Qiao Tianfu
Lineage & School of Heritage
He came into contact with acrobatics in childhood, practising under his father's guidance from the age of five; from the age of six he travelled the roads with his father, at thirteen he joined the Xinxiang City Acrobatic Troupe with his father, and from 1960 to 1970 he studied acrobatics under the Qiao Family Troupe.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in February 1945, a native of Puyang City, Henan Province. An acrobat. Drawing on both the northern and southern schools of acrobatics and absorbing the technical essence of dance, drama and sport, his work has both the rough vigour and bustling excitement of the northern school and the colourful, lyrical refinement of the southern school; it has both the power and thrill of martial plays and martial arts and the lightness and suppleness of dance and sport. In physical performance, in juggling and tossing, and in new techniques of aerial balance, it displays a distinctly Central Plains acrobatic character. He has more than one hundred and fifty disciples.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Dongbeizhuang Acrobatics, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
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