For many actresses, getting married and having children means losing many opportunities,
This is especially true for dancers. The body is their language,
The process of pregnancy and having children may make them lose their ability to express themselves,
Therefore, many top dancers do not have children,
Some of them devote their lives to dance, while others miss love and opportunities.
. Zhou Jie
As a dancer, the name Zhou Jie may be a bit unfamiliar,
But many people must have watched the movie version of " Yang Guifei " in 1992,
The Peach Blossom Eyes , cherry mouth, Yang Guifei dances in the colorful clothes and feathers, is played by Zhou Jie. In the movies " Burning the Old Summer Palace" starring
Liu Xiaoqing and Leung Ka-hui , she is also played by her.
Zhou Jie learned dancing since she was a child. She was admitted to Shanghai Opera House at the age of 12 and a half.
became the youngest protagonist on the stage at the age of 113.
thus began her star-studded dance career.
Zhou Jie is good at folk dance. She has starred in many large-scale ethnic dance dramas such as "Little Knife Club" and "Banpingshan", and has appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala to perform dances many times.
She was once compared with the actress's queen Lin Fangbing . She is also a dancer as famous as Yang Liping .
She is one of the few performing artists who can take into account both acting and dancing.
Zhou Jie has a light body and good facial features. She is a natural dancer.
She spent half a month to gain more than 20 pounds in order to film "Yang Guifei". After filming, she quickly returned to a slim figure by losing weight through diet.
With the popularity of this movie, Zhou Jie's net worth has increased.
But she did not take this opportunity to transform and still regards dance as her main business.
997, Zhou Jie, who was already 36 years old, decided to transform and founded a Chinese dance school in the United States.
In 2003, she returned to China and jointly established the Zhou Jie Performing Arts Center with Shanghai Oriental Century School.
From then on, she often traveled between China and the United States, focusing mainly on dance teaching.
She rarely sees her on the stage.
It is said that Zhou Jie once had a marriage. She was married at the age of 24.
Her husband is very tolerant of her and supports her career very much.
But the two gradually faded because of the passion of getting together and having sex.
There are rumors that Zhou Jie and Run Shaw are friends for a long time.
Zhou Jie held a dance special in Hong Kong that year,
Run Shaw not only used his connections to help her promote, but also made a special trip to support her.
, but Run Run Shaw not only had his original wife at that time, but also a confidante. The two had no follow-ups, and Zhou Jie had no scandal afterwards.
Zhou Jie came back in 2007 and launched the dance drama "Zhou Xuan" as the artistic director.
2 years later, she made this work again, which was also the last dance drama she participated in.
In September 2021, Zhou Jie was seriously ill in Houston, USA.
She asked to return to China for treatment. Her family spent a lot of money to charter a flight back to China.
Some days later, she died of illness in Shanghai. Her life was beautiful but had no children.
. Tan Yuanyuan
020, Tan Yuanyuan appeared as a contestant of " Dance Storm ".
judges, hosts and other contestants were unbelievable.
She became the chief actor of the San Francisco Ballet at the age of 20.
has won numerous awards and is one of the few top Chinese dancers on the international stage.
San Francisco Ballet is not only one of the three major ballet troupes in the United States, but also one of the most well-known and oldest dance troupes in the world.
Most of the other chief dancers of the troupe took more than ten years to become the chief,
, and Tan Yuanyuan became the chief in just one and a half years,
She became the only Chinese chief and the youngest chief in the history of the troupe.
and maintained re-election for more than 20 years, during which she starred in classic works such as "Carmen" and "Swan Lake".
Tan Yuanyuan was once named a Chinese hero by the American " Times ".
April 9th is San Francisco Tan Yuanyuan Day in order to commend her outstanding artistic achievements.
The reason why Tan Yuanyuan is willing to return to China to participate in the competition is that
is that the epidemic has caused the suspension of major theaters around the world,
. She can't live without the stage for a day and is willing to compete with young dancers.
Tan Yuanyuan has also appeared on CCTV stage many times.
994, at the age of 17, she performed the ballet "Homesick Song" on the Spring Festival Gala for the first time.
006, she, who has become famous internationally, appeared on the Spring Festival Gala again.
and Liu Yan and Yang Liping performed "Three Friends of the Cold in the Year" together.
021, she performed "I Love You China" with young dancer Zhang Aoyue .
Tan Yuanyuan started practicing dancing at the age of ten. He has almost no personal time except dancing in life.
