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- Title (English)
- “Ordos Dance”
- Title (Chinese)
- 《鄂尔多斯舞》
- Title (Romanization)
- “E'erduosi wu”
- Description
- In 1955, the People’s Republic of China received four awards for new works of national folk dance presented at an international dance competition held at the World Festival of Youth and Students in Warsaw, Poland. Among them, one of two first place awards went to “Ordos Dance,” the work pictured here. It is a four-minute Mongol-themed group dance piece created by a Manchu choreographer from named Jia Zuoguang (贾作光, 1923-2017) and starring Mongol dancer Siqintariha (斯琴塔日哈, b. 1932). It used music composed by Ewenke musician Ming Tai and was originally premiered in 1953, at the Inner Mongolia Song and Dance Ensemble (内蒙古歌舞团). Later, in 1955, it was restaged at the Beijing Dance School (北京舞蹈学校). "Ordos Dance" is one of the most famous works of Mongol dance in China. It is named after Ordos, a region of Inner Mongolia.
- Date
- 1955
- Title (English)
- ”Stealing Immortal Herbs“
- Title (Chinese)
- 《盗仙草》
- Title (Romanization)
- “Dao xiancao”
- Description
- In 1955, the Central Experimental Opera Theater (later the China Opera and Dance Drama Theater 中国歌剧舞剧院) premiered a small-scale Chinese classical dance drama Stealing Immortal Herbs (盗仙草), based on a scene from the popular Chinese tale Legend of the White Snake (白蛇传). Fang Bonian (方伯年 b. 1936) played the Immortal Old Man of the South Pole (南极仙翁). It was based on the success of this work that the Dance Drama Ensemble was established in 1956.
- Date
- 1955
- Title (English)
- Shu Qiao in India
- Title (Chinese)
- 舒巧在印度
- Title (Romanization)
- Shu Qiao zai Yindu
- Description
- Shu Qiao (舒巧 b. 1933) is one of China's most important choreographers of Chinese classical dance and Chinese dance drama. Originally from Zhejiang, Shu joined the Xin'an Traveling Troupe (新安旅行团) in 1944 and moved to Shanghai with the Troupe in 1949. In 1951-52 Shu studied with renowned Korean dancer Choi Seunghee (Sai Shōki/Ch'oe, Sŭng-hŭi/최승희/崔承喜, 1911-1969) at the Central Academy of Drama, and in 1986-1994 she was guest choreographer at the Hong Kong Dance Company. Apart from this, Shu spent the majority of her career as a dancer, choreographer, and leader at the Shanghai Opera and Dance Drama Theater. In 1954, she was part of a tour of Chinese performers to India, Indonesia, and Burma. In 1959, she starred as Zhou Xiuying in the dance drama and film Dagger Society (小刀会), and in 1962, she played the Chang'e in the dance drama Houyi yu Chang'e.
- Date
- 1955
- Title (English)
- Returning from India
- Title (Chinese)
- 从印度归来
- Title (Romanization)
- cong Yindu gui lai
- Description
- Shu Qiao (舒巧 b. 1933) is one of China's most important choreographers of Chinese classical dance and Chinese dance drama. Originally from Zhejiang, Shu joined the Xin'an Traveling Troupe (新安旅行团) in 1944 and moved to Shanghai with the Troupe in 1949. In 1951-52 Shu studied with renowned Korean dancer Choi Seunghee (Sai Shōki/Ch'oe, Sŭng-hŭi/최승희/崔承喜, 1911-1969) at the Central Academy of Drama, and in 1986-1994 she was guest choreographer at the Hong Kong Dance Company. Apart from this, Shu spent the majority of her career as a dancer, choreographer, and leader at the Shanghai Opera and Dance Drama Theater. In 1954, she was part of a tour of Chinese performers to India, Indonesia, and Burma. In 1959, she starred as Zhou Xiuying in the dance drama and film Dagger Society (小刀会), and in 1962, she played the Chang'e in the dance drama Houyi yu Chang'e.
