The famous dancer Chen Ailian died of illness

At 0:59 a.m. on November 21, the famous dancer Chen Ailian died of illness. Born in Shanghai in 1939 and originally from Panyu, Guangdong Province, Chen Ailian is a dancer, a national first-class actor, a member of the 6th to 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and an advisor to the Chinese Dancers Association.

Chen Ailian was admitted to the Dance Troupe of the Song and Dance Theater Affiliated to the Central Academy of Drama in 1952 and the Beijing Dance School in 1954. Since 1957, he has performed a large number of solo dances and double dances such as "Spring River Flower Moon Night", "Snake Dance", "Lamp Dance" and so on, among which "Spring River Flower Moon Night", "Snake Dance" and "Neon Dress Feather Dance" are well-known in the dance world and have been performed repeatedly. He has starred in dance dramas such as "Zhang Yu and Qiong Lian", "Fish Beauty", "Red Flag", "White Haired Girl", "Dream of the Red Chamber" and so on. In 1980 and 1987, she successfully held chen ailian dance evenings twice, and became a representative of Classical Chinese Dance with a distinct and pure national style. In 1989, he founded the Chen Ailian Art Troupe, and in 1995, he founded the Chen Ailian Dance School. In 2000, chen ailian dance art 50 years of dance party was successfully held. In 2019, he was awarded the title of Lifetime Achievement Dancer of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

Feng Shuangbai, chairman of the China Dancers Association, said in an interview that Chen Ailian is one of the most outstanding classical dance dancers emerging in the early days of contemporary Chinese dance. Her "Spring River Flower Moon Night" and another dancer Zhao Qing's large-scale national dance drama "Baolian Lantern" are very important explorations of Classical Chinese dance in that period, and represent the pursuit of a generation of artists. In this generation of artists, Chen Ailian has become a classic of the times in performing arts, which is very rare. Chen Ailian still performed the full book "Dream of the Red Chamber" on the stage until she was 80 years old, and Feng Shuangbai thought that this was a very remarkable achievement. She challenged the limits of dance, the limits of human body language.

The reporter learned from the interview of the Tianjin Municipal Federation of Literature and Literature that in the opening ceremony of the Ninth Tianjin Dance Art Festival in 2018 and the condolence performance of the Municipal Federation of Literature and Literature "Sending Joy and Going to the Grassroots Level", Chen Ailian, who was 79 years old at the time, came to Tianjin to participate in the activity, and on the open-air stage built in Dengdian Village, Xiqing District, wearing bright and dazzling red dance costumes, performed a 4-minute solo dance "Heavenly Road" for the masses, with a healthy posture and full of heroism, and the wonderful performance won the unceasing applause of the audience and actors present. This performance is also the last time Chen Ailian came to Tianjin. Cheng Yue, vice chairman of the Tianjin Dance Association, recalled: "At that time, in order to present the most beautiful dance posture to the audience, Teacher Chen Ailian began to prepare for the backstage about an hour before the performance, meticulously and repeatedly practicing each dance movement. The old artist's enthusiastic and rigorous attitude towards art left an unforgettable and deep impression on all the staff on the spot. ”

Source: Tonight's newspaper