What is ballet? How old is ballet?

Ballet has a history of over 500 years.

The transliteration of French ballet means: ① a form of stage dance, that is, European classical dance, commonly known as ballet. This is a traditional European dance art with strict norms and structural forms, which is formed on the basis of folk dances all over Europe and has been continuously processed, enriched and developed for centuries. /kloc-after the 0/9 th century, an important technical feature is that actresses have to wear special tiptoe shoes and dance on tiptoe, so some people call it tiptoe dance. (2) Ballet, originally referred to as classical ballet (or classical ballet), is a dramatic art that combines music, pantomime, stage art and literature to express a story or an emotional festival. After the emergence of modern dance in the 20th century, modern ballet, which combines modern dance and classical dance techniques as the main means of expression, is called modern ballet. Gradually, the word ballet has also been used to refer to ballet works with other dances as the main means of expression, although it is different from classical ballet or modern ballet in dance style, structural characteristics and expression techniques. (3) A considerable part of the dance works created by modern choreographers have no story content and plot. The directors use European classical dance or modern dance, or combine them to express a certain mood, artistic conception, or the author's understanding of a musical work. These are also called ballet.

Ballet originated from the old Latin ballo. At first, the word only refers to dancing, or performing dancing in public, and has no meaning of theatrical performance. As a stage art, ballet was conceived in the grand banquets and entertainment activities in Italy during the Renaissance and formed in the French court in the17th century. This kind of court ballet is actually a comprehensive performance of dance, singing, music, recitation and drama with a loose structure under a unified theme. Designed by a professional dance teacher, with the king and nobles as actors and the female role played by men. The performance venue is in the center of the palace hall, and the audience is watching around the hall. Actors wear leather masks to mark different roles, so it is also called masked ballet.

166 1 year, Louis XIV ordered the establishment of the Royal Dance Academy in Paris. 65438+ Li Sailiu Bishop's Palace Theatre began to be used for ballet performances in 1970s. The change of the venue and the audience's viewing angle has caused the change of dance techniques and aesthetics, and the standing posture of the actors has become more and more open, thus formally determining the five basic positions of the feet, which has become the basis for the development of ballet technology. Professional ballerinas came into being and gradually replaced aristocratic amateurs. Professional ballerinas also began to perform on stage, and dance techniques developed rapidly. Ballet performance has gradually changed from a social activity of self-entertainment to a theatrical performance art. Ballet in this period was subordinate to opera, and it was actually a series of dance performances that the court composer J.B. Lurui added to the opera, but the plot seemed irrelevant. It's called ballet or ballet opera at this time. This situation continued until the middle of18th century. Novel,/kloc-a ballet master in the 0/8th century, is the most influential dance innovator in the history of ballet. He put forward the idea of "drama ballet" for the first time in the "Dance and Dance Drama Express" published by 1760, emphasizing that dance is not only a physical skill, but also a tool for drama expression and ideological exchange. Novel theory has promoted the innovation wave of ballet. With the continuous efforts of him and many other actors and directors, ballet has carried out a series of reforms in content, theme, music, dance techniques and clothing. These reforms finally separated ballet from opera and formed an independent drama art.

In the history of ballet development, there are two main aesthetic views that have been at work. One view is that ballet is a kind of "pure dance", and B.de Beaujoyeulx, an Italian dance teacher in the16th century and director of the Queen's comedy "Ballet", thinks that ballet is a "geometric combination of several people dancing together". This view focuses entirely on the formal beauty of ballet, almost completely ignoring the content or plot of ballet, which often leads to the simple pursuit of superb and gorgeous skills. /kloc-before the middle of the 0/8th century, this view was dominant in ballet creation. Another view emphasizes that ballet is a kind of "dramatic dance", and the theory of "plot ballet" in the novel represents this view most intensively. He believes that in a ballet work, dance should show dramatic content, "the plot and dance design should be unified, and the story with clear logic and easy understanding should be the central theme, and solo dance and dance fragments unrelated to the plot should be cancelled." In the dance drama, "not only the dancing skills are dazzling, but also the audience is moved by dramatic performances". The above two main points are still valid today. Many directors devote themselves to creating dramatic or melodramatic ballet works, while some directors are keen on ballet without melodrama and pay attention to formal beauty. The excellent plays in the two works are appreciated by the audience and often staged as reserved plays. Since the 20th century, the influence of various literary thoughts on ballet creation has become more and more obvious, and many works with different styles have appeared.