Her daily routine and eating habits also serve dance.
When she was young, she planned to retire and get married at the age of 35 and return to her family.
But she has now jumped to 45 and has not left the stage yet.
Such a life makes Tan Yuanyuan have no time to fall in love at all.
The Internet has circulated the scandal of her with Toudou.com founder .
even legend has it that she was a mistress intervening, and the man almost gave up her career and marriage for her.
But such rumors are not true at all, and most of them are fabricated out of thin air.
Tan Yuanyuan is still an active ballet legend on the stage.
lives with his mother in the United States, without marriage and children.
. Liu Yan
Liu Yan is a professional dancer who graduated from Beijing Dance Academy .
In 2004, he won the gold medal in the National Original Dance Competition.
In 2008, Liu Yan was selected by Zhang Yimou as an actor in the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games.
performed a classic solo dance in the "Silk Road".
However, during the rehearsal session on July 27, the steel plate stage set up on the scene broke down,
Liu Yan fell from the three-meter-high stage, and her spine was injured and paralyzed in the lower body.
At the age of 26, she could only spend the second half of her life in a wheelchair, thus losing the possibility of pregnancy and having a child.
But before that, Liu Yan had a passionate scandal,
Her rumored boyfriend is CCTV director Liang Kun,
has served as the chief director of CCTV's large-scale cultural evenings many times, and
has also served as the chief director of CCTV Spring Festival Gala many times.
As early as 2004, Liu Yan was photographed shopping with Huang Kun,
. At that time, Huang Kun's wife was the first generation supermodel in China, Ma Yanli, and his third wife.
Liu Yan and Huang Kun are 23 years apart. She once appeared on the Spring Festival Gala in 2006.
Tan Yuanyuan and Yang Liping, who worked on the same stage, were both internationally renowned dancers,
The director of the Spring Festival Gala that year was Huang Kun.
It is said that Liu Yan was also recommended by Mr. Huang to Zhang Yimou at that time.
promoted this cooperation in the Beijing Olympics.
just didn't expect that this accident almost ended Liu Yan's artistic life.
Liu Yan was not depressed after being paralyzed.
Instead, he continued to dance in a wheelchair and focused on hand dance.
and compared and integrated hand movements in various art forms such as sign language, classical dance , Peking Opera , and
developed a new field of learning in dance and obtained a doctorate degree.
She was also specially hired as a teacher at Beijing Dance Academy.
Liu Yan has also become an inspirational idol and spiritual model.
After the Beijing Olympics, she was the first person Zhang Yimou thanked. After
Liu Yan also appeared in the Paralympic torch relay, as well as various art performances for disabled people.
She always smiled and always focused on dancing.
, and Huang Kun has long divorced Ma Yanli. There were rumors that he and Liu Yan are already married,
, but it has not been confirmed.
. Tai Lihua
In 2005, the wonderful "Thousand-Armed Guanyin" on CCTV Spring Festival Gala was amazing.
What is even more unexpected is that all dancers are deaf and mute.
They rely on simple prompts and amazing tacit understanding when they cannot hear music,
achieved the perfect combination of dance and music.
The first person to lead the dance in "Thousand-Armed Guanyin" is Tai Lihua.
She looks classical and has bright eyes. She became popular all over the country overnight.
The " The Spirit of the Bird " she danced was even more praised by Yang Liping.
Tai Lihua was originally a child with normal hearing.
When she was two years old, she had a high fever because of a medication error, which caused her deafness.
Tai Lihua has loved dancing since she was a child. In the school of deaf and mute, she felt the music by beating the drums, and
and memorizing the dance by memorizing the music score in advance.
5 years old, she was selected by the Art Troupe for Disabled and soon became the leader dancer.
From then on, she often performed abroad with the Art Troupe.
Once when she performed in Malaysia , a wealthy businessman was deeply fascinated by her.
He would give her a flower basket every time and go to support her.
also gave all kinds of expensive gifts and invited Tai Lihua to a luxurious restaurant for dinner.
This rich businessman is sincere and pursued Tai Lihua for eight years.
also proposed to buy Tai Lihua the best cochlear implant to help her restore her hearing.
But Tai Lihua rejected his kindness. She wanted to stay in China to perform.
She became the artistic director of the troupe when she was 28 years old.
is not just an excellent dancer for the troupe.
In China, Tai Lihua also met her love like an idol drama.
The two met unexpectedly. At that time, the other party was just a college student, and
The other party also specialized in learning sign language for her.
