She is also one of the most unique talk show host with a lot of critical opinions. People called her "poison tongue" because she always pointed out problems directly.
She learned classical ballet in China at the age of nine.
At the age of 19, Jin Xing started to studied modern dance in America. She was influenced by Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, and Jose Limon.
Her first modern dance was "Half Dream", which described when she was framed at the jail in New York right before the American Dance Festival.
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| Jin Xing dances "Half Dream" in Shanghai, China. |
After six years of traveling in the western countries, she came back China started to train students and choreograph dance. The second modern dance was "Black and Red" that got the Ministry of Culture award. This award was the first time given to a contemporary dance performance. Jin Xing Dance Theater started in Shanghai in 2000. Before it moved to Shanghai, it was called Beijing Modern Dane Ensemble, which is the first modern dance troupe in Beijing. Then Jin Xing created "Shanghai Tango", "Carmina Burana", and "Shanghai Beauty". The solo dance choreography are "The Closest Future", "The China Project". She tried to combine modern dance and Chinese culture together to make more people interested in modern dance since modern dance just begin developing.
Carmina Burana
She said, "I born to dance, if I cannot dance, my life is useless".
Jin Xing has high attainments in dance,she started to dance when she was 9 years old.She is good at modern dance and she created her own style. Until now,she has performed in some different countries.She is a talented woman,and she represent the Chinese modern dance altitude.
ReplyDeleteI think her style present the elements of ancient Chinese. Some parts is like Japanese culture. Her style is classic and tasteful. Of course, she has a really good basic ballet training.
ReplyDeleteJin Xing got dancing training when she was a child. Jin Xing's dance always could represented what she want to present.
ReplyDeleteHow does the government accept her? I am glad to learn about the book about dance in Shanghai.
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