Choreography is a key figure in creating a ballet work. He conceived a ballet structure or a dance structure according to a literary script (or a story, a poem or a musical work), and then the actors reflected it. Choreographers and actors must master ballet language (or ballet vocabulary)-ballet technical skills, and the ability to express specific content or emotions in ballet language. The director should know what he is good at and what he can't express; On the other hand, actors should be well-trained, able to adapt and creatively reflect the ideas of choreographers. Only with these basic conditions can ballet creation be carried out and completed. The structural forms of ballet are: solo dance, duet, threesome dance, foursome dance, group dance and so on. Classical dance, personality dance (stage folk dance, folk dance), modern dance, etc. According to the above forms, the structure of multi-act ballet (on and off, such as Swan Lake), single-act ballet (such as Fairy) and ballet sketch (such as ballet) developed to a high degree of standardization and stylization in the late19th century, which affected and restricted the development of ballet. In a large number of ballet works created by directors in the 20th century, these norms and procedures have been greatly broken, and new explorations and creations are constantly emerging.

General situation of world ballet development

Banquet ballet

Ballet appeared in Italy in the heyday of the Renaissance in15-16th century, and artists tried their best to imitate the artistic style of ancient Greece. The earliest ballet performance was held at a palace banquet. 1489, orpheus was staged in an Italian town to celebrate the wedding of the Duke of Milan and Princess Idabel of Aragon. The form of performance at that time was completely different from the ballet performance we see today. Each performance is generally related to serving food, such as eating wild boar after the start of simulated hunting performance; The sea god and the river god appeared and began to eat fish. Then, many mythical figures came to the stage to offer many dishes and fruits, and finally the guests took part in a lively and carnival performance. This is a performance form that integrates singing, dancing, recitation and drama performance. It can be said that it is the embryonic form of ballet, and later people call it "banquet ballet".

Palace ballet

With the intermarriage between Italian aristocrats and French courts, Italian ballet performances were brought to France. 158 1 year, the queen's comedy ballet was staged at Henry III's sister Margaret's wedding. There was no stage at that time, and the audience sat in a two-story corridor with three walls. The king and the dignitaries sat on the altar and performed on the floor of the hall. Director Beauvoir is an Italian employed in France. The content shows how Se Se conquered Apollo, but had to give in to His Majesty the King of France. The performance combines drama, music, dance, recitation and acrobatics. During the period of Louis XIV (1643- 17 15), French ballet reached its peak. Louis XIV himself loved dancing and was well trained. /kloc-When he was 0/5 years old, he participated in the performance of the court ballet Cassandra and played Apollo.

Action ballet

/kloc-The European Enlightenment in the 0/8th century profoundly influenced the development of French ballet. His innovative ideas are manifested in opposing ballet as an ornament for aristocratic pastimes, making ballet express real life like drama, and advocating that ballet should have social content and educational significance. This is the background of the "drama ballet". Novell represents the mainstream of European ballet innovation and embodies the democratic spirit of the Enlightenment. In "Dance and Dance Drama Letters", he put forward his own innovative ideas on ballet. Jean Dobejval, a student in Norvell, created the ballet "Unhelpful Caution", which is still being performed today and has become a repertoire of major contemporary ballet companies.

