Appreciation of Famous Chinese Dances: 1949-1999

Author: Tian Jing
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: We dedicate this book to the readers, hoping to invite them to join us in reviewing the great achievements of Chinese dance art over the past 50 years; to appreciate the highly nationalistic dance art beauty created by Chinese dancers of the new China, which has on the world dance stage. This is intended to enhance understanding and interest in dance art, improve appreciation skills, and enrich our spiritual world and dance cultural life. The Chinese nation has a very rich tradition of dance culture. Over thousands of years, although it has experienced ups and downs, booms and busts, and even loss and scattering, with various intermingling, the mainstream has remained like a flowing stream until today. The dance works of the present generation are the products of inheriting and developing the excellent dance art traditions of ancient times. The works introduced in this book are the more outstanding parts of artistic dance since the founding of the new China.