- Date
- 1955
- Title (English)
- Returning from India
- Title (Chinese)
- 从印度归来
- Title (Romanization)
- cong Yindu gui lai
- Description
- Shu Qiao (舒巧 b. 1933) is one of China's most important choreographers of Chinese classical dance and Chinese dance drama. Originally from Zhejiang, Shu joined the Xin'an Traveling Troupe (新安旅行团) in 1944 and moved to Shanghai with the Troupe in 1949. In 1951-52 Shu studied with renowned Korean dancer Choi Seunghee (Sai Shōki/Ch'oe, Sŭng-hŭi/최승희/崔承喜, 1911-1969) at the Central Academy of Drama, and in 1986-1994 she was guest choreographer at the Hong Kong Dance Company. Apart from this, Shu spent the majority of her career as a dancer, choreographer, and leader at the Shanghai Opera and Dance Drama Theater. In 1954, she was part of a tour of Chinese performers to India, Indonesia, and Burma. In 1959, she starred as Zhou Xiuying in the dance drama and film Dagger Society (小刀会), and in 1962, she played the Chang'e in the dance drama Houyi yu Chang'e.
- Date
- 1955
- Title (English)
- Backstage with Li Shaochun
- Title (Chinese)
- 与李少春在后台
- Title (Romanization)
- yu Li Shaochun zai hou tai
- Description
- Shu Qiao (舒巧 b. 1933) is one of China's most important choreographers of Chinese classical dance and Chinese dance drama. Originally from Zhejiang, Shu joined the Xin'an Traveling Troupe (新安旅行团) in 1944 and moved to Shanghai with the Troupe in 1949. In 1951-52 Shu studied with renowned Korean dancer Choi Seunghee (Sai Shōki/Ch'oe, Sŭng-hŭi/최승희/崔承喜, 1911-1969) at the Central Academy of Drama, and in 1986-1994 she was guest choreographer at the Hong Kong Dance Company. Apart from this, Shu spent the majority of her career as a dancer, choreographer, and leader at the Shanghai Opera and Dance Drama Theater. In 1954, she was part of a tour of Chinese performers to India, Indonesia, and Burma. In 1959, she starred as Zhou Xiuying in the dance drama and film Dagger Society (小刀会), and in 1962, she played the Chang'e in the dance drama Houyi yu Chang'e.
- Date
- 1955
- Title (English)
- Lü Yisheng
- Title (Chinese)
- 吕艺生
- Title (Romanization)
- Lü Yisheng
- Description
- Lü Yisheng (吕艺生 b. 1937) was born in a rural family in Heilongjiang. At the age of 11, he joined the Northeast Forest Cultural Work Team. He was among the first group of students admitted to the Beijing Dance School in 1954. In 1957, he joined the Yichun Song and Dance Ensemble, where he served as a performer, teacher, Dance Troupe Leader, and choreographer. He served as Dean of the Beijiing Dance Academy from 1987 to 1996 and has published numerous books on dance education and theory.
- Date
- 1955
- Title (English)
- With Zhou Enlai and Yugoslav Kola Folk Dance Ensemble
- Title (Chinese)
- 与周恩来和南斯拉夫“科罗”民间歌舞团
- Title (Romanization)
- yu Zhou Enlai he Nansilafu "keluo" minjian gewutuan
- Description
- The Central Nationalities Song and Dance Ensemble, founded in 1952 as the Central Nationalities Institute Cultural Work Troupe, specialized in performances created and performed by China's ethnic minorities. Here, we see members of the Ensemble gathered with Premier Zhou Enlai and members of the Yugoslav Kola Folk Song and Dance Ensemble in Beijing. The Chinese dancers had studied and performed the Kola group's famous folk dance work, "Kola," and appear here in costume for this dance. The photograph was taken in Huairen Hall, the seat of the PRC government headquarters, indicating the importance of the event.