Romantic ballet

Romantic ballet is a "golden age" in the history of ballet development, which has experienced brilliant stages in dance skills, choreography and performance forms. The emergence of ballet such as Fairy, Giselle, Melar and One Pirate has created a number of ballet talents, such as Perot, Burnville, Tancho and isler. The characteristics of ballet in this period are summarized as follows:

1, changes in content and theme. Extraordinary gods and ghosts have replaced the characters in myths and legends and ancient heroic stories. Reflect a dissatisfaction and disappointment with reality, a pursuit of interests in another world beyond the world, or use death to get rid of disappointment with reality, or use an unrealistic pursuit to replace the desire for life. The representative works include Fairy (1832) and Giselle (184 1). Giselle, a collection of French styles, became the pinnacle of romantic ballet, and then the combination of romanticism and realism gradually appeared.

2. Great progress has been made in dance skills and performances. The tiptoe dance skills have become an important factor for female dancers to perform, and the dance skills of men have been further improved.

3. In the form of performance, gas lamps and curtains were used, and ballet costumes and shoes were reformed, resulting in a poetic and light style.

The golden age of romantic ballet is extremely short. From 1930s to 40s in 19, it stagnated and withered in a little over 10. From the second half of the19th century, the center of European ballet gradually shifted to Russia.

Russian ballet

/kloc-In the second half of the 0/9th century, European romantic ballet declined, and the mission of reviving ballet fell on Russia's shoulders historically. Since the 1940s, foreign dancers have often visited Russia. The performances and directing activities of Tarioni's father and daughter Perot and San Leon, especially the teaching activities of Bournon Ville students Johnson (in St. Petersburg) and Brass (in Moscow), have taught the Russian dance community the essence of the two major French and Italian dance schools, and gradually formed a new school-Russian dance school. Matipa and Ivanov played a decisive role in the construction of the play. Tchaikovsky realized the innovation of ballet music through Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and Nutcracker, which made music the basis of creating images and narrating events in ballet, and inspired and enriched the symphonic dance thought of the choreographer. The second act of Swan Lake reached the peak of dance poetry and was regarded as a model of symphonic dance. Later, Glazunov wrote Remunda (1898) and Four Seasons (1900), which inherited the romantic ballet tradition and embodied the Russian realistic tradition.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Russian ballet has occupied a dominant position in the world ballet, with its own repertoire, performance style and teaching system, and a number of choreographers and performers have emerged. Since then, a group of young people in Russian ballet circles have asked for innovation and exploration of new performance means and development paths. Gorschi and Fujin are their leaders. Foucault's innovative ideas can't be realized in the Imperial Theatre. His major works are rehearsed and performed for Dia Gilev Ballet abroad. Diaghilev organized the Russian performance season for three consecutive years from 1909, and in 19 13, he established a permanent troupe based in Monte Carlo, "Diaghilev ballets russes", which toured all over Europe and America, with great influence, sending the classical traditional repertoire preserved in Russia back to Europe and promoting the revival of European ballet. After the dissolution of the troupe, its members were scattered in Europe and America, including French Lifar, British Devalva, American balanchine and Fujin, which made important contributions to the revival or creation of ballet in various countries.

Contemporary ballet

/kloc-at the end of 0/929, Lifa became the permanent choreographer and main dancer of the ballet of Paris Opera House. Until 1958 left, he actually carried out a reform, such as abolishing the centuries-old sponsor's right to chat with dancers backstage before the ballet performance. There is also an opening ceremony every week. 1932 When Giselle returned, Lifa played Albert. He is a clever man. Notre Dame was adapted and directed by roland petit according to the music of Yale University, and it was a brilliant success. Firebird, written and directed by Maurice Behar in 1970, is the most unique work. The ballet of Paris Opera House includes Giselle, Gabriel and Sylvia.

British ballet is mainly attributed to the lifelong management of three great women: Mrs. Adelina Janet, who served as the chief ballet dancer in the Royal Theatre for many years; Madame Ninat de Vallova's immortal work is the Royal Ballet; Mrs Mary Lambert is the founder of the ballet company named after her. There are also festival ballet and Scottish ballet.

