, Sŭng-hŭi 최승희1911-1969).
Date: 1951-1952

Choi Seunghee

Title (English): Choi Seunghee
Title (Chinese): “我敬仰的朝鲜舞蹈家，老师——崔承喜先生”
Title (Romanization): Wo jingyang de Chaoxian wudaojia--Cui Chengxi xiansheng
Description: In 1951-52, the world-renowned Korean dancer Choi Seunghee (Sai Shōki/Ch'oe, Sŭng-hŭi/최승희/崔承喜, 1911-1969) was invited to teach a year-long course at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing. At the time, Choi was based in North Korea. Choi was one of the most important modern dance artists in Asia from the late 1930s until the early 1960s and had a major impact on the development of modern Chinese dance. Here, we see a photograph of Choi inscribed by her student Siqintariha, a dancer of Mongol ancestry based in China. The inscription reads “The Korean Dance Artist I Admire---Madame Choi Seunghee.”

Choi Seunghee Performance Photo

Title (English): Choi Seunghee Performance Photo
Title (Chinese): 崔承喜剧照
Title (Romanization): Cui Chengxi juzhao
Description: In 1951-52, the world-renowned Korean dancer Choi Seunghee (Sai Shōki/Ch'oe, Sŭng-hŭi/최승희/崔承喜, 1911-1969) was invited to teach a year-long course at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing. At the time, Choi was based in North Korea. Choi was one of the most important modern dance artists in Asia from the late 1930s until the early 1960s and had a major impact on the development of modern Chinese dance.

Choi Seunghee Performance Photo

Title (English): Choi Seunghee Performance Photo
Title (Chinese): 崔承喜剧照
Title (Romanization): Cui Chengxi juzhao
Description: In 1951-52, the world-renowned Korean dancer Choi Seunghee (Sai Shōki/Ch'oe, Sŭng-hŭi/최승희/崔承喜, 1911-1969) was invited to teach a year-long course at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing. At the time, Choi was based in North Korea. Choi was one of the most important modern dance artists in Asia from the late 1930s until the early 1960s and had a major impact on the development of modern Chinese dance.

Choi Seunghee Performance Photo

Title (English): Choi Seunghee Performance Photo
Title (Chinese): 崔承喜剧照
Title (Romanization): Cui Chengxi juzhao
Description: In 1951-52, the world-renowned Korean dancer Choi Seunghee (Sai Shōki/Ch'oe, Sŭng-hŭi/최승희/崔承喜, 1911-1969) was invited to teach a year-long course at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing. At the time, Choi was based in North Korea. Choi was one of the most important modern dance artists in Asia from the late 1930s until the early 1960s and had a major impact on the development of modern Chinese dance.

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