CPAA presents: Masterclass and Seminar by Dancers from Shanghai Ballet

Bay Area's Premiere Artist and Event Management

Gaubert Music Management

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This is dance seminar/masterclass for dancers of all levels. Most of lesson will be in the form of a seminar and there will be demonstration/masterclass for willing participants at the end of the seminar. 
With over a hundred years of combined professional dance and teaching experience, let dance veterans Mr. George Shi and Mrs. Shen Zhi Hua teach you how to master the art of dance. (Chinese, Ballet, and Contemporary Dance) They are seasoned maestros in the art of dance and are both graduates of the Shanghai Ballet Academy and performed in the famous White Haired Girl, Swan Lake, Red Detachment of women, and War of Miao.
Mr. George Shi and Mrs. Shen Zhihua, with their professional dance and teaching experience, will tell you how professors master the art of dance (including ballet, Chinese dance and contemporary dance). They are both experienced in performance as well as dance pedagogy. At the age of 19, they graduated from the Shanghai Ballet Academy and performed the classic ballet "White-haired girl, Red Lady Army," the national dance drama "Miao Feng Li" and the classical ballet "Swan Lake", "Ge Peila" and so on. With more than a century of combined dance experience, attendees can learn more about the art of dance, as well as the history of the Shanghai Ballet Company.
 
Presented by the Chinese Performing Arts of America
http://cpaasv.org/
Chinese Performing Arts of America (CPAA) - Founded in Silicon Valley as a nonprofit organization since 1991, CPAA is chartered to introduce Chinese culture as an integral part of the American society through performing arts. CPAA presents these arts of exceptional beauty and richness so that these cultural treasures can be shared by the world. Entertainment as well as education is the criteria for CPAA’s performances. Audience will find the programs delightful, enchanting, and inspiring. It’s a wonderful way to experience the highlights of the Chinese culture without traveling to China.
CPAA is the only company in the US with the artistic resources to produce professional and diverse Chinese performing arts programs on an ongoing basis. In the last two decades, CPAA has served over 20,000 audiences every year in the Bay Area. To expand CPAA’s audience beyond the Bay Area, the company’s flagship production Dances of China – a Journey of 5,000 Years which comprises Dragon King and other CPAA’s original works is on national tours including California, Hawaii, Nevada, Florida, Texas, Idaho, Washington State, New York, Massachusetts, Alaska, British Columbia, and Ontario, winning the standing ovation to establish CPAA an acclaimed arts company at a national level
 
Event Agenda 
1. Explanation of common but difficult problems dancers encounter during training and how to solve them
2. How to become a well-balanced performer that the audience loves
3. How to appreciate dance at a higher level
4. How to start and master the art of dance choreography
5. The right process of becoming a well-balanced performer
6. Demonstration, Q&A, and live masterclass of attendees and students (Non-Compulsory)
 
Seminar Professors:
Mr George Shi
Mr. George Shi graduated from the Shanghai Dance Academy Ballet Department with honors in 1966, majoring in ballet, minority folk dance, Chinese folk dance and Chinese classical dance. He joined the Shanghai Ballet Company as a principal dancer, starring in ballets such as “White Haired Girl”, “Swan Lake”, “War of Miao” and “Red Detachment of Women”, and more. In addition to dance, he also acted in various films and TV credits, “Life’s Trill”, “Bitter”, and “Distant Star” etc. during 1979 to 1987. 
Mr. Shi came to the United States in 1988 and studied Modern Dance at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City while he taught ballet in Utah Ballet Department. Later, he moved to New York City and started to teach ballet, Chinese folk dance, and European folk dance in a number of arts organizations. He is now in Bay area teaching ballet, Chinese and European folk dance. During his tenure in the U.S., he continues to perform in different programs such as “Butterfly Lovers”, and “Silk Road Flower Rain”. In 2016, he successfully acted monkey king Sun, Wu Kong in ballet “Nutcracker in China” with New Century Dance School.
Mrs Shen Zhi Hua www.zhihuashen.com
Mrs Shen Zhihua entered the Shanghai Dance Academy in China at the age of 13. She graduated from the Ballet Department at the age of 19 in 1966 and started work as a ballerina in the Shanghai Ballet. During her tenure at the Shanghai Ballet, she participated in the famous chinese ballet works including "White-haired Girl" “Red Women’s Army” “Liberation war of Miao” and classical ballet “Swan Lake” “Copperia”. 
In 1973, she taught at the Shanghai Dance School for two years. In 1975, she was officially transferred to the Shanghai Ballet's special choreography group. In that period, she participated in the famous Spring of Shanghai Music Festival with her own works, including: “Pine praise”, “Haiyan”, “Hope”, “Farewell My Concubine” and so on.
In 1984, she settled in Singapore and became a Singapore citizen in 1992. She has served as a teacher and choreographer at the National Dance Company, the Southern Art Research Association, and the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA). Currently, she is the vice chairman, artistic director, choreographer of the Singapore Tampines Art Troupe, and is still heavily involved in the dance scene in Singapore.
 
