Anhui Acrobatic Troupe - Revision history

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Djando: /* See Also */

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‎See Also

Djando: /* The Anhui Acrobatic Troupe */

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‎The Anhui Acrobatic Troupe

Djando: /* The Show Of One Hundred Skills */

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‎The Show Of One Hundred Skills

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Djando: New page: * Video: Anhui Acrobatic Troupe, Risley & Teeterboard Act, in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Grandma Goes To Hollywood'' (2005) [[Catego...

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New page: * Video: Anhui Acrobatic Troupe, Risley & Teeterboard Act, in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Grandma Goes To Hollywood'' (2005) [[Catego...

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* Video: [[Anhui_Troupe_Risley_Act_BAC_Video_(2005)|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe, Risley & Teeterboard Act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Grandma Goes To Hollywood'' (2005)

[[Category:Artists and Acts|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Teeterboard|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Risley Acts (Icarists)|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]]

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	* Video: [[Anhui_Troupe_Risley_Act_BAC_Video_(2005)\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe, Risley & Teeterboard Act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Grandma Goes To Hollywood'' (2005)		* Video: [[Anhui_Troupe_Risley_Act_BAC_Video_(2005)\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe, Risley & Teeterboard Act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Grandma Goes To Hollywood'' (2005)

−	~~[[Category:History\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]]~~[[Category:Artists and Acts\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Teeterboard\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Chinese Acrobatics\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Risley Acts (Icarists)\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]]	+	[[Category:Artists and Acts\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Teeterboard\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Chinese Acrobatics\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Risley Acts (Icarists)\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:42, 5 July 2011
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		+	==Chinese Acrobatics==
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	''By Dominique Jando''		''By Dominique Jando''

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	''By Dominique Jando''		''By Dominique Jando''

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	* Video: [[Anhui_Troupe_Risley_Act_BAC_Video_(2005)\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe, Risley & Teeterboard Act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Grandma Goes To Hollywood'' (2005)		* Video: [[Anhui_Troupe_Risley_Act_BAC_Video_(2005)\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe, Risley & Teeterboard Act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Grandma Goes To Hollywood'' (2005)

−	[[Category:History\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Artists and Acts\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Teeterboard\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Risley Acts (Icarists)\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]]	+	[[Category:History\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Artists and Acts\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Teeterboard\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Chinese Acrobatics\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Risley Acts (Icarists)\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]]

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 After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the Chinese government, following its policy of "Let a hundred flowers blossom and weed through the old to bring forth the new," brought about a spectacular renaissance of the Acrobatic Theater. Acrobatic troupes were created in each province and every major city, and were given their own theaters. The teaching was (and still is) done within the troupe, old performers training the new generation. These troupes experienced a serious setback during the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1969), but only to see their vitality soaring afterward.
-== The Anhui Acrobatic Troupe==
+=== The Anhui Acrobatic Troupe===
 Based in Hefei, capital of the Province of Anhui (which surrounds nearly completely the capital city of Beijing), The Anhui Acrobatic Troupe was founded in December 1956. Over nearly five decades (as of 2010), the troupe has visited more than fifty countries, including Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Great Britain, Italy, the United States, Sweden, France, and other countries in South Asia and Africa. It is one of China’s best-known acrobatic troupes abroad.
 The troupe has won many international awards, starting with both Gold and Silver Medals at the 10th [[Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris in 1987. The Troupe's star artists include Ye Tongsheng, Yang Enqing, He Lianhua, and Zhang Jun.
 ==See Also==

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 The Chinese Acrobatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techniques (driven in part by commercial needs, especially in the United States), Chinese acrobats limited their repertoire (although it came to include over two hundred different specialties&mdash;which is quite a number in any respect), but they constantly improved their presentation and increased the level of difficulty of the tricks involved, always striving to reach an elusive perfection.
-==The Show Of One Hundred Skills==
+===The Show Of One Hundred Skills===
 Historical records, carvings and mural paintings in tombs and grottos (such as the brick carvings discovered in the Han Dynasty tomb of Chengdu, in the Szechuan province) date the origins of Chinese Acrobatics more than two thousands years ago, during the Warring States period. They developed mostly during the Qin and Huan Dynasties (221 B.C.-230 A.D.) and reached a remarkable level of quality and refinement during the Western Huan Dynasty, evolving from a simple exhibition of skills into a performing art, with a rich and eclectic repertory including tumbling, balancing, plate spinning, pole balancing, rope dancing, etc. This acrobatic performance was known as ''The Show of One Hundred Skills''.
 After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the Chinese government, following its policy of "Let a hundred flowers blossom and weed through the old to bring forth the new," brought about a spectacular renaissance of the Acrobatic Theater. Acrobatic troupes were created in each province and every major city, and were given their own theaters. The teaching was (and still is) done within the troupe, old performers training the new generation. These troupes experienced a serious setback during the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1969), but only to see their vitality soaring afterward.
 == The Anhui Acrobatic Troupe==