There is no national ballet in America. Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein met once at 1933 and were invited to preside over the American Dance School. 1948 was transformed into New York City Ballet, with balanchine as artistic director and main choreographer, and Jerome Robbins as assistant artistic consultant. Formed a typical American dance style. Another important ballet company is the American Ballet Theatre, which started its activities on 1940. Fu Fujin, Ma Xin and Anthony Tudor. Arthur Mitchell's Harlem Dance Theatre Joffrey Ballet is the first black classical ballet company.

The Royal Danish Ballet is an outstanding inheritor of Danish national tradition. The ballet created by Bournonville a hundred years ago is still performed in Copenhagen in a pure style. In Danish ballet, traditional consciousness has always been strong. From 65438 to 0932, harald Randall was appointed ballet director of the Royal Theatre. Until 1952, he arranged etudes for France and Britain, which was a brilliant display of ballet skills.

The influential Russian directors in the early 20th century were Gorschi, Puni and Foucault. Anna pavlova perfectly embodies Foucault's thought, and a swan died in 1905.

In Russia, after the October Revolution, Gorschi insisted on the expressive force of drama, making his dancers live in the role of Stani Slavski, and the ballet originally produced in the court did not die out. 1927, Red Poppy was performed in Moscow, which was the first heroic modern dance drama in Russia, symbolizing the victory of the classical school, indicating the principles to be followed, and the classical ballet won a new reputation. Semeonova and ulanova made their debut. The newly created dance drama pays attention to the drama structure, makes more use of folk dances, and enriches the vocabulary of the director. Russian ballet began to revive.

From 158 1, France has staged the Queen's Comedy Ballet for more than 400 years. Ballet has spread all over the world, and is recognized as an important part of human cultural heritage, becoming a worldwide art. Many countries on five continents have established their own professional ballet schools and ballet performance groups. In today's world, ballet art is developing vigorously, and different schools such as classical ballet and modern ballet, dramatic ballet and symphonic ballet compete with each other, and a large number of talents and repertoires emerge. Many countries have gradually formed their own styles and characteristics, and new explorations and creations have also appeared in the artistic expression of ballet.

How to appreciate ballet

There are roughly two ways to appreciate ballet. One is traditional and the other is modern. It is generally advocated that the method of appreciation should be unified with the object of appreciation: that is, ballet, musical ballet and pure ballet in the three traditional periods of "early", "romanticism" and "classicism" should be appreciated with meticulous traditional concepts.

The traditional concept of appreciation requires the audience to arrive at the theater about half an hour in advance, leave all the trivial matters and troubles in daily life outside the theater gate or in the earthly space in the cloakroom, and then settle down and devote themselves wholeheartedly to the theater, a very special aesthetic field, which has nothing to do with the traffic jam on the road, the noise in the food market, the disputes of the unit and the trivial matters of the family. Enter the artificial fairyland such as Fairy, Giselle and gabriela, enter the dreamland such as Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker and Swan Lake, and escape from the noise of the city and the mental pressure for several hours. Next, we can also study the program carefully, read the plot outline, relevant comments, brief history of the dance company, introduction of directors and dancers, find out well-known ballet stars, imagine intoxicating music, and look forward to luxurious costumes and magnificent scenery. ...

The modern concept of appreciation has no harsh requirements for the audience, but provides them with a philosophy of being happy with the situation, because the rhythm of modern life simply does not allow the audience, especially the professional audience, to arrive at the theater half an hour in advance, but emphasizes that the audience does not need the opinions of any ancestors in the process of appreciation, but only needs to understand with different rational knowledge they carry with them and participate with colorful perceptual experience from life.

