Zhang Feifei
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
He was born in July 1962 into a Han family in Yicheng County, Shanxi Province. At fourteen he was admitted to the county drama and performing arts class to study theatrical performance, and later joined the county troupe, specializing in the erjing (secondary painted-face) role. In 1985 he took the veteran Yicheng flower drum artist Zhang Zengfa as his teacher to study flower drum technique. He possessed solid basic skills and was adept at studying and summarizing the drumming methods and performance techniques of various schools; building on the ancient tradition, he carried out improvement and innovation. He choreographed the Musical Flower Drum series.
Honors & Recognition
He is a national representative bearer of Yicheng Flower Drum, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. As a choreographer of flower drum art, he has also many times led performance teams in drum-and-gong competitions of various kinds and in temple fair and festival performances, and has won such awards as the Fourteenth National Stars Award organized by the Ministry of Culture. In 2006 he was engaged as chief coach of the Yicheng Flower Drum training base, and has long been active on the front line of flower drum transmission, travelling to more than ten provinces and cities and training several hundred flower drum performers.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Yicheng Flower Drum Ⅲ-11
Profile
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