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Zhong Chaoliang

04-1585Laogu DanceTraditional DanceBaishalizuzizhi, HainanBatch 4 (2012)

Lineage & School of Heritage

In 1965 he began studying the Laogu dance under his father, Wang Qimiao; his love for traditional dance and his exceptional talent meant that his movements were lifelike and graceful. After his father's death he became the local presiding master of the Laogu dance.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

He has a complete command of the Laogu dance performance routines, to the praise of local villagers. He conscientiously fulfills the duties of a representative bearer and actively carries out transmission activities: he has taken on more than one hundred and eighty apprentices and taught them the art, and he has also organized a Laogu dance performance team that is active in villages throughout the area.

Honors & Recognition

Male, Li, born in May 1934, died in August 2013, a native of Baisha Li Autonomous County, Hainan Province. National representative bearer of the Laogu Dance, a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Zhong Chaoliang · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
Laogu Dance
Item code
Ⅲ-101
Category
Traditional Dance
Region
Baishalizuzizhi, Hainan
Born
1941.10
Batch
Batch 4 (2012)

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