舞蹈人生
史钟麒先生和沈芷华女士二人凭借专业舞蹈和教学经验，讲述教授如何掌握舞蹈艺术。 （芭蕾舞，中国舞和当代舞蹈等)。二人分别有丰富是舞台经历和教授经验。19岁毕业于上海芭蕾舞学院，表演精典芭蕾舞剧＂白毛女，红色娘子军，”民族舞剧“苗族风雷”及古典芭蕾舞剧“天鹅湖，葛佩莉亚”等等。纵横半个世纪的舞蹈生涯，丰富多彩的人生！希望有兴趣热爱舞蹈艺术的朋友可以来聆听讲座，从中获取更多知识和对舞蹈艺术的理解支持。
议程
1.解释舞者在训练时会遇到的，常见的问题。 2如何训练成合格的舞蹈员。 3.如何欣赏舞蹈艺术 4.如何掌握编一个舞蹈作品。 5.示范和问答。 6以及与会者和学生的现场互动，交流。
 
史锺麒
1960年被招入上海舞蹈学校芭蕾舞系，主修芭蕾，兼修外国民间舞，中国民间舞以及毯子功, 1966年以优异成绩毕业于该校，毕业后进入上海芭蕾舞团，任主要演员。在芭蕾舞剧《白毛女》中饰演大春， 《天鹅湖》中饰演王子，《苗岭风雷》中饰演雷排长等。1978年，上海举行文革以后第一届文艺汇演，以双人舞《青松赞》获上海文艺汇演优秀演员奖。
除了舞蹈，也参加了众多影视的拍摄，先后主演了西安电影制片厂的《生活的颤音》，《苦果》，长春电影制片厂的《丹凤朝阳》，潇湘电影制片厂的《远方的星》，广东电视台的《三家巷》，江苏电视台的《教练和他的妻子》。到美国后参加了中央电视台与芝加哥中文电视合拍的二十集电视剧《新大陆》以及美国旧金山大学电影系的作品《五个灯笼》等。
1988年来到美国，在盐湖城大学学习现代舞，同时在芭蕾舞系教芭蕾。以后分别在纽约、芝加哥、旧金山、东湾和南湾的一些文艺团体中教授芭蕾和民族民间舞。在舞蹈表演和舞蹈教育上，今年已踏入第58个年头。在教课的同时，他保持练功，参加演出。在纽约中国舞蹈团的《梁山伯与祝英台》中饰演梁山伯，在加州的民族舞剧《丝路花雨》中扮演神笔张。2016年以69岁的高龄，在新世纪舞蹈学校的《胡桃夹子在中国》成功地扮演了孙悟空一角。
 
沈芷华
沈芷华女士13岁被挑选进入中国上海舞蹈学校，1966年19岁优秀成绩毕业于芭蕾舞专科，成为专职芭蕾舞演员受聘在上海芭蕾舞团，＂白毛女”剧组担任演员十多年，曾出访表演，与欧美亚多个国家。也演过现代芭蕾舞剧（红色娘子军），苗岭风雷以及古典芭蕾舞（天鹅湖，葛佩利亚）等，以及中国民族民间舞。   1973年受教育上海舞校两年，1975年正式调入芭蕾舞团编导组，着力创作作品表演。这期间的作品参与上海音乐之春，作品有：青松赞，海燕，盼望，霸王别姬等等。  1984年定居新加坡1992年成为新加坡公民。先后在国家舞蹈团，南方艺术研究会，南洋艺术学院担任老师和编导。也任教于新加坡中小学，CCA的舞蹈老师。目前担任新加坡淡滨尼艺术团副主席，艺术总监，编导，负责两年一度的“舞在召唤＂舞蹈专场。

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