Featured Artist- Zhang Ping: Pioneering Ballroom Dance in China

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Creative Arts Educ Ther (2019) 5(1):77–81 DOI: 10.15212/CAET/2019/5/10

Featured Artist- Zhang Ping: Pioneering Ballroom Dance in China

艺术家聚焦-张平：中国国际标准舞（交谊舞）先驱

Abstract

Zhang Ping, born in 1956, is the leader of ballroom dance in China. Through written interview, this paper records professor Zhang Ping’s contributions in the field of ballroom dance in recent years. As the founder of the ballroom dance subject of Beijing Dance Academy, how does professor Zhang Ping build up the subject step by step? And how to conduct cultural exchanges and docking work with western countries on the road of building Chinese ballroom dance? As a contemporary dancer and educator, professor Zhang Ping’s views on ballroom dance? And how to view the Chinese and western art education and practice?

摘要

张平，生于1956年，中国国际标准舞学科带头人。本文通过书面访谈的形式，记录了张平教授近些年来在国际标准舞领域所做的贡献。身为北京舞蹈学院国际标准舞学科的创建者，张平教授是如何一步一步将该学科建设起来？又是如何在建设中国国标舞的道路上，与西方国家进行文化交流与对接工作？身为当代舞蹈家、教育家，张平教授对于国际标准舞（交谊舞）的看法是怎样的？又是如何看待中西方艺术教育与实践的问题的？

关键词: 国际标准舞（交谊舞）, 国际文化交流与合作, 艺术教育