Jia Zuoguang

essential information

Character experience

He began to learn dance at the age of 15 (1938) under the guidance of shijingmo (Japan), the father of Asian modern dance, and chapolin, a meritorious artist of the former Soviet Union. The early work "yuguangqu" shows the fishermen's painful fishing life; the wolf and sheep reflects the scene of the enemy's invasion and the masses' resistance. In the summer of 1942, he accepted the propaganda of "Mao Zedong's speech at the Yan'an Forum on literature and art" by the underground party and studied the speech thought. Works: suwu shepherd, young rider, hometown, devil, lost lamb, no war on the west line, etc. In 1944, life was hard, looking for light. In 1946, he entered the northeast liberated area and met with Wu Xiaobang, Lu Ji, Xiang Yu, Tang ruomei, Shuihua and other artists. They went to Wangye temple and Gegen temple with Wu Xiaobang to watch Lama dance ghost for the first time (all dancers wear masks), namely Chama. In 1947, he joined the Inner Mongolia Art Troupe (now Inner Mongolia song and dance theater). He was once the chief of the performance section, deputy head of the troupe, choreographer and actor. We should continue to learn from the people and "accumulate knowledge, store treasure and enrich talents". And created a large number of dance works. His representative works include "horse dance", "wild goose dance", "saber dance", "joy of herdsmen" and "Olunchun dance". On the eve of the founding of new China in 1949, he represented China in the Second World Youth Friendship Festival. He performed on the same stage with the world famous ballet master ulanova (former Soviet Union), and the world famous film master gorasimov acted as the stage supervisor, winning positive praise. He was admitted to Beijing Dance School (now Beijing Dance Academy) in 1955. Later, he served as the leader of the academy and established a choreographer class. (there is a record of my study and work in the dance academy in the video of "the wild goose falls on Taoran"). During the creation of the "waves", and to learn from the dock workers and other work scenes handling. Erdos, cup and bowl dance and milkman dance, which were created in the 1950s and 1960s, won the first prize, gold medal and bronze medal of the world youth and student peace and friendship Festival respectively. "GABA" (fish dance) won the Three Gorges cup award. In the 1970s, he created the dance rainbow, which won the first prize of creation and performance in the 30th anniversary of the national day, and became popular all over the country. During the period, there are also "Lantern Dance", "flying wild geese", "herdsmen see Chairman Mao" and so on. The waves, hope in an instant, the young horse herder and the reverie of fire won the first, second and third prizes respectively in the second national dance competition and Beijing dance competition. "Joy" won the first prize of Sarina in Inner Mongolia, "poetry of the blue sky" won the excellent Creation Award, and "a long way to go" won the first prize of the national dance competition. From 1950s to 1980s, he created more than 150 dance works, which are popular at home and abroad, and most of them are among the best in China. In 1986, Jia Zuoguang held the dance party of 50 years of his dance career in Beijing National Culture Palace. In 1987, the first "seminar on Jia Zuoguang's artistic thought" was held in Beijing, which was presided over by Wu Xiaobang. Since the 1990s, he has often gone deep into life to provide guidance for farmers. For example, Henan's Bronze dance, Pangu dance, Changli's Yangge, Buxin's Chama, Hebei Gaocheng's Dagu, Jingxing's Lahua, Zhemeng's Andai, Liaoyang's stilts, etc. all won the gold medal and the winning prize in the Beijing square dance "Longtan Cup" competition. At the same time, he is also an art director in many professional song and dance groups, providing on-the-spot guidance for some creations, such as "Nine Songs" in Hubei and "Gesar" in Inner Mongolia. In the dance poem "Erdos feelings" in Inner Mongolia, he personally acted as the chief editor and director, and won the "five one project" award. At the end of the 20th century, Mu Ma dance, Erdos and wave won the "golden statue award of Chinese classical dance in the 20th century." in terms of foreign cultural exchanges, he has visited more than 40 countries and regions for cultural exchanges, performances and lectures, and has been the judge of international dance competitions for many times. years of artistic practice and lectures, published in 1992 "Jia Zuoguang dance art anthology". The book puts forward the cross elements of "stability, accuracy, sensitivity, cleanness, lightness, softness, health, rhyme, beauty and emotion" that dancers must master. In March 2000, the Ministry of culture of China, China Federation of literary and art circles, China Dance Association, Beijing Dance Association and other units jointly held a "seminar on Jia Zuoguang's dance art ideas" in Beijing. At the same time, a "dance party dedicated to the people's dance artist" Hongyan "was staged, which was a great success and produced a very strong repercussion throughout the country. In 2002, he published the VCD of Jia Zuoguang's art life and the album of art life, and held a grand press conference and signing activities. In April of the same year, the grand celebration of "Jia Zuoguang's 65 years of art" was held in Beijing, and the unveiling ceremony of the bronze statue of Jia Zuoguang was held. In December 2003, he was awarded the "achievement award for performing arts" by the Ministry of culture. In June 2006, the "wild geese for the people's dancer Jia Zuoguang's" wild geese "Gala DVD," soaring - Jia Zuoguang's classic dance works "DVD," wild geese singing in the sky - Jia Zuoguang's art personalized stamp "officially launched in Hong Kong. On June 11, 2006, on behalf of the mainland of China, he participated in the performance of the opening ceremony of "Hong Kong International Dance Festival - 2006" and held a performance and speech entitled "dance for China - Pearl of the Orient, Jia Zuoguang's dance art viewing ceremony and Chinese Contemporary Dance Art Publishing Conference", which had a strong response. On June 12, 2006, he led contemporary Chinese dancers to pay homage to all the officers and soldiers of the Hong Kong Garrison and gave them a wonderful performance. In 2013, Jia Zuoguang, a large TV biography, is under intense shooting and production. The publication of the Autobiography of Mr. Jia Zuoguang, anthology of art, anthology of poetry, anthology of art criticism and other books is also in progress. Jia Zuoguang is still active in Chinese dance industry with outstanding achievements. He is recognized as the most authoritative dance artist in Chinese dance industry today!

