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The "eight model plays" (Simplified Chinese: 八个样板戏; pinyin: bā gè yáng bǎn xì) were the only operas and ballets that were permitted during the Cultural Revolution in China (1966-1976). Although they were limited in number, there were in fact more than eight. They all have communist or revolutionary themes. White House photo by Byron Schumaker. ...
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Red Detachment of Women (红色娘å军, pinyin hongse niangzi jun) is a Chinese ballet which premiered in 1964. ...
Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; also Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) refer to one of two standard Chinese character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language, officially simplified by the government of the Peoples Republic of China in an attempt to promote literacy. ...
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Act 4 of Swan Lake: choreography by Petipa and Nureyev, music by Tchaikovsky. ...
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally Proletarian Cultural Great Revolution; often abbreviated to 文化大é©å‘½ wénhuà dà gémìng, literally Great Cultural Revolution, or even simpler, to æ–‡é© wéngé, Cultural Revolution) in the Peoples Republic of China was a struggle for power within the...
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These works were created under the patronage and supervision of Jiang Qing, the wife of Mao Zedong, and the purpose was clear: to serve the Cultural Revolution. Jiang Qing, commonly referred to as Madame Mao, (Chinese: ; pinyin: JiÄng QÄ«ng; Wade-Giles: Chiang Ching) (March 1914 ~ May 14, 1991), and used the stage name Lan Ping (è“苹/Blue Apple), among other names, was the fourth wife of Chairman Mao Zedong of the Peoples Republic of...
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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally Proletarian Cultural Great Revolution; often abbreviated to 文化大é©å‘½ wénhuà dà gémìng, literally Great Cultural Revolution, or even simpler, to æ–‡é© wéngé, Cultural Revolution) in the Peoples Republic of China was a struggle for power within the...
The official versions of the operas were all Beijing operas and were produced by either the China Beijing Opera House or Shanghai Beijing Opera House, although many of them were subsequently adapted to local provincial species of operas. The ballets were produced by either the Central Ballet Troupe or Shanghai Ballet Troupe. The Teatro alla Scala in Milan. ...
Beijing opera or Peking opera (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a kind of Chinese opera which arose in the mid-19th century and was extremely popular in the Qing Dynasty court. ...
In addition to the traditional format of Beijing opera, The Legend of the Red Lantern was adapted to a piano-accompanied cantata by the pianist Yin Chengzong, which was basically a cycle of arias excerpted from the opera. And Shajiabang was musically expanded to a symphony with a full Western orchestra, a format similar to the ninth symphony of Beethoven. Beijing opera or Peking opera (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a kind of Chinese opera which arose in the mid-19th century and was extremely popular in the Qing Dynasty court. ...
Legend of the Red Lantern is one of the Eight model plays. ...
A cantata (Italian, sung) is a vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement. ...
Yin Chengzong, at 63 years old, arrived in Changsha, Hunan on 2005-04-26 to perform at a concert titled The Sound of Spring two days later. ...
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Toward the end of the Cultural Revolution, the ballet Red Detachment of Women was adapted to a Beiing opera, and the Beijing opera The Azalea Mountain was adapted to a ballet, but they did not have a chance to become as popular as their earlier versions, and the ballet version of The Azalea Mountain never got officially released. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally Proletarian Cultural Great Revolution; often abbreviated to 文化大é©å‘½ wénhuà dà gémìng, literally Great Cultural Revolution, or even simpler, to æ–‡é© wéngé, Cultural Revolution) in the Peoples Republic of China was a struggle for power within the...
Red Detachment of Women (Chinese: 红色娘å军, pinyin: Hóngsè NiángzÇjÅ«n) is a Chinese ballet which premiered in 1964. ...
Although these works bear unmistakable political overtones of the time when they were created, they nonetheless had significant artistic values, and for this reason, some of the works remain popular even today, nearly thirty years after the Cultural Revoltion.
The three most popular Beijing operas are The Legend of the Red Lantern, Shajiabang, and Taking the Tiger Mountain by Strategy. And the ballet that still shows a considerable vitality today is the Red Detachment of Women, the one that was presented to Richard Nixon, the thirty-seventh President of the United States, who visited China in 1972, seven years before the normalization of the Sino-US relationship. This performance is reenacted (in a slightly surreal form) in John Adams's opera Nixon in China (1985-87). Beijing opera or Peking opera (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a kind of Chinese opera which arose in the mid-19th century and was extremely popular in the Qing Dynasty court. ...
Legend of the Red Lantern is one of the Eight model plays. ...
Red Detachment of Women (Chinese: 红色娘å军, pinyin: Hóngsè NiángzÇjÅ«n) is a Chinese ballet which premiered in 1964. ...
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The presidential seal was used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ...
John Coolidge Adams (born February 15, 1947) is an American composer, with strong roots in minimalism. ...
Promotional flier for the Nixon in China opera. ...
The eight model plays were the subject of the 2005 documentary film Yang Ban Xi, The Eight Model Works.
List of model plays
The "original" eight model plays
Beijing opera or Peking opera (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a kind of Chinese opera which arose in the mid-19th century and was extremely popular in the Qing Dynasty court. ...
Legend of the Red Lantern is one of the Eight model plays. ...
Act 4 of Swan Lake: choreography by Petipa and Nureyev, music by Tchaikovsky. ...
The White Haired Girl (Chinese:白毛女; pinyin: Bái Máo Nǚ) is an opera and ballet by Yan Jinxuan to a Chinese libretto. ...
Red Detachment of Women (Chinese: 红色娘å军, pinyin: Hóngsè NiángzÇjÅ«n) is a Chinese ballet which premiered in 1964. ...
A symphony is an extended composition usually for orchestra and usually comprising four movements. ...
Other model plays
Beijing opera or Peking opera (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a kind of Chinese opera which arose in the mid-19th century and was extremely popular in the Qing Dynasty court. ...
Red Detachment of Women (Chinese: 红色娘å军, pinyin: Hóngsè NiángzÇjÅ«n) is a Chinese ballet which premiered in 1964. ...
- Song of the Yimeng Mountain
- The Brother and Sister on the Prairie
Act 4 of Swan Lake: choreography by Petipa and Nureyev, music by Tchaikovsky. ...
References - Liu, Terence M. (1982). "Music of Modern Revolutionary Chinese Opera: A Study of Political Influences and Artistic Incorporation." M.A. thesis. Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawaii at Manoa.
- Lu, Guang. "Modern Revolutionary Beijing Opera: Context, Contents, and Conflicts" (1997). Ph.D. dissertation. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University.
External links - chinapage.com
- IMDB entry for Yang Ban Xi, The Eight Model Works
- Slant Magazine Film Review of Yang Ban Xi: The Eight Model Works by Keith Uhlich
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