Yao Huifen, female, was born in November 1967 and is of Han ethnicity. She is a representative inheritor of Suzhou embroidery, which is among the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage items. Yao Huifen is a Suzhou embroidery artist, a national-level representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage item (Suzhou embroidery), a senior industrial arts and crafts artist at the research fellow level, an expert enjoying special government allowances from the State Council, one of the first batch of Chinese embroidery art masters, a Chinese master of industrial arts and crafts, a renowned craftsman in Jiangsu Province, and an advanced individual in the protection of Chinese intangible cultural heritage. Having been engaged in the art for nearly 25 years, she is a national senior industrial arts and crafts artist and has won honorary titles such as “Famous Industrial Arts and Crafts Figure in Jiangsu Province” and “Young and Middle-aged Expert with Outstanding Contributions in Jiangsu Province”. She runs her own embroidery studio, the Yao Huifen Embroidery Art Museum. Her works have successively won the gold award in three consecutive sessions of the “Exhibition of Fine Works by Chinese National-level Masters of Industrial Arts and Crafts”. On May 31, 2022, she was recognized as a representative inheritor of Jiangsu Province’s national intangible cultural heritage in 2021.
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*Three Periods of Rain* by Beijing Modern Dance Company
It was created by Gao Yanjinzi, the artistic director of Beijing Modern Dance Company and a renowned dancer. • It showcases Eastern aesthetics through dance and has been successfully performed over 200 times both at home and abroad. • It is a commissioned work of the Venice Biennale. It has caused a great sensation in the Italian art circle. Every performance was sold out. It has amazed Western audiences with the experience of Eastern aesthetics and aroused their interest in Eastern philosophy. The artistic director of the Venice Biennale called it "magnificent and beyond imagination". • Media comment: Beijing Modern Dance Company is an astonishing chapter in the history of Chinese dance. ---- People's Daily Performance duration: 60 minutes
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