"Dagger Society"

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Title (English): "Dagger Society"
Title (Chinese): 《小刀会》
Title (Romanization): “Xiaodao hui”
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 1961, the China Opera and Dance Drama Theater (中国歌剧舞剧院) learned the dance drama Dagger Society (小刀会), originally premiered by the Shanghai Experimental Opera Theater (上海实验歌剧院) in 1959. The performer in the center of the circle is Zhao Qing, playing the role of the heroine Zhou Xiuying. The Ensemble revived this work in 1978.
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Location: Beijing (China)
Date: 1961
Performers (Romanized name): Zhao, Qing
Performers (Chinese name): 赵青
Choreographer (Romanized name): Zhang, Tuo
Choreographer (Chinese name): 张拓
Company/School (Romanized name): China Opera and Dance Drama Theater; Shanghai Opera and Dance Drama Theater
Company/School (Chinese name): 中国歌剧舞剧院; 上海歌剧舞剧院
Dance Style: Chinese Classical
Subjects: Zhao Qing; China Opera and Dance Drama Theater; Chinese Classical Dance
Object Material: Black & white photograph
Contributing Artist: Zhao, Qing, 1936-
Image Filename: ZQ00005
Collection Title: Pioneers of Chinese Dance

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Collection: Pioneers of Chinese Dance
Image Size: 1835 x 2208
File Size: 132 KB
Record: ZQ00005
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