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Dai, Ai-lian (Personal Name)

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  • Tai, Ai-lien
  • Dai, Ailian

Chinese dancer, born in Trinidad. Studied in England in the 1930s with Anton Dolin and Marie Rambert. Went to China in 1940 where she became the founding director of the Peking Dance Academy.

Data contributed by the Dance Heritage Coalition for the New York Public Library Dance Collection.

New York Times, Mar. 4, 1986: article by Anna Kisselgoff, "China's dance doyenne brings troupe to U.S." (Dai Ai-lian, known as Tai Ai-lien in the past)

Dance news. Sept. 1978, p. 1.

The story of Dai Ailian, 2007: t.p. (Dai Ailian)

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