Zhuoga
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
She is a Tibetan woman born in January 1932 in Zhada County, Tibet Autonomous Region. Fond of song and dance since childhood, she is the only person in the whole Tibetan-inhabited region to have mastered both the lyrics and the steps of Guge Xuan dance. She can sing and dance the Xuan steps at the same time, performing with "dragon-body" lines and shifting formations to a rhythm that begins slowly and then quickens. She took an active part in the rescue collection and collation of Guge Xuan dance and recorded and published a complete set of Guge Xuan dance video discs.
Honors & Recognition
She is a fifth-batch national representative bearer of Xuan Dance (Guge Xuan Dance), a national intangible cultural heritage project. Dedicated to transmitting and promoting Guge Xuan dance, she not only takes on apprentices but often goes to the local county folk art troupe to teach, and has choreographed new pieces on the basis of the traditional dance, leading local people in group performances of Guge Xuan dance in public squares.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Xuan Dance Ⅲ-80
- Xuan Dance Ⅲ-80
- Xuan Dance Ⅲ-80
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