Now Tai Lihua has married her boyfriend and gave birth to a son,
Her son is well-behaved and cute, and has normal hearing.
For a dancer to get pregnant and have a child,
It is very likely that the physical condition will never go back to the past.
However, Tai Lihua has long since retreated behind the scenes.
She has now become the leader of the Disabled Art Troupe.
"Thousand-Armed Guanyin" is still on the tour, but the opportunity is given to young dancers.
It is difficult to see Tai Lihua again on the stage,
But she often appears at major conferences and events as a representative of the disabled.
. Venus
Venus is the most special dancer,
She chose to undergo sex change surgery when she was 28 years old and became a real woman,
She is also the first public sex change surgery in China.
Venus is also a talented dancer.
He entered the military dance troupe at the age of 9, and at the age of 13, he specially recruited to enter the military dance department.
8, and won the gold medal in the men's group of Taoli Cup .
Venus 1At the age of 20, Venus went to perform around the world with the group. At the age of
4, she was hired as the chief choreographer of the American International Dance Festival, and at the age of
5, she became a professor at the Royal Academy of Dance in Belgium.
Nowadays, the well-known domestic dancer Huang Dou Dou , the artistic director of " This is Street Dance ", Fang Jun ,
all have followed Venus to learn Modern dance .
Such resume can still beat a large number of dancers today.
But just when her career was brilliant and famous at home and abroad,
She chose a high-risk sex change surgery.
After the operation, all the nerves of her left leg were necrotic and she was judged to be second-level disabled.
But Venus gradually recovered with amazing perseverance and unremitting exercise.
But Venus also retreated behind the scenes.
She set up her own modern dance troupe and gave the performance opportunity to young people.
But she can still see her appear as a judge in major dance programs.
She commented sharply and pointedly, and has very high requirements for dance.
Compared to the identity of a dancer, the image of the Venus talk show host is more popular.
Her sharp mouth is invincible throughout the entertainment industry,
Her iconic gestures and catchphrases once became popular on the Internet.
The deformed Venus also gained her love,
Her husband is a German man Hans . The two adopted three children,
The youngest child is now 19 years old.
Venus has never concealed the fact that she has changed her gender.
also admitted to the children that they were adopted.
She often shares her views on marriage and education on the show.
The family of five is happy and very happy.
But Venus's mouth has offended many people.
often gets into trouble because of some international remarks, and there is as much controversy as praise.
Her signature program " Venus Show " will return.
. Yang Liping
Yang Liping is the most deeply rooted dancer. She herself has integrated with art.
has become the embodiment of beauty. Her Peacock Dance series has always been imitated and has never been surpassed.
Yang Liping was born in a Bai family in Dali, Yunnan. Her parents divorced since childhood. She was the eldest sister of the family and took on a livelihood early.
Never received regular dance training.
3 years old, Yang Liping joined the Xishuangbanna Song and Dance Troupe with her extraordinary talent, and
went from an amateur to a professional dancer.
This experience also profoundly influenced Yang Liping's future creation. After
Later, after establishing her own dance troupe, she insisted on looking for actors from the local area. All the dancers selected by
are untrained, but love dance and have extraordinary talents.
html When she was 121 years old, Yang Liping won the first prize for her national dance drama "Peacock Princess". After
, she created peacock series such as "The Spirit of the Bird".
Her dance transcends artistic aesthetics and perfectly integrates with nature.
thus formed a dance style with strong personal characteristics.
Yang Liping is also the first dancer in China to hold a special dance show.
She performed solo dance in the closing ceremony of the Asian Games, and
The Two Trees on CCTV Spring Festival Gala is a classic of the times.
Yang Liping once had two marriages,
The first husband was an actor of Central National Song and Dance Troupe ,
But the marriage did not last long and the two divorced.
Ten years later, 37-year-old Yang Liping got married again.
Her husband is a wealthy Taiwanese businessman, but he still ends up with divorce.
It is said that Yang Liping regards dancing as her lifelong career,
is unwilling to return to the family, and even more unwilling to have children,
This leads to the failure of both marriages.
Yang Liping has indeed devoted her whole life to dancing.
In order to maintain her slender figure, she is on diet all year round.
Now at the age of 64, she still has a graceful figure and beautiful dance postures.
Yang Liping has also trained generations of ethnic dancers,
spread the cultural and regional beauty of Yunnan ethnic minorities to the world,
and she has also lived into a myth.
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