Today, Jia Zuoguang, a famous dancer in China and the founder of Modern Chinese Folk Dance, died in Beijing at the age of 94.
Mr. Jia Zuoguang, honorary chairman of Chinese dancers, has the reputation of "Oriental Dance God". "I didn't do anything in my life, I danced", Jia Zuoguang once said of his life, seemingly understated, but in fact as heavy as Taishan.
Jia Zuoguang created his first work in his life, "The Lost Lamb". The works that are anthropomorphic and emotionally moving with sheep show the confused state that Chinese could not see the long road ahead at that time. Although the dance language in the work is not yet mature, the ideological tendency of Jia Zuoguang's dance creation to closely follow the pulse of the times has begun to appear.
In 1946, Jia Zuoguang went to Inner Mongolia under the guidance of Wu Xiaobang, a pioneer of Chinese dance, and since then he has formed an indissoluble relationship with the grassland, and his creative talent has finally been fully exerted in this hot land, bearing the most moving fruitful fruit.
For decades, Jia Zuoguang has gone deep into life to learn from the people, "accumulating treasures and storing treasures, and considering rich talents". Created a large number of dance works. Representative works include "Wrangling Dance", "Goose Dance", "Sabre Dance", "Hakumai", "Orun Spring" and so on. (CCTV reporter Gao Weiqiang)