China’s First Modern Dance Ensemble

摘要

After four years’hardwork by both Chineseand foreign artiststhe Guangdong ExperimentalModern Dance Ensemble,thefirst of its kind in China,wasestablished on June 6,1992,in the Friendship Theater ofGuangzhou.Ms、Yang Meiqi,a famous Chinese folk danceeducator,was chosen as headand Mr.Willy Tsao,a famousyoung Hongkong dancer,as artisticdirector.China’s Central TV Stationreported the news.Recommended by Ms.ChiangChing,a Chinese-American dancer,Yang Meiqi went to Durham,NorthCarolina,in the United States in thesummer of 1986.to attend the Amer-ican Dance Festival.The moderndances put on during the festivalfascinated her with their universal“language,”flexible movement,cho-reography and scientific training.“Isn’t this just What China’s dance