2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A Study on Classical Ballet History in China : as the Origin of Revolutionary Ballet

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21520371
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Literatures/Literary theories in other countries and areas
Research Institution	Nagoya University
Principal Investigator	HOSHINO Yukiyo 名古屋大学, 国際言語文化研究科, 准教授 (00303587)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Keywords	中国文学 / 舞踊史 / バレエ / 身体 / メディア
Research Abstract	This study focuses on the influence of classical ballet and modern dance in China during the Sino-Japanese War. By researching important performance reported in the newspapers at that time and reading reviews of these performances, we find many differences between dance in Japanese-occupied areas and that in communist-controlled areas. Therefore, the differences between their aims need to be studied separately according to each supporters' organizations. Moreover, dancers in the 1940s in China on many occasions cooperated with filmmakers, actors, musicians, and cartoonist in either demonstrating against or supporting Japan. These performers often had clear political assertions. Therefore, it can be said that dance in the 1940s in China is the origin of the so-called revolutionary ballet.

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