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Obituaries: DAI AILIAN; 'Mother of Chinese ballet' and student of Chinese folk dance.(Features)(Obituary)
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Byline: Nadine Meisner
Dai Ailian was widely regarded in China as "the mother of Chinese ballet". She deserves much of the credit for the founding in Beijing of a national ballet company, performing a classical Western repertoire as well as works inspired by indigenous culture. It is some measure of her achievement that a bronze bust of her is displayed in London, in the reception hall of the headquarters of the Royal Academy of Dance.
She was born in Trinidad, to an expatriate Chinese family, in 1916. In 1930, after studying dance in Trinidad, she came to England. She ...