According to this appreciation idea, what is on the program list is simply a trap set by the directors, or a panacea sold to make up for the incoherence of the directors or ballet directors. You don't have to look, or you'd better not! It doesn't matter how the plot is written. Success depends only on how he "dances" on the stage. In the final analysis, ballet is still dominated by dance, supplemented by drama. Otherwise, it can't explain the phenomenon that the hero in ballet frequently salutes the audience after dancing duets or even variations. If drama is more important than dance, this behavior is not "drama". How can western audiences and critics endure a whole century?

This appreciation thinking holds that stars can appreciate it, but they don't have to admire it. The atmosphere of star worship is really too classical! According to their own aesthetic standards, rather than following the opinions of critics; The most important thing is to find the star in your eyes, not to go with the flow.

The Course of China's Ballet

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If the performance of the French "Queen Comedy Ballet" in 158 1 has always been regarded as the beginning-embryonic form of ballet, then the spread and development of ballet in China is almost three centuries later. However, although it started late, it was a leap.

At the beginning of the 20th century, foreign ballet companies performed in China, but the scale was limited. Since then, Russian overseas Chinese have set up amateur private ballet schools in China, which have a great influence in Shanghai, Tianjin, Harbin and other places-it has a positive effect on China's ballet enlightenment education. Undoubtedly, the real rise and development of ballet in China was also after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), which is closely related to the basic policy of the China government to actively absorb and support all outstanding cultures and arts of world significance.

At first, the Russian school had an influence on China's ballet. From/kloc-0 to February, 954, when the first Soviet expert, O A· yelena, was invited to Beijing to hold the first "teacher training class", to 1958, China's first classic ballet "Swan Lake", China ballet achieved a rapid "triple jump" in its initial stage. During this period, Dai, who was familiar with ballet art, also played an important role.

The students in the first "teacher training class" (most of whom have received some ballet training) miraculously completed the teaching syllabus of the Soviet Dance School at Grade 65438+Grade 0-6 in half a year, and all passed the rigorous examination. They became the teaching backbone of Beijing Dance School and Ballet Academy established in the same year. Since then, I have constantly improved in practice and grown into a real ballet educator-training a group of outstanding talents. The important measure to realize "triple jump" is to practice performance while training. During this period, famous Soviet ballet artists often performed in China, and their exquisite performances attracted many audiences. People in China are getting familiar with and love this art.

1957, under the guidance of Chaplin, China staged the ballet LA FILLE MAL GARDEE, which was the work of Jean Dobé Girval at the end of 18. It has a realistic style and is suitable for the actual level of ballet dancers in China at that time. Through the performance, the team has been improved.

1958 10 under the guidance of gusev, Beijing Dance School concentrated its efforts and successfully staged the world-famous classic ballet Swan Lake (played by Bai Shuxiang), which aroused strong repercussions at home and abroad. Through strict rehearsal, a talented ballet team has been created at high speed. Now, Swan Lake has settled in China-it has become the most attractive ballet. At the end of 1959, the experimental ballet of Beijing Dance School was established, which was the first professional ballet in China. The following year, Shanghai established a dance school with the same organizational system as Beijing, and also undertook the task of training professional ballet talents. From then on, the north and the south echoed and strived to open up a new situation in ballet. After Swan Lake, in 59 and 60 years, under the guidance of gusev, Lecorps Searle and Giselle were successfully performed successively. For the young China Ballet, it seems easy to undertake these two famous ballets with different styles.

During this period, China sent Jiang Zuhui (1934——) and Wang Xixian (1933——) to the director department of Moscow State Theatre Academy for further study, with excellent results. After returning to China, Jiang Zuhui released his graduation work-Spanish Daughter (adapted from the famous poetic drama Yangquan Village by Lobe Deviga, a famous European writer in the Renaissance, which premiered at Tianjin Song and Dance Theatre on 196 1; Wang Xixian directed and performed his graduation work "The Fountain of Bahehe I Sharei" in Beijing (adapted from the famous long poem of Russian poet Pushkin, premiered by the Experimental Ballet of Beijing Dance School.

