China's first ballet was?

The Red women soldiers is a proud milestone in the history of China's ballet. It created the heroic image of Chinese female soldiers wearing pointed shoes for the first time, combined the techniques of western ballet with the expressions of China national dance, created a century-old national ballet, and realized the world miracle of perfect integration of Chinese and western cultures in the field of ballet art.

In music creation, there are "Lien Song of Female Soldiers" and "Wanquan River is crystal clear". It has been enduring for decades and is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. As a literary expression of political discourse in a specific era, the ballet Red women soldiers was born under the direct concern of Premier Zhou Enlai and other central leaders.

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Development history

1963 The Experimental Ballet of Beijing Dance School (predecessor of the Central Ballet) performed the ballet Notre Dame de Paris. Premier Zhou said in his performance: "You can learn to rehearse foreign classical ballet and create some revolutionary ballet at the same time."

At the end of 1963, on the topic of ballet, the participants unanimously decided to adapt Red women soldiers into a ballet, because the story is touching and the characters are vivid, and the well-known "women soldiers Legato" is suitable for giving full play to the artistic characteristics of ballet, with female dancing as the main part.

On September 23rd 1964, the drama Red was rehearsed in Tianqiao Theater, and Premier Zhou was invited to watch it. After the performance, Premier Zhou came to the stage to visit the actors. In the first sentence, he said, "My thoughts are more conservative than yours. I thought it was difficult for ballet to express modern life in China at once. I need to make a transition and perform a foreign revolutionary theme first. I didn't expect your performance to be so successful. "

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