历程
Yuan Yuan Tan, born in Shanghai, China, trained at Shanghai Dancing School and Stuttgart’s John Cranko School. She joined San Francisco Ballet as a soloist in 1995 and became a principal dancer in 1997. She has danced lead female roles in Tomasson’s Giselle, Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, Nutcracker; Tomasson/Possokhov’s Don Quixote; Morris’ Sylvia; and Lubovitch’s Othello. She created roles in Tomasson’s The Fifth Season, Chi-Lin, Silver Ladders, and 7 for Eight; Possokhov’s Magrittomania, Damned, and Study in Motion; Wheeldon’s Continuum and Quaternary; and Welch’s Tu Tu. Her repertory includes Ashton’s Thaïs Pas de Deux; Balanchine’s Symphony in C, Theme and Variations, Concerto Barocco, Prodigal Son, and Apollo; Duato’s Without Words; Robbins’ In the Night, Dances at a Gathering, and Dybbuk; and Makarova’s Paquita. Tan received a gold medal and the Nijinsky Award at the 1st Japan International Ballet and Modern Dance Competition (1993) and in the 5th International Ballet Competition in Paris (1992). A frequent guest artist, Ms. Tan headlined “Yuan Yuan Tan and Eight Ballet Stars,” a gala in Nara, Japan (2003), and “Yuan Yuan Tan and Friends” Gala in Shanghai in 2000. Additional honors include an invitation to the White House in 1999 and The Bud magazine City of Heart award in Shanghai in December 2007. She was featured in Vogue magazine in April 2003 and was named a “Hero of Asia” in the Asian edition of Time in October 2004. Recent guest appearances include a 2006 charity concert in Shanghai and a performance of the full-length ballet Magpie Bridge a benefit promoting harmony between China and Japan.
谭元元生于上海,早年于上海芭蕾舞学校及史图加特的约翰‧格兰可学校接受芭蕾舞训练。1992年于巴黎举行的第五届国际芭蕾舞比赛中获金奖,随后于1993年于第一届日本国际芭蕾舞及现代舞比赛获金奖及尼金斯基奖。
谭元元1995年加入旧金山芭蕾舞团为独舞员,1997年擢升为首席舞蹈员,曾主演多类型剧目,包括:汤美生的《吉赛尔》、《天鹅湖》、《罗密欧与朱丽叶》、《胡桃夹子》、汤美生 / 波索克霍夫的《唐吉诃德》、莫里斯的《希尔薇娅》及鲁波维奇的《奥赛罗》、艾斯顿的 Thaïs Pas de Deux;巴兰钦的《C大调交响曲》、《主题与变奏》、《Barocco协奏曲》、《浪子回头》及《阿波罗》;杜亚托的 Without Words;罗宾斯的In the Night、Dances at a Gathering 及 Dybbuk,以及马歌洛娃的《帕吉蒂》等。她亦曾主演多位编舞家为她创作的角色,包括:汤美生的 The Fifth Season、Chi-Lin、SilverLadders 及 7 for Eight;波索克霍夫的Magrittomania、Damned 及 Study in Motion;惠尔敦的 Continuum 及 Quaternary;韦尔奇的Tu Tu。
谭元元经常获邀担任客席嘉宾,曾为2003年在日本举行的「谭元元与八位芭蕾舞星之夜」及2000年在上海举行的「谭元元与好友之夜」演出。1999年,谭氏获邀出席白宫接待国务院总理朱镕基的晚宴,2007年12月,荣获上海TheBund Magazine 颁授City of Heart 大奖。谭氏于2004年10月获《时代杂志》誉为亚洲英雄及于2003年4月获日本《舞蹈杂志》选为21世纪101位最佳舞者。
近期在中国的演出包括了2006年于上海举行之慈善音乐会,2007年宣扬中日和谐合作的长篇芭蕾舞剧《鹊桥》,2008年作为客座首席演员偕香港芭蕾舞团于上海东方大剧院演出《吉赛尔》及2009年国家大剧院演出《天鹅湖》。
除旧金山芭蕾舞团的日常演出外,2009年2月,完成了旧金山芭蕾舞团新制作《天鹅湖》的全球首演。