梅花歌舞团

梅花歌舞团,最初叫“梨花歌舞团”,是20世纪20年代创办的歌舞团体,创办人是魏萦波女士,她最早在上海东南女子体育专科学校学体育,因酷爱舞蹈艺术,被中华歌舞专修学校聘为舞蹈教员。她所教授的舞蹈是《优秀舞》、西洋古典舞、土风舞及中国戏曲舞蹈。这个团从创办到停办,延续20年之久。他们曾到过东南亚各国及香港、澳门、九龙等地演出,在国内曾到过北京、南京、福建、四川、浙江、宜昌等地演出,影响颇大。该团主要演员有后来成为电影明星的龚秋霞及严月娴、潘文霞、潘文娟、徐桀莺等人。

The Plum Blossom Song and Dance Troupe, originally named the Pear Blossom Song and Dance Troupe, was a song and dance troupe founded in the 1920s. Its founder was Ms. Wei Yingbo. She first studied physical education at the Southeast Women’s Physical Education College in Shanghai. Due to her deep love for dance art, she was hired as a dance instructor at the Chinese Song and Dance Training School. The dances she taught included “Excellence Dance”, Western classical dance, folk dance, and Chinese opera dance. The troupe lasted for 20 years from its establishment to its closure. They performed in Southeast Asian countries, as well as in Hong Kong, Macau, and Kowloon. Domestically, they gave performances in places such as Beijing, Nanjing, Fujian, Sichuan, Zhejiang, and Yichang, having a significant impact. The main actors of this troupe included Gong Qiuxia, who later became a movie star, as well as Yan Yuexian, Pan Wenxia, Pan Wenjuan, Xu Jieying, and others.