"A Rock Under the Sun--Red Mansion Dream"
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- Title (English)
- "A Rock Under the Sun--Red Mansion Dream"
- Title (Chinese)
- 《阳光下的石头-梦红楼》
- Title (Romanization)
- “Yangguang xia de shitou: meng honglou"
- Description
- Xiao Suhua (肖苏华 b. 1937) studied ballet and European folk dance in the former Soviet Union from the age of 7. In 1954, he tested into the Beijing Dance School, and in 1959, he graduated to become a ballet instructor at the School. Xiao performed important roles in early Chinese productions of Giselle and Le Corsaire. In 1987-88, Xiao studied choreography in the former Soviet Union, after which he served as a professor of choreography at the Beijing Dance Academy. From the early 1990s onward, Xiao was a major promoter of contemporary and experimental ballet in China. He serves regularly on the judging panels of international ballet competitions and has published many books on ballet technique and choreographic theory.
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- Location
- Guangzhou (China)
- Date
- 2007
- Company/School (Romanized name)
- Guangzhou Ballet
- Company/School (Chinese name)
- 广州芭蕾舞团
- Object Material
- Color photograph
- Contributing Artist
- Xiao, Suhua, 1937-
- Image Filename
- XS00054
- Collection Title
- Pioneers of Chinese Dance
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- Collection
- Pioneers of Chinese Dance
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- 1316 x 763
- File Size
- 86 KB
- Record
- XS00054
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""A Rock Under the Sun--Red Mansion Dream"." In the digital collection Pioneers of Chinese Dance. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dance1ic/x-xs00054/xs00054. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 29, 2025.