Ding Shisuo

05-2182Yangge DanceTraditional DanceYanqing, BeijingBatch 5 (2018)

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, of Han ethnicity, born in May 1948 in Beijing. Raised in a family steeped in folk performance, he developed a passion for the dry-land boat dance from an early age; under the oral instruction and personal example of his father Ding Tai he gradually mastered the knowledge associated with it. He has a firm command of the boat-running techniques and stage routines, and has both inherited and developed its musical qupai, accompaniment, prop making and artistic design. He has led a dry-land boat formation in the mass parade for the thirty-fifth anniversary of the National Day and in large events celebrating the tenth anniversary of the normalization of Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations. In 2011 he formally accepted Qiu Zhenfei, Yang Zhengyu and Guo Cheng as disciples.

Honors & Recognition

Representative bearer of Yangge Dance (Yanqing Dry-Land Boat), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In the early 1960s he received further guidance and instruction from other folk artists.

References & Archival Sources

Ding Shisuo · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item: Yangge Dance
Item code: Ⅲ-2
Category: Traditional Dance
Region: Yanqing, Beijing
Born: —
Batch: Batch 5 (2018)

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