第四届北京国际芭蕾舞邀请赛评委介绍

　　赵汝蘅

　　中国

　　国家大剧院舞蹈艺术总监

　　中国国家芭蕾舞团原团长兼艺术指导，中国舞蹈家协会主席。中国共产党第十六次全国代表大会代表，第十届、十一届全国政协委员。1961年，以优异的成绩毕业于北京舞蹈学院，之后加入中国国家芭蕾舞团。曾主演《天鹅湖》、《仙女们》、《吉赛尔》及《红色娘子军》等大型舞剧。1972年因脚伤不得不脱下舞鞋。此后，她曾到北京第二外国语学院进修，之后集中精力投入教学、排练、艺术研究及对外交流工作。1993年被中国文化部任命为副团长，翌年任命为团长。

　　为了使中国国家芭蕾舞团达到国际水平，进入国际知名团体的行列，赵汝蘅女士及其领导团队致力于创作具有中国风格的芭蕾作品，并注重学习引进各种芭蕾流派及与世界知名芭蕾舞团和著名编导合作，十五年来引进、复排了《天鹅湖》、《罗密欧与朱丽叶》、《睡美人》、《仙女》、《葛蓓莉娅》、《吉赛尔》、《泪泉》、《希尔薇娅》、《海盗》、《卡门》、《阿莱城的姑娘》、《奥涅金》、《舞姬》第三幕等，以及现代与当代广受赞誉的《春之祭》、《时代舞者》、《最后的四首歌》、《练习曲》、《四种气质》、《谁在乎》、《五首诗》、《主题与变奏》与《平克•弗洛伊德芭蕾》等数十部优秀剧目。2001年5月2日，与著名导演张艺谋及作曲家陈其钢等人合作、改编自苏童小说《妻妾成群》的芭蕾舞剧《大红灯笼高高挂》在北京天桥剧场首演，自此，这部具有浓郁的中国上世纪三十年代风情的舞剧在国内、外受到热烈欢迎，与经典芭蕾《红色娘子军》一起，成为令世人瞩目的“红色芭蕾”。而创编、排演的《胡桃夹子》中国版、《梁祝》、《黄河》和《牡丹亭》等一系列具有中华民族特色的芭蕾舞剧，并培养了一大批具有国际水准的优秀演员。中芭以其独特创新的中国芭蕾风格，引起了世界芭蕾舞坛的关注。

　　在其任职期间，她十分注重以剧目培养人才，并取得了显著成果，同时她还注重剧团的体制改革，与领导班子成员一起成功的将计划经济体制下的剧团改变为具有国际水准的职业表演艺术团体，探索了签约制、符合艺术团体的管理制度、以及分配制度的改革。因其工作上的成绩，曾先后获得全国文化系统劳动模范和三八红旗手等荣誉称号。

　　赵汝蘅女士曾率团赴奥地利、比利时、丹麦、德国、俄罗斯、英国、法国、荷兰、美国、瑞士、新加坡、意大利、希腊、印度尼西亚、澳大利亚、日本及中国的台湾省和香港、澳门特区访演，剧团的成就得到了广泛的赞誉。2003年赵汝蘅女士带团赴法国、英国、意大利演出，得到了“芭蕾之乡”对剧团的充分肯定。2008年她率团第一次赴英国皇家歌剧院演出《天鹅湖》和《大红灯笼高高挂》，2009年又率团首次在法国巴黎歌剧院演出《希尔薇娅》和《红色娘子军》，成功为剧团赢来了更高的国际声誉。

　　赵汝蘅女士先后应邀在韩国光州国际芭蕾舞比赛、纽约国际芭蕾舞比赛、美国杰克逊国际芭蕾舞比赛、日本名古屋国际芭蕾舞比赛、保加利亚瓦尔纳国际芭蕾舞比赛、韩国汉城国际舞蹈比赛、芬兰赫尔辛基国际芭蕾舞比赛、瑞士洛桑国际芭蕾比赛和北京舞蹈学院国际芭蕾邀请赛中担任评委，并于2001年及2007年担任中国上海国际芭蕾舞比赛中评委会主席。她还于2011年7月在国家大剧院成功举办了首届北京国际芭蕾舞暨编舞比赛。从1984年至今，中国国家芭蕾舞团的演员在瓦尔纳、莫斯科、杰克逊、巴黎、东京和大阪等国际芭蕾舞大赛中多次获奖。2008年，她获法国文化部颁发的“艺术与文学骑士勋章”。

