"General Mends Shoes"

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Title (English): "General Mends Shoes"
Title (Chinese): 《将军补鞋》
Title (Romanization): "Jiangjun bu xie"
Description: "General Mends Shoes" (将军补鞋) was a Chinese military dance trio premiered by the Guangzhou Military District Political Department Soldiers Song and Dance Ensemble in 1960. In 1964, it won several national-level awards at the Third PLA Arts Festival in Beijing. The work was inspired by a report praising a lieutenant officer for mending shoes for his officers and men.
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Location: Guangzhou (China)
Date: 1960
Choreographer (Romanized name): Wang Shi
Choreographer (Chinese name): 王实
Company/School (Romanized name): Guangzhou Military District Political Department Soldiers Song and Dance Ensemble
Company/School (Chinese name): 广州军区政治部战士歌舞团
Dance Style: Military Dance
Subjects: Zha Lie; Guangzhou; Chinese Dance Drama; Minority Dance
Object Material: Black & white photograph
Contributing Artist: Zha, Lie, 1924-2009
Image Filename: ZL00001
Collection Title: Pioneers of Chinese Dance

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Collection: Pioneers of Chinese Dance
Image Size: 1200 x 900
File Size: 42 KB
Record: ZL00001
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dance1ic/x-zl00001/zl00001

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Full citation: ""General Mends Shoes"." In the digital collection Pioneers of Chinese Dance. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dance1ic/x-zl00001/zl00001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2025.