1963, the Central Opera and Dance Theatre was established, and the ballet affiliated to the school ended its experimental stage and belonged to the National Theatre. Soon, Jiang Zuhui directed another famous ballet, Nolte Damme Delaris (based on the novel of the same name by the famous French writer Hugo), which premiered at the Central Opera and Dance Theatre. ..... In just 10 years, the directors and actors in China have basically been able to independently control the creation, rehearsal and stage performance of classical ballet.

From 1964, the creative practice of China's ballet began. In fact, most of the directors of the first generation of ballet turned from studying national dance to ballet major, and their national cultural background undoubtedly contributed to the exploration of ballet nationalization. Although the performance of China's large-scale ballet "Red women soldiers" is not strictly the "first record" (there have been different types, different scales and different effects of ballet nationalization before), it can be said that it is the first most successful large-scale ballet in China, with distinctive China style and China style in both content and form.

Red women soldiers premiered 1964, directed by Li Chengxiang, Wang Xixian and Jiang Zuhui; Composers: Wu Zuqiang and Du Mingxin. First performer: Central Opera and Dance Theatre, heroine: Bai Shuxiang plays Qionghua; Company commander Wu Shouxun; Actor: Liu Qingtang plays Hong Changqing; Li Chengxiang plays Nanbatian; Main supporting actress: Zhao Ruheng plays Qionghua's comrade-in-arms; Wan plays the fourth child. It's based on the movie of the same name. Tell the story of the second revolution in China: Qionghua, who was tortured, escaped from the tiger's mouth because she couldn't bear the oppression of the landlord for eight days in the south, and met Hong Changqing, the representative of the Red Army. Under his guidance, Qionghua participated in "Female Soldiers", and after being honed and tested, she grew into an excellent revolutionary soldier. After Hong Changqing's death, she marched bravely with a red flag. This dance drama, with its tragic plot, magnificent scenes, distinctive characters and regional customs of Hainan Island, has won many praises since its birth. For the first time, China, a female soldier wearing pointed shoes, was portrayed as a hero, which combined the essence of ballet with China's style and added a wonderful flower to the world ballet.

White-haired girl (1929-), Fu Aidi (1936-), Cheng (1932-), Lin (1939-), and

"White-haired Girl" 1965 premiered, composed by Yan; First performer: Shanghai Ballet; Heroines: Cai Guoying (a) and Mao Huifang (b) play Xi; Gu Xiamei (a) and Shi Zhongqin (b) play white-haired girls; Leading actor: Ling Guiming plays Da Chun; Main supporting actor: Dong Xilin plays Yang Bailao. Based on the opera of the same name, it tells the story of Xi, the daughter of a poor farmer, who was forced to sell to the bully landlord Huang Shiren to pay her debts. She felt ashamed and fled into the mountains. After years of camping, my hair turned white, and people who don't know it call it "the white-haired fairy"-(ghost). Finally, she was rescued by the Eighth Route Army and reunited with her young lover Da Chunchun, who was already a soldier of the Eighth Route Army. The opera "White-haired Girl" touched thousands of people in Qian Qian, Qian Qian, China, with the true story that "the old society forced people into ghosts and the new society turned ghosts into people".

This ballet did not take the shortcut of learning from the original, but was recreated according to the artistic characteristics of the ballet. It skillfully uses the materials of China classical and folk dance, and presents the plot as a ballet through the combination of realism and romanticism. For the main characters in the play, such as: Xi's innocence and sweetness and her tenacity and fortitude after becoming a "white-haired girl"; Da Chun's simplicity and honesty, his courage and hard work after joining the army, and Huang Shiren's sinister and diabolical ... are all vividly portrayed.

