Sheng Jie's Fifth Maternal Aunt
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- Title (English)
- Sheng Jie's Fifth Maternal Aunt
- Title (Chinese)
- 盛婕的五姨母
- Title (Romanization)
- Sheng Jie de wu yimu
- Description
- Sheng Jie (盛婕 b. 1917) is a founding figure of modern Chinese dance. Born in Shanghai and raised in Hangzhou and Harbin, she was exposed to foreign culture and revolutionary ideals from a young age. During the 1930s, she performed in many progressive spoken drama works, including "Professional Woman" (职业妇女), "Liang Hongyu" (梁红玉), "Women's Country" (女儿国), "Defense of the Heart" (心防), and "The More They Fight, the Fatter They Become" (越打越肥). In the early 1940s, she taught at the Yucai School in Chongqing with Dai Ailian and Wu Xiaobang, the latter whom she later married. From the 1950s onward, she held leadership positions in numerous dance organizations, including the Beijing Dance School, the China Dancers Association, and the China Ancient Dance Research Institute. She served on the editorial boards of numerous major Chinese dance research publications, including the 40-volume series "Chinese Ethnic and Folk Dance Compendium." Here, we see Sheng's fifth maternal aunt at age 42 in Songjiang.
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- Location
- Hangzhou, Zhejiang (China)
- Subjects
- Sheng, Jie
- Object Material
- Black & white photograph
- Contributing Artist
- Sheng, Jie, 1917-
- Image Filename
- SJ00012
- Collection Title
- Pioneers of Chinese Dance
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- Pioneers of Chinese Dance
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- 2176 x 3264
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- 297 KB
- Record
- SJ00012
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dance1ic/x-sj00012/sj00012
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"Sheng Jie's Fifth Maternal Aunt." In the digital collection Pioneers of Chinese Dance. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dance1ic/x-sj00012/sj00012. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 20, 2025.