"Sword"

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Title (English): "Sword"
Title (Chinese): 《剑》
Title (Romanization): “Jian”
Description: Zhao Qing (赵青, b. 1936), daugher of famed Chinese film actor Zhao Dan, was one of the most famous early performers of Chinese classical dance in the PRC. 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. This photograph shows Zhao Qing playing the role of the lead heroine in the 1982 film version.
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Location: Beijing (China)
Date: 1980
Performers (Romanized name): Zhao, Qing
Performers (Chinese name): 赵青
Choreographer (Romanized name): Zhang, Guoyu; Huang, Boshou; Li, Zhonglin
Choreographer (Chinese name): 张国瑜; 黄伯寿; 赵青
Company/School (Romanized name): China Opera and Dance Drama Theater
Company/School (Chinese name): 中国歌剧舞剧院
Dance Style: Chinese Classical
Subjects: Zhao Qing; China Opera and Dance Drama Theater; Chinese Classical Dance
Object Material: Color photograph
Contributing Artist: Zhao, Qing, 1936-
Image Filename: ZQ00004
Collection Title: Pioneers of Chinese Dance

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Collection: Pioneers of Chinese Dance
Image Size: 1290 x 825
File Size: 57 KB
Record: ZQ00004
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dance1ic/x-zq00004/zq00004

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