"Red women soldiers" and "White-haired Girl" have milestone significance in the history of ballet development in China. They are the deeper practice of "making foreign things serve China" and stand on their own feet in the world ballet art forest with unique China characteristics. The collective wisdom made up for the lack of experience, which made China's ballet exploration start from a higher starting point and start quickly. Different from the fate of other dance and ballet works, these two works were designated as "model operas" during the Cultural Revolution-two dance dramas that were rarely allowed to be staged at that time. Red women soldiers and White-haired Girl have stood the test of time and society and still have artistic vitality. These two works are recognized as "20th century classics". The performance of the Renaissance in the field of ballet is to restore the performance of western ballet classics, so that the audience who have only seen 1 "red" and 1 "white" for a long time will set off a wave of watching Swan Lake.

China ballet in the new period is developing vigorously.

First of all, we should absorb and learn from the world with a more open eye, not limited to the influence of a single Russian school. Since the early 1980s, famous ballet artists from Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Canada and other countries have taught their skills in the form of friendly exchanges. Anton Dowling, a ballet master, and B STEVENSON, a famous ballet choreographer, have rehearsed their works in the Central Ballet Company: TE-PASDE kixode, Prelude for Men and Women and Serenade by balanchine, a famous ballet master.

In addition, in recent ten years, China has also staged many western classic plays with different styles, such as 1980. Under the personal guidance of Lisette Sanval, the ballet master of the Paris Opera House, the Central Ballet performed the famous French romantic ballet Sylvia; 1984, Anton Dowling's version of Giselle was rehearsed by famous British ballet artists Belinda Wright and Jurisa Gilkau. In 1985, Don Quixote); It was conducted under the personal guidance of world-class ballet artist R Nureyev and ballet master Eugene poliakov. There are Romeo and Juliet (1989, directed by Roman Walker) and Sleeping Beauty (1994, directed by Morico Parker), all of which are very successful. Nuriev, in particular, with his unparalleled superb skills and profound understanding of the dramatic characters, combined with the reality of the Central Ballet, conducted strict training, which greatly promoted the improvement of the level of actors-leaving a precious page in the history of China ballet. In the above-mentioned international exchange activities, Dai played a very good role as a bridge. At the same time, Beijing Dance Academy adheres to the good tradition of combining study with practice, and has successively staged gabriela (1979) and Dancer (198 1). Shanghai Ballet staged the third act of Naples (also known as Fisherman and Bride); Tianjin Song and Dance Theatre re-enacts Spanish Daughter (1982); In addition, Hai Xia (1983) produced by Liaoning Ballet Company founded in 198 1 ... not only enriched the cultural life of the masses, but also performed pure classical ballet masterpieces under the guidance of ballet authorities from all over the world, which made a new generation of ballet talents grow rapidly.

May 1980 Wang Qifeng (female, Shanghai) participated in the 3rd World Ballet Competition held in Osaka, and won the14th place, winning the first ballet medal for China.

From June 65438 to June 0982, Wang Qifeng (female, Shanghai) and Zhang Weiqiang (Beijing) won the third prize in Jackson International Ballet Competition.

1984165438+10 The first Paris International Ballet Dance Competition, (Shanghai) and Wang (Beijing) won the Paris Opera Development Association Award.

Since then, China contestants have frequently participated in various international ballet competitions, showing their great strength. More prominent are:

1985—— 13 Lausanne International Ballet Dance Competition, Mars (female, Beijing) won the first place and Xu Gang (Beijing) won the second place;

1985 —— In the 5th Moscow International Ballet Competition, Thaung Myint (female) won the best performance skill award, and Zhang Weiqiang and Zhao Minhua won the actor award respectively.

The children's duet and solo dance won the third place (both from Beijing).

1992 —— Tan Yuanyuan (Shanghai) won the first prize of the 5th Paris International Ballet Competition; In the same year, Tan Yuanyuan won the gold medal in the women's junior group of the 1 Japanese Ballet International Competition (Yu Xiaonan, a female player from Liaoning, China, won the silver prize in the same group); Polanyikin