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Peach and Plum Cup of Chinese Dance

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Title
Peach and Plum Cup of Chinese Dance
Names
Peking School of Dancing (Associated name)
Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1985-08
Table of Contents
Cassette 1. Male solo: A song on the Parmir grassland. Pas de deux: Parting at the first married night. Male solo: A song from a revolutionary "prisoner." Female solo: Tang Dynasty's Princess Zhao-jun married to Tibetan king. - Cassette 2: Part II. Female pas de trois: Warring drums on the Golden Mountain. Pas de deux: Under the moonlight (Sichuang province) Female solo: Happiness (Inner Mongolia) Male solo: Seed of fire. Pas deux: King Xian Yu bids farewell to his concubine Yü. Male solo: Green pride (Inner Mongolia) Pas de trois: Drum dance in prosperous Beijing. - Cassette 3: Part III. Prize winners.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 7946
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-1585 (former)
Topics
Dance -- Competitions -- China
Dance -- China
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Venue: Videotaped in Beijing, China in August, 1985 at the Beijing Workers' Cultural Palace during the final competition of the adult division of the First Peach and Plum Cup of Chinese Dance. Co-sponsored by the Beijing Dance Academy, Chinese Dance Artists Association, Artistic Education Bureau of the Ministry of Culture of China, and Central China Television.
Content: Comprises 12 compositions selected from 57 dancers who appeared in the third round of the competition. The finalists were from the Beijing Dance Academy, Sichuan Provincial Song and Dance Theater, All-China Army Song and Dance Ensemble, Shenyang Army Song and Dance Ensemble, Beijing Army Song and Dance Company, and the Central Institute of Nationalities.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 3 videocassettes (U-matic) (130 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY887021702-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12166275
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2a0352c0-8cd8-0135-2eb5-083f2f03804e
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

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  • 1985: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Peach and Plum Cup of Chinese Dance" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1985. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2a0352c0-8cd8-0135-2eb5-083f2f03804e

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Peach and Plum Cup of Chinese Dance" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2a0352c0-8cd8-0135-2eb5-083f2f03804e

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1985). Peach and Plum Cup of Chinese Dance Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2a0352c0-8cd8-0135-2eb5-083f2f03804e

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Peach and Plum Cup of Chinese Dance