The most beautiful “Princess Yang” Zhou Jie passed away and has the most beautiful dance in heavenFly into the homes of ordinary people
Caption: Zhou Jie passed away due to illness at the age of 60
The most beautiful “Princess Yang” is gone. Famous dancer and actor Zhou Jie died of illness in Shanghai on October 1, at the age of 60.
“Dancing Wizard” shines
Zhou Jie was born in Fengxian, Shanghai in December 1961. She has been very cute since she was young, and has shown great talent in dancing. In 1974, the 13-year-old Zhou Jie was spotted, but almost missed the opportunity when the Shanghai Song and Dance Theatre was enrolling students. Fortunately, after several teachers reported and discussed with the leaders, Zhou Jie finally let Zhou Jie enter the Shanghai Song and Dance Theater.
Since the age of 15, Zhou Jie has been known as the “dancing wizard” and has starred in large-scale national dance dramas such as “Banping Mountain”, “Fengming Qishan”, “Small Sword Society” and “Mulan Piaoxiang”. When starring in “Half Pingshan”, Zhou Jie’s left sternum was accidentally broken, but in order not to affect the overall performance, she just clenched her teeth to the end. For many years afterwards, Zhou Jie suffered countless injuries, and thought that she would never dance again, but she couldn’t give up her love for dance in her heart, and she persisted for a lifetime.
Zhou Jie (first from right)
Hua Mulan in “The Fragrance of Mulan”, Daji in “Fengming Qishan”, and the witch in “Mountain Ghost”, Zhou Jie wore her red shoes, spinning, prancing, blooming, in her youth. When Zhou Jie became famous, it was also when Yang Liping became famous with “Peacock Dance.” At that time, there was a saying that “there is Yang Liping in the south and Zhou Jie in the north”.
However, it is the movie that makes Zhou Jie familiar to audiences all over the country and even the whole world. In 1991, after only a short dance in the director’s editing car, the director Li Hanxiang decided to give Zhou Jie, who had no experience in film performance, the important part of “Li Fei” in “Burning the Old Summer Palace”. Li Hanxiang said: “Her dance and eyes are top-notch, no audition is required. This is the Li Fei I am looking for.” Fortunately, this year’s “calendar celebrity” did not disappoint the great directors from Hong Kong. The play is very emotional and very brilliant. Zhou Jie suffered a lot when she acted in a movie for the first time. But she said that most of the hard work can’t be remembered. What impressed me most was that she and Liu Xiaoqing lived on instant noodles in Tianjin with great relish, and they became the “Queen of Instant Noodles” and “Concubine of Instant Noodles” of the crew.
In 1992, Zhou Jie took over the film “Princess Yang” directed by Chen Jialin. Ordinarily, Concubine Yang is good at singing and dancing, and Zhou Jie should have been handy in acting, but the problem is that the Tang Dynasty regards fat as beauty, which is not easy for dancer Zhou Jie. In order to gain weight, she learns from sumo wrestlers, eats eight or nine eggs every day, and drinks a bowl of thick old hen soup before going to bed at night; she does not go anywhere, lying in the house every day. In just two weeks, Zhou Jie literally gained 20 or 30 pounds of fat. On the day the show was finished, “Princess Yang” refused to eat, so she quickly lost weight. Although wrinkles and heart discomfort are unavoidable, Zhou Jie said that it is “worth it”. Later, the movie “Gui Fei Yang” became a sensation and won the best feature film of the 16th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award. In the film, Zhou Jie used her outstanding acting skills to portray the peerless beauty of the country and the city, and the brilliance of the “Neon Feather” dance The passage is particularly unforgettable, and she is even regarded as the “Oriental Beauty God” by Japanese movie fans.
Run a school to promote Chinese dance
Once, Zhou Jie went abroad to perform and found that there was a great misunderstanding of Chinese dances abroad, thinking that Chinese dance is just twisting Yangko, which made her angry. After returning to China, she thought and decided to shift her focus to spreading Chinese dance and cultivating Chinese dance talents. After all, “Dancing alone cannot change prejudices and misunderstandings. Only by carrying forward Chinese dance can the world‘s perception be changed.” In 1997, Zhou Jie started from scratch and opened a dance school in Houston with outstanding results. The mayor of Houston issued a mayor’s order. Every November 20th is designated as “Zhou Jie Dance School Day”; in 2002, Zhou Jie returned to Shanghai to set up the first branch school, and later enrolled more than 2,000 students each year.
At the beginning of 2007, the “Nanny” Shanghai Opera House invited Zhou Jie to come out again. That year, Zhou Jie was 46 years old, but she resolutely agreed. “After I came back, I saw that the dance company lacked funds, two works, and three talents. I was unwilling to reconcile and decided to rehearse a new work that reshaped the strength of the Shanghai dance drama and also represented Shanghai dance drama. I told myself: only success is allowed. Can’t fail, because the dance troupe has only one chance.” In the following two years, Zhou Jie went north a dozen times, and finally moved the deputy director of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games and choreographed herself in the movie “Gui Fei Yang”. Chen Weiya came to create a rehearsal dance drama “Zhou Xuan” for Shanghai.
Xin Lili posted a photo with Zhou Jie in the circle of friends
In the past five years, Zhou Jie has suffered from lung cancer, but she is still positive and optimistic. On April 15, 2019, under the witness of her friend and old partner Liu Xiaoqing, she was awarded the “Remy Outstanding Contribution Award” at the 52nd Houston International Film Festival. That day, Zhou Jie was wearing a peach-colored dress with a full smile. Zhou Jie’s last voice on social media was May 27, 2021. On that day, she reposted her green waist dance, Hu Xuan dance and neon feather dance in the movie “Gui Fei Yang” and the TV series “Tang Ming Huang”. Here she dances lightly, bright, beautiful, and moving.
Xin Lili, the director of Shanghai Ballet, also recalled her friend Zhou Jie in her circle of friends. It was 2018. Zhou Jie returned to Shanghai to visit Xin Lili in Shanghai. Speaking of common dance ideals, Zhou Jie showed her desire for dance and love of life. She said: “I will live well!” The Yiren has passed away, and Xin Lili couldn’t help but choke when she recalled the moment of freezing. (Xinmin Evening News chief reporter Sun Jiayin and reporter Zhu Yuan)
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