- Date
- 1955
- Title (English)
- Jin Ou
- Title (Chinese)
- 金欧
- Title (Romanization)
- Jin Ou
- Description
- Jin Ou (金欧, aka 杨昌林 b. 1934), was the most famous Miao nationality dance artist in China during the 1950s and 1960s. He was born in Kaili, Guizhou, to a family of folk artists and began performing locally at the age of nine. In 1953, he was recruited to the Central Nationalities Institute Cultural Work Ensemble (later the Central Nationalities Song and Dance Ensemble), where he soon became a soloist. Jin was responsible for adapting Miao traditional dances and musical instruments for the modern stage. His performances are recorded in the dance films Caidie fenfei (彩蝶纷飞 1963) and Dongfang hong (东方红 1964).
- Date
- 1955
- Title (English)
- With Zhou Enlai and Yugoslav Kola Folk Dance Ensemble
- Title (Chinese)
- 与周恩来和南斯拉夫“科罗”民间歌舞团
- Title (Romanization)
- yu Zhou Enlai he Nansilafu "keluo" minjian gewutuan
- Description
- The Central Nationalities Song and Dance Ensemble, founded in 1952 as the Central Nationalities Institute Cultural Work Troupe, specialized in performances created and performed by China's ethnic minorities. Here, we see members of the Ensemble gathered with Premier Zhou Enlai and members of the Yugoslav Kola Folk Song and Dance Ensemble in Beijing. The Chinese dancers had studied and performed the Kola group's famous folk dance work, "Kola," and appear here in costume for this dance. The photograph was taken in Huairen Hall, the seat of the PRC government headquarters, indicating the importance of the event.
- Date
- 1955
- Title (English)
- "Lotus Dance"
- Title (Chinese)
- 《荷花舞》
- Title (Romanization)
- “Hehua wu"
- Description
- Zhang Jun (张均 1935-2012) was a pioneer of the genre known as "Oriental Dance" (东方舞), in particular the dances of South and Southeast Asia. Born in Hubei, Zhang joined the "New Peace" (新安) performance ensemble (later the Shanghai Experimental Opera Theater) in Shanghai in 1950. From late 1954 to mid-1955, Zhang travelled to India, Burma, and Indonesia on a Chinese Cultural Delegation led by Dai Ailian. In 1956, Zhang entered the Beijing Dance School, where she became a founding member of the Oriental Music and Dance Course, and in 1962, she was a founding member of the Oriental Song and Dance Ensemble (东方歌舞团, est. 1962), a national-level ensemble based in Beijing that specialized in the dances of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Between 1980-1981, Zhang received intensive training in multiple styles of Indian classical dance at the Darpana Academy in India. In China, she pursued advanced study in Indian religious history at Peking University and published one of the first Chinese-language books on bharata natyam.
- Date
- 1955
- Title (English)
- Zhang Jun in India
- Title (Chinese)
- 张均在印度
- Title (Romanization)
- Zhang Jun zai Yindu
- Description
- Zhang Jun (张均 1935-2012) was a pioneer of the genre known as "Oriental Dance" (东方舞), in particular the dances of South and Southeast Asia. Born in Hubei, Zhang joined the "New Peace" (新安) performance ensemble (later the Shanghai Experimental Opera Theater) in Shanghai in 1950. From late 1954 to mid-1955, Zhang travelled to India, Burma, and Indonesia on a Chinese Cultural Delegation led by Dai Ailian. In 1956, Zhang entered the Beijing Dance School, where she became a founding member of the Oriental Music and Dance Course, and in 1962, she was a founding member of the Oriental Song and Dance Ensemble (东方歌舞团, est. 1962), a national-level ensemble based in Beijing that specialized in the dances of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Between 1980-1981, Zhang received intensive training in multiple styles of Indian classical dance at the Darpana Academy in India. In China, she pursued advanced study in Indian religious history at Peking University and published one of the first Chinese-language books on bharata natyam.
- Date
- 1955