Qu Shaojin
Lineage & School of Heritage
A fourth-generation transmitter of the Pizhou Bamboo Horse Dance, he learned the dance from his father Qu Yunsheng as a child.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnic group, born in January 1940, a native of Pizhou City, Jiangsu Province. He has a thorough command of the various formations of the bamboo horse dance, in which order of advance and retreat and crossing and interweaving are handled with method and precision. Since 2006 he has worked professionally on the transmission, performance, promotion and training of the Pizhou Bamboo Horse Dance. In 2015 the book Pizhou Pao Zhuma (The Pizhou Bamboo Horse Dance), which he edited as chief editor, was published, giving a strong impetus to the transmission and dissemination of the dance.
Honors & Recognition
A representative bearer of the Zhuma (Pizhou Bamboo Horse Dance), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. Over the years he has taken an active part in performances at national, provincial, municipal and district level and has repeatedly received commendations.
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