Choi Seunghee

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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.”
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Performers (Romanized name): Choi, Seunghee
Performers (Chinese name): 崔承喜
Performers (Korean name): 최승희
Performers (Names in Other Transliterations): Sai Shōki/Ch'oe, Sŭng-hŭi
Choreographer (Romanized name): Choi, Seunghee
Choreographer (Chinese name): 崔承喜
Choreographer (Korean name): 최승희
Subjects: Choi Seunghee; Korean Dance; North Korea
Object Material: Black & white photograph
Contributing Artist: Siqintariha, 1932-
Image Filename: SQ00006
Collection Title: Pioneers of Chinese Dance

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Collection: Pioneers of Chinese Dance
Image Size: 1192 x 1768
File Size: 85 KB
Record: SQ00006
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dance1ic/x-sq00006/sq00006

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Full citation: "Choi Seunghee." In the digital collection Pioneers of Chinese Dance. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dance1ic/x-sq00006/sq00006. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 13, 2025.