“Sword”

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Title (English): “Sword”
Title (Chinese): 《剑》
Title (Romanization): “Jian”
Description: In 1980, the China Opera and Dance Drama Theater 中国歌剧舞剧院) premiered a Chinese classical dance drama called Sword (剑). Inspired by the Gansu Song and Dance Ensemble's 1979, Flowers and Rain on the Silk Road (丝路花雨), it is set in the Middle East. In this work, Fang Bonian (方伯年 b. 1936) and Zhao Qing (赵青, b. 1936) played the leading roles. It was made into a film in 1982.
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Location: Beijing (China)
Date: 1980
Performers (Romanized name): Fang, Bonian; Zhao, Qing, 1936-
Performers (Chinese name): 方伯年; 赵青
Company/School (Romanized name): China Opera and Dance Drama Theater
Company/School (Chinese name): 中国歌剧舞剧院
Subjects: Fang Bonian; China Opera and Dance Drama Theater; Dance Drama; Zhao Qing
Object Material: Black & white photograph
Contributing Artist: Fang, Bonian, 1936-
Image Filename: FB00074
Collection Title: Pioneers of Chinese Dance

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Collection: Pioneers of Chinese Dance
Image Size: 1200 x 873
File Size: 59 KB
Record: FB00074
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dance1ic/x-fb00074/fb00074

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