"Bamboo Hat Dance"

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Title (English): "Bamboo Hat Dance"
Title (Chinese): 《斗笠舞》
Title (Romanization): “Douli wu"
Description: Chen Ailian (陈爱莲 b. 1939) is one of the most celebrated Chinese dance performers of the twentieth century. Born in Shanghai, she entered the Beijing Dance School in its inaugural class of 1954. Soon after graduation, she became a soloist in the China Experimental Opera Theater (later the Chinese Opera and Dance Drama Theater).
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Date: 1950s
Performers (Romanized name): Chen, Ailian
Performers (Chinese name): 陈爱莲
Subjects: Chen, Ailian
Object Material: Black & white photograph
Contributing Artist: Chen, Ailian, 1939-
Image Filename: CA00051
Collection Title: Pioneers of Chinese Dance

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Collection: Pioneers of Chinese Dance
Image Size: 2265 x 1524
File Size: 204 KB
Record: CA00051
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dance1ic/x-ca00051/ca00051

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Full citation: ""Bamboo Hat Dance"." In the digital collection Pioneers of Chinese Dance. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dance1ic/x-ca00051/ca00051. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 01, 2025.