Main works

According to the songs "yuguangqu" and "lost lamb", the solo dance of the same name is created. In 1947, he went to the Inner Mongolia liberated area with Wu Xiaobang to join the Inner Mongolia literary and Art Troupe. He has successively created "horse dance", "Oroqen dance", "saber dance" and "joy of herdsmen", which are welcomed by herdsmen. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, he created and performed "Ordos dance", "milkman dance", "cup and Bowl Dance", "Lantern Dance", "GABA" and "flying wild geese". After 1976, he edited and produced such dances as joy, rainbow, waves, long way to go, ten thousand horses galloping.

Creative features

In his creation, he often drew lessons from the life movements of grassland herdsmen, such as riding, wrestling, archery, milking, etc., and refined them into dance vocabulary. In more than 40 years of artistic life, he has formed his own lively and passionate dance style. Many of the dances created have become reserved programs of Chinese song and dance performing groups. He has been to Mongolia, the Soviet Union, the United States, France, Poland, Germany, Austria and other countries to visit and perform. His performances "Erdos dance" and "milkman dance" won gold and bronze prizes in the fifth and sixth World Youth Students' peace and friendship Festival.

Achievement and honor

Master of contemporary Chinese dance art. Famous dance performance artist, choreographer, theorist and educator. National first-class director, first-class actor and cultural commissioner. He is the founder of modern Chinese folk dance and the founder of Beijing Dance Academy, known as "Oriental Dance God". Currently, he is honorary member of China Federation of literary and art circles, honorary chairman of China Dancers Association, President of China International Standard Dance Association, honorary chairman of Beijing Dancers Association, lifetime honorary chairman of Jia Zuoguang Art Foundation (Preparatory), and "performance art achievement award" awarded by the Ministry of culture. Honorary member of the 10th China Federation of literary and Art Circles

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