Dance and Literature Intertwined: Wen Xuan, Faculty of Chinese National Folk Dance, Beijing Dance Academy

Author: Beijing Dance Academy, Chinese National Folk Dance Department
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: 50 years in the blink of an eye. The Chinese National Folk Dance discipline has experienced vicissitudes and achieved glory. Memories are too full, and too much is forgotten. The years 1954, 1978, 1984, 1987, and 2001 are unforgettable for different generations of Chinese National Folk Dance. It is history, and it also heralds the future. It is a witness to the development of Chinese National Folk Dance education in the New China—from nothing to something, from a few people to thousands, from confusion and uncertainty to diverse educational philosophies and explorations. In line with the purpose of cherishing history and daring to innovate, this book not only collects the foundational works of veteran educators who had been working in the Chinese Folk Dance Group since its establishment but also compiles the major articles of teachers who had once worked in the Chinese National Folk Dance Department. This is the accumulation of their years of practical experience and the crystallization of wisdom on the Chinese National Folk Dance discipline. For today's Chinese National Folk Dance practitioners, it is an invaluable asset and an endless resource. "Developing Chinese Dance Steps" is a speech by Mr. Dai Ailian at the Frontier Dance Conference in 1946. It is without a doubt that this 58-year-old article is chosen as the opening of this book. Because this article is a declaration of the stage adaptation of Chinese National Folk Dance and a lamp that illuminates our path in the development of the discipline. Mr. Peng Song's article occupies one-fourth of the book, recording Mr. Peng's relentless writing over half a century.