Zhao Liping

Zhao Liping

Zhao Liping, a famous young dancer in China, was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. He left his hometown as a child and was admitted to Beijing Dance School and Beijing Dance Academy. He graduated from the performance Department of Beijing Dance Academy with full-time honors in that year. During this period, she once acted as the heroine in the large-scale dance drama "fish beauty". After graduation, she became a soloist of the Oriental Song and dance troupe, and therefore visited dozens of countries and regions, her performance was highly praised by the audience.

In 1989, Tao Jin and her husband both won the Silver Award (the highest award in the country) from the Royal Dancers Association of the United States. They also participated in the shooting of TV series, advertisements, MTV, etc. many times, and they also sang for the episode of TV series and made tapes. In 1998, she took part in the opera Turandot directed by famous director Zhang Yimou and was the lead dancer in it. When she visited Italy, her performance was a great success, and her performance was warmly welcomed.

Zhao Liping has cooperated with her late husband Tao Jin for many times, such as TV works "Alam Khan", "Chaplin", "the God of love flying" and so on. In recent years, she has written and performed many works. On TV are the works "Spanish girl" and "Nile goddess" from the Spring Festival Gala of the Ministry of culture in 1997 and 1999. In 1999, CCTV's new year's party "winter goes to spring", as well as many large-scale parties in recent years. Such as the opening ceremony of the Expo in Kunming in 1999.

Zhao Liping is currently the host of CCTV's "dance world". Three years after Tao Jin's death, Zhao Liping completed the book "Tao Jin, my beloved" with her own memories. The book will be officially published on September 17, 2000.

Character experience

For the choreographer and director, it's not so much an attempt as an adventure to use a dancer who has never had professional training in broadcasting and hosting a program. For Zhao Liping, who is used to the lyric narration of dance language, she is afraid to open her mouth and suddenly become the host, which also faces a severe challenge! The creative director thinks like this: professional programs like dance world are hosted by people in the circle. They know that Zhao Liping is both a dancer and a choreographer. She is familiar with all kinds of dances. She has a good image and a smart person, so they strongly invite her out of the mountain. Zhao Liping hesitated at first, for fear that she might not "break the pot". Hearing the news, Wang Gang, Cheng Fangyuan and his wife came to the door to agitate: "go ahead, there is no difficulty." Senior host Wang Gang said: "at the beginning, no one was afraid. When I was hosting a program for the first time, I was so nervous that I hesitated. I didn't know whether my legs and stomach were in the front or in the back. It's hard to kick the first three feet. It's much better in the future. "

With the support of the director and friends, Zhao Liping bravely entered the dance world. On the screen, she is elegant and generous, and her explanations are also euphemistic, sometimes supplemented by body language, with elegant expression. Nearly a year, more and more audiences like her and dance world, and more and more audience letters. Some people call her "the alternative host of CCTV" and praise her for her distinctive personality; others describe her as "the messenger of beauty" and "the fashion host" and comment on her like this: "Bai Yansong is sincere and generous; Ni Ping is always kind and amiable; Zhao Liping is beautiful and charming." Zhao Liping did not drift, she understood: the wind has risen, he is still on the road. The road of exploration is long and bumpy.

Talking about her career experience, Zhao Liping summarized it as "trilogy": dancing, choreography and talking about dancing. Zhao Liping is from Suzhou. Her family lives next to Shizilin, one of the four famous circles. Smart and delicate, she has been fond of singing and dancing since she was a child. When I was five or six years old, I watched a ballet "white haired girl" with an adult. I was very excited. As soon as she got home, she and her sister painted her hair and face white with prickly heat powder, dressed up as Xi'er, and stood on tiptoe to learn ballet in the room. Soon after, Xiao Liping was admitted to the literature and art propaganda team of Suzhou xiangyanghua school, and soon became the backbone. She often went to the hotel with her friends to perform for foreign guests. At the age of 11, Zhao Liping stood out from thousands of candidates and was admitted to the central dance school. From dance school to dance academy, she has received eight years of professional training. After graduating with excellent results, she entered the Oriental Song and dance troupe, and was favored and cultivated by the head teacher Wang Kun, and soon rose to the top in the domestic dance industry. She has visited many countries and regions on five continents, met world-class dance masters, and came into contact with the dance art of all nationalities in the world. My eyes are wide open. In addition to han dance, Zhao Liping also danced Yunnan Dai dance, Myanmar Princess dance, Indian bharata dance, African black dance, American Hawaiian Hula Dance, Mexican tap dance, and performed solo dance in the western opera Turandot directed by Zhang Yimou. At the new year's day and Spring Festival gala held by the Ministry of culture and CCTV, she appeared frequently and became a popular dancer.

With rich artistic precipitation, Zhao Liping began to create dance. At the Spring Festival gala held by the Ministry of culture in 1996, she created and led the dance "Spanish girl", which publicized yeheli's passion for life and won high praise. It also attracted the attention of experts on her creative ability. This dance was created by her sudden inspiration after seeing a picture brought back from abroad. In 1999, when she listened to the singing of Scottish singer Enya, she seemed to feel the sounds of nature, giving birth to the continuous thinking between man and nature, creating a group dance "winter goes and spring comes" full of singing soul, and bringing it to the new year's Party of "five continents" that year. After that, Zhao Liping used the modern scientific and technological means of harmony, light and other aspects of other art categories to create the Arabian Dance "goddess of the Nile", which was launched at the Spring Festival gala held by the Ministry of culture in that year. It reminds the audience of the hippopotamus goddess and the ancient civilization of the Nile that the ancient Egyptians believed in at first. Zhao Liping's novel idea was later expanded and perfected in the group dance at the opening ceremony of Kunming World Expo. Zhao Liping participated in the creation of the large-scale literary performance "heaven and earth romance", which combines the strong modern flavor with the strong oriental color. Through the grand and warm scenes and the magnificent and novel ideas, it highlights the theme of "man and nature -- marching towards the 21st century."

From performance to creation, to hosting dance TV programs, Zhao Liping's dance trilogy is moving. The reporter asked her: "as a featured host, your attempt is very meaningful. How does it feel to be a host? " Zhao Liping replied with a smile: "I think it is very meaningful to promote and prosper dance art by using the powerful media such as TV. Participating in it also made my dancing career more colorful. In the whole process of making the program, I was able to get to know the trend of dance development around the world and learn a lot of professional knowledge, which is very good for my future professional development. Dancing, choreographing and talking about dancing, I really live in the "dance world."

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