　　2010年12月，赵汝蘅女士成立了北京晓星芭蕾艺术发展基金会并担任理事长，继续为中国芭蕾事业的发展做出贡献。

　　Zhao Ruheng

　　CHINA

　　Dance Artistic Director of National Centre for the Performing Arts

　　Madam Zhao Ruheng, the former Executive Director and Artistic Director of the National Ballet of China (NBC), the chairman of Chinese Dancers Association, began her career with the company as a principal dancer in 1961, after graduating with outstanding recognition from the Beijing Dance Academy. A leg injury in 1972 however brought her dance career to an end, which included principal roles in Swan Lake, Les Sylphides, Giselle and The Red Detachment of Women. After pursuing further studies at the Beijing Second Foreign Language Institute, she devoted herself to teaching, rehearsing, artistic research, and external cultural exchanges of the company. In recognition of her great contribution to Chinese ballet, she was appointed the Deputy Director of the NBC by the Chinese Ministry of Culture in 1993 and was promoted to the Executive Director in the following year.

　　Under Madam Zhao Ruheng and her fellow deputy directors’ leadership，the NBC attached great importance in creating ballets with Chinese Characters and learning from various schools of ballet at the same time, aiming for the recognition of a ballet company with international standard. Until now the company has collaborated with numerous celebrated ballet artists and companies around the world, and has continuously introduced and staged outstanding classical and contemporary ballet works of the west to Chinese audience. Its repertoire now includes classics as Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, Sleeping Beauty, La Sylphide, Coppelia, Giselle, The Fountain of Tears, Sylvia, Le Corsaire, Carmen, L’Arlesienne, Onegin, La Bayadere Act Ⅲ and well acclaimed contemporary works like The Rite of Spring, Chairman Dancers, The Four Last Songs, Etudes, The Four Temperaments, Who Cares, Five Poems, Theme and Variations, and Pink Floyd Ballet etc. On May 2nd, 2001, Raise the Red Lantern was premiered at Tianqiao Theatre in Beijing. It is a full-length ballet adapted from Su Tong’s novel Wives and concubines and co-created by a team consisted of the famous film director Zhang Yimou, Composer Chen Qigang, staff of the NBC and other talented artists. Since its premiere, this ballet has entertained the audience both national and abroad with sensational and typical glamour of China in its 1930’s. Along with The Red Detachment of Women, this ballet has become another splendid “Red Ballet” which enjoys acclaims around the world. Meanwhile, other creative ballets like The Chinese Nutcracker, Butterfly Lovers, The Yellow River and The Peony Pavilion have also drawn the attention of the international dance circle for their unique Chinese characteristics.

　　During her term of company director, she raised a lot of exceptional ballet artists up to international standard. Along with her colleagues, she also paid great efforts in transforming the company from a group under planned economy system to a professional international performing arts company. She built up a series of company regulations regarding employees’ annual contracts, artistic management and salary systems. In recognition of her contribution to the company, she had won numerous national awards to arts leaders around the country.

　　Madam Zhao has also led the NBC on numerous international tours, including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Russia, France, Netherlands, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, Greece, the United Kingdom, the United States and Taiwan Province, Hong Kong and Macao SAR of China. During its 2003 tour to the United Kingdom, France and Italy, the company received great esteem and recognition in the “hometowns” of ballet. In 2008 and 2009, she lead the company to Royal Opera House in London with Swan Lake and Raise the Red Lantern, as well as Opera National de Paris with Sylvia and The Red Detachment of Women, brought the company even more international acclaim.

　　Madam Zhao was appointed the juror for the Kwangju International Ballet Competition in Korea (1995), the New York International Ballet Competition (1996 & 2000), the USA Jackson International Ballet Competition (2002), the Nagoya International Ballet Competition in Japan (2002), the Varna International Ballet Competition in Bulgaria (2004), the First Seoul International Dance Competition (2004), the Helsinki International Ballet Competition (2005), the Grand Prix de Lausanne (2010) and International Ballet Competitions held by Beijing Dance Academy. In 2001 and 2007 she was appointed the Chairwoman of the jury for the Second and Fourth Shanghai International Ballet Competitions in China. She also successfully hosted the 1st Beijing International Ballet and Choreography Competition at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in July, 2011. Since 1984, the excellent dancers of the NBC have won many prizes at major international ballet competitions at Varna, Moscow, Jackson, Paris, Tokyo and Osaka, etc. In 2008, she was awarded the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture for her contributions to the dance exchanges between China and France.

　　In December, 2010, Madam Zhao Ruheng founded Beijing Morning Star Ballet Foundation and served as chair, continuing her contributions to the development of Chinese Ballet.