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Zhao Ruheng
Madam Zhao Ruheng, the Executive Director and Artistic Director of the National Ballet of China (NBC), the vice chairman of Chinese Dancers Association, began her career with the company as a principal dancer in 1961, after graduating with outstanding recognition from the Beijing Dance Academy. A leg injury in 1972 however brought her dance career to an end, which included principal roles in Swan Lake, Les Sylphides, Giselle and The Red Detachment of Women. After pursuing further studies at the Beijing Second Foreign Language Institute, she devoted herself to teaching, rehearsing, artistic research, and external cultural exchanges of the company. In recognition of her great contribution to Chinese ballet, she was appointed the Deputy Director of the NBC by the Chinese Ministry of Culture in 1993 and was promoted to the Executive Director in the following year. UnderMadam Zhao Ruheng's leadership,the NBC attached great importance in creating ballets with Chinese Characters and learning from various schools of ballet at the same time. Until now the company has collaborated |
| withnumerous celebrated ballet artists and companies around the world, and has continuously introduced and staged outstanding classical and contemporary ballet works of the west to Chinese audience. Its repertoire now includes classics as Sleeping Beauty, La Sylphide, Coppelia, Giselle, The Fountain of Tears, Sylvia, Le Corsaire, Carmen, La Bayadere Act III and well acclaimed contemporary works like The Rite of Spring, Chairman Dancers, The Four Last Songs, Etudes, The Four Temperaments, Who Cares, Five Poems, Theme and Variations, etc. On May 2nd, 2001, Raise the Red Lantern was premiered at Tianqiao Theatre in Beijing. It is a full-length ballet adapted from Su Tong's novel Wives and concubines and co-created by a team consisted of the famous film director Zhang Yimou, Composer Chen Qigang, staff of the NBC and other talented artists. Since its premiere, this ballet has entertained the audience both national and abroad with sensational and typical glamour of China in its 1930's. Along with The Red Detachment of Women, this ballet has become another splendid "Red Ballet" which enjoys acclaims around the world. Meanwhile, other creative ballets like The Chinese Nutcracker, Butterfly Lovers, and The Yellow River have also drawn the attention of the international dance circle for their unique Chinese characteristics. Madam Zhao has also led the NBC on numerous international tours, including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Russia, France, Netherlands, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States and Taiwan Province, Hong Kong and Macao SAR of China. During its 2003 tour to the United Kingdom, France and Italy, the company received great esteem and recognition in the "hometowns" of ballet. Madam Zhao was appointed the juror for the Kwangju International Ballet Competition in Korea (1995), the New York International Ballet Competition (1996 & 2000), the USA Jackson International Ballet Competition (2002), the Nagoya International Ballet Competition in Japan (2002), the Varna International Ballet Competition in Bulgaria (2004), the First Seoul International Dance Competition (2004) and the Helsinki International Ballet Competition (2005). In 2001 she was appointed the Chairwoman of the jury for the Second Shanghai International Ballet Competition in China. Since 1984, the excellent dancers of the NBC have won many prizes at major international ballet competitions at Varna, Moscow, Jackson, Paris,Tokyo and Osaka, etc. |
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Huang Minxuan
Secretary of Party Committee, Deputy Diretor
National Primary Dancer
Huang Minxuan joined the National Ballet of China in 1963 since his graduation at the Beijing Dance School in the same year. His repertoire with the company includes New Year's Sacrifice, Sylvia, Maid of the Sea, Sons and Daughters of the Grassland, etc. From 1982 to 1984, he studied at the Department of Choreography of Beijing Dance Academy, while still working with the company. In late 80's, he worked as guest director at CCTV and BTV, where he directed numerous evening shows, soirees, scenery films and biographical films. After coming back to the company, he served as director of dancers'department from 1992 to 1999. Huang was appointed as deputy director of the company in 1999 and worked at his post until now.
In August of 2004, he was appointed as the Secretary of Party Committee of National Ballet of China by the Ministry of Culture.
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He Ping
Deputy Secretary of Party Committee,Deputy Director,Secretary of Commission for Discipline Inspection of Party,Chairwoman of the Trade Union He Ping joined the National Ballet of China in 1971 as a data processor at the company's data center.In 1989, she served as deputy director of the company's office and was appointed as the director of human resource department in 1992. In march of 2001 she was appointed as the deputy secretary of Party Committee of National Ballet of China by the Ministry of Culture.She was also appointed as the deputy director of the company by the director at the same year.Now she is mainly in charge of Party affairs,personnel issues,administrative and logistic matters of the company.
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Feng Ying
Member of CPPCC,Deputy Director,Ballet Mistress,National Primary Dancer As Deputy Director and Ballet Mistress at NBC,Feng Ying graduated from the Beijing Dance Academy in 1979 and joined the National Ballet of China the next year.In 1982,she was sent to France to study at the Opera National De Paris for one year,during which she studied with Ballet Masters like M.Bejart and others.Her repetoire included various ballets of the National Ballet of China including full-length classical ballet Swan Lake,Don Quixote, Giselle,Sylvia, Sleeping Beauty and Romeo and Juliet:Chinese contemporary ballet,The Red Detachment of Women,The Maid of the Sea and Lin Daiyu,and other ballet works including Serenade,Pas De Quatre,Heliotrope,The Dying Swan,Concerto,Four Romantic Pieces and Yellow River.She won first prize at the First National Dance Competition (solo) in 1985 and Second National Dance Competition (pas de deux) in 1987.
Since leaving the stage in 1997,she began to concentrate on training the new generation of dancers.In August 2002,she was on the jury of the Asian |
and Pacific International Ballet Competition held in Japan.She was also invited as a jurist for the Sixth National Dance Competition in May 2004.In 1999,working with other young choreographers, she created a Chinese version of Nutcracker. She also had major involvement with the company's productions of Etudes,Fountain of Tears,Sylvia,Carmen,Le jeune homme et la mort and L'Arlesienne,etc.since 2001.
In July 2004 she was appointed as the Deputy Director of the National Ballet of China. |
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Wang Caijun
Deputy Secretary of Party Committee,Ballet Master
Wang Caijun graduated with flying colours from Beijing Dance Academy in 1978 and joined the National Ballet of China the following year.He has danced all the principal roles in the repertoire of the company,including classical ballets,Swan Lake,Sylvia,Giselle,Don Quixote,La Fille Mal Gardee,Romeo and Juliet and Chinese ballets Maid of the Sea,the New-Year Sacrifice,The Red Detachment of Women. In recent years,he has been working as ballet master and assistant choreographer.At his post he has trained many excellent dancers for the NBC. He has also taken charge of the adaptation work on the new version of Swan Lake.Since 1996,he has major involvement in company's productions of Don Quixote,Variation for Four,Allegro Brilliant,Four Last Songs,Le Corsaire, Chairman Dancers and full length Chinese ballet Raise the Red Lantern In August 2005 he was appointed as the Deputy Secretary of Party Committee of National Ballet of China by the Ministry of Culture. |
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