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		+	==Chinese Acrobatic Theater==
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		+	''By Dominique Jando''
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		+	The People's Republic of China is a multi-national country, an ancient civilization with a long history and a rich and brilliant culture. Over several millennia, its peoples have created many forms of performing arts, each of them characterized by a host of schools and styles. They have followed, for centuries, a linear evolution aimed towards the extreme refinement of the skills involved in a particular art form.
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		+	Although China started contacts with non-Asian countries more than two thousand years ago, foreign influences were absorbed and rendered with a Chinese flavor for the sole benefit of that evolution. In this peculiarity lies the most important difference between Chinese and Western cultural traditions: The latter is more organic and open to new components, while the Chinese tradition aims towards the perfection of already known elements, and the integration of new elements into an existing mold.
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		+	The Chinese Acrobatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techniques (driven in part by commercial needs, especially in the United States), Chinese acrobats limited their repertoire (although it came to include over two hundred different specialties—which is quite a number in any respect), but they constantly improved their presentation and increased the level of difficulty of the tricks involved, always striving to reach an elusive perfection.
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		+	==The Show Of One Hundred Skills==
		+
		+	Historical records, carvings and mural paintings in tombs and grottos (such as the brick carvings discovered in the Han Dynasty tomb of Chengdu, in the Szechuan province) date the origins of Chinese Acrobatics more than two thousands years ago, during the Warring States period. They developed mostly during the Qin and Huan Dynasties (221 B.C.-230 A.D.) and reached a remarkable level of quality and refinement during the Western Huan Dynasty, evolving from a simple exhibition of skills into a performing art, with a rich and eclectic repertory including tumbling, balancing, plate spinning, pole balancing, rope dancing, etc. This acrobatic performance was known as ''The Show of One Hundred Skills''.
		+
		+	After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the Chinese government, following its policy of "Let a hundred flowers blossom and weed through the old to bring forth the new," brought about a spectacular renaissance of the Acrobatic Theater. Acrobatic troupes were created in each province and every major city, and were given their own theaters. The teaching was (and still is) done within the troupe, old performers training the new generation. These troupes experienced a serious setback during the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1969), but only to see their vitality soaring afterward.
		+
		+	== The Anhui Acrobatic Troupe==
		+
		+	Based in Hefei, capital of the Province of Anhui (which surrounds nearly completely the capital city of Beijing), The Anhui Acrobatic Troupe was founded in December 1956. Over nearly five decades (as of 2010), the troupe has visited more than fifty countries, including Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Great Britain, Italy, the United States, Sweden, France, and other countries in South Asia and Africa. It is one of China’s best-known acrobatic troupes abroad.
		+	The troupe has won many international awards, starting with both Gold and Silver Medals at the 10th [[Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain]] in Paris in 1987. The Troupe's star artists include Ye Tongsheng, Yang Enqing, He Lianhua, and Zhang Jun.
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		+	==See Also==
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		+	* History: [[The Chinese Acrobatic Theater]]
	* Video: [[Anhui_Troupe_Risley_Act_BAC_Video_(2005)\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe, Risley & Teeterboard Act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Grandma Goes To Hollywood'' (2005)		* Video: [[Anhui_Troupe_Risley_Act_BAC_Video_(2005)\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe, Risley & Teeterboard Act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Grandma Goes To Hollywood'' (2005)

	[[Category:History\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Artists and Acts\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Teeterboard\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Risley Acts (Icarists)\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]]		[[Category:History\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Artists and Acts\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Teeterboard\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Risley Acts (Icarists)\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]]

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	* Video: [[Anhui_Troupe_Risley_Act_BAC_Video_(2005)\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe, Risley & Teeterboard Act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Grandma Goes To Hollywood'' (2005)		* Video: [[Anhui_Troupe_Risley_Act_BAC_Video_(2005)\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe, Risley & Teeterboard Act]], in the Big Apple Circus production of ''Grandma Goes To Hollywood'' (2005)

−	[[Category:History}Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Artists and Acts\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Teeterboard\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Risley Acts (Icarists)\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]]	+	[[Category:History\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Artists and Acts\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Acrobats\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Teeterboard\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]][[Category:Risley Acts (Icarists)\|Anhui Acrobatic Troupe]]