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Title
Madame Xu Shuying
Creator
Xu, Shuying, Madame
Stephens, Mrs. John (Merideth)
Date Created and/or Issued
1981
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Ethnomusicology Archive
Collection
California Revealed from University of California, Los Angeles, Ethnomusicology Archive
Rights Information
Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Aman Folk Ensemble. Copyright Holder has given Institution permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the Copyright Holder. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Description
Madame Xu Shuying was an expert on minority folk dances from China. Madame Xu called dance a kind of international body language and described Chinese ethnic dances ranging from the shoulder-twitching Mongolian style (suggesting the horseman's life) to Han "flower" dances or the suppressed Korean minority's relatively constrained movements. She said the challenge is to find ways to "maintain and develop and pass on" dance traditions (and those of all art forms) yet "still maintain the characteristics of the minorities." Madame Xu toured the U.S. as part of the Dance Exchange Program and visited several U.S. cities, including Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Type
moving image
Format
Original
VHS
Form/Genre
Documentary films
Extent
1 Tape of 1
01:29:58
Identifier
Collection 2005.05 Item 2005.05amvt083
calauem_000473
Language
English
Subject
Folk dance music--California
Folk dancing--California
Xu, Shuying, Madame
Provenance
University of California, Los Angeles, Ethnomusicology Archive
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