部分内容摘自:中国艺术报

赵导很善于舞种融会贯通,集于一身。在他的作品中,常常会看到各类舞种的元素。 赵导原是我国顶级男舞者,基本功、舞感均佳, 扎扎实实, 才华横溢、谈起舞蹈《走,跑,跳》,著名舞剧编导舒巧曾这样说过:“处女作《走,跑,跳》的一鸣惊人。紧接着,一部舞剧及一部舞蹈诗在第一届舞界赛事《荷花杯》双双夺冠摘金,赵明也被评为最佳编导。当届最佳编导奖只设一名。从此,舞者赵明骤然转身为编舞者赵明,一部接着一部地创作。赵明一直多产。当然地各种头衔各种赞扬以至各种炒作就开始缠上、环绕着他了”。

赵  明 国家一级编导  现任北京军区政治部战友文工团艺术指导,中国舞蹈家协会理事;北京舞蹈家协会副主席;中国国际标准舞协会副主席;享受国务院政府特殊津贴;被聘为解放军艺术学院研究生导师;北京舞蹈学院、上海戏剧学院客座教师。
作为唯一的部队艺术家荣获香港演艺学院颁发的荣誉院士证书,此荣誉属香港特区政府奖,颁发给在世界和亚洲有卓越贡献和影响力的艺术家;被授予第十五届上海国际艺术节特别贡献奖,也是获此殊荣的唯一的中国艺术家。荣获中国舞蹈家艺术“突出贡献舞蹈家”;被中宣部评为“全国中青年德艺双馨文艺工作者”荣誉称号。多年被聘请为年度全军艺术指导委员会委员、中央电视台舞蹈大赛决赛比赛评委和央视春晚舞蹈统筹。先后参加中宣部第二、四期全国宣传文化系统“四个一批”人才建设研修班。是国内业界唯一精通部队舞剧,中国民间舞、民族古典舞、芭蕾舞和现代舞的职业编导,其艺术风格是中国当代舞蹈艺术风格的一个代表和浓缩。
主要经历:
2006年 担任央视春晚舞蹈总监,舞蹈《俏夕阳》荣获“观众最喜爱的2006年春节联欢晚会”歌舞类一等奖,并创作了女子三人舞《岁寒三友》。
2006年10月担任中宣部、国务院文化部、总政治部、广电总局、北京市委举办的纪念长征七十周年文艺晚会《长征颂》的总导演。
2006年5月担任北京军区党代会文艺演出晚会《忠诚、使命》总导演。
2008年 为央视春晚创作武术太极《行云流水》,深受广大观众喜爱。
2009年11月荣获由中宣部全国文联评审的中国舞蹈艺术“突出贡献舞蹈家”称号。
2008年—2010年经中央军委批准,作为弘扬中华民族文化使者,连续三年带队出访美国、加拿大、新西兰和埃及等国家演出原创民族舞剧《红楼梦》。
2013年10月受邀参加中国上海国际艺术节组委会。
2014年10月担任由中宣部、文化部、总政治部、广电总局、北京市委举办的庆祝建国65周年大型音乐会《美丽中国 光荣梦想》总导演。
2014年担任亚信峰会文艺演出舞蹈总监,获得中央领导高度评价及社会强烈反响
主创的作品在全国全军屡获大奖:杂技《化蝶》舞剧《草原英雄小姐妹》 舞剧《红楼梦》音乐舞蹈诗《家住长江边 》杂技剧《天鹅湖》舞剧《闪闪红星》《霸王别姬》中国版《胡桃夹子》《绣娘》集体舞《他们、她们》军事题材独舞《小草》男子群舞《步调一致》男子集体舞《步步如风》

One of China’s most illustrious dance directors, and ranked National First Grade Choreographer, Zhao Ming is a man of many talents, and the only professional director in China proficient in army dance, Chinese dance, ballet and modern dance.

Zhao Ming began learning dance in a professional troupe in 1974, after which he furthered his studies in Chinese Folk Dance, graduating from the Chinese Ethnic Dance Department of the Beijing Dance Academy.  He then joined the Beijing Friendship Dance Company

Wanting to expand his horizons, Zhao Ming’s modern dance journey began in 1986 when he attended the American Dance Festival on an Asian Cultural Council grant.

His ties with Hong Kong began in 1992 when he completed a Professional Certificate in Performing Arts (Dance) at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.  He then joined Hong Kong Ballet as a soloist (1993-1995), after which he returned to the Beijing Friendship Dance Company to serve as its Artistic Director and Choreographer.

One of China’s most illustrious dance directors, and ranked National First Grade Choreographer, Zhao Ming is a man of many talents, and the only professional director in China proficient in army dance, Chinese dance, ballet and modern dance.

Zhao Ming began learning dance in a professional troupe in 1974, after which he furthered his studies in Chinese Folk Dance, graduating from the Chinese Ethnic Dance Department of the Beijing Dance Academy.  He then joined the Beijing Friendship Dance Company

Wanting to expand his horizons, Zhao Ming’s modern dance journey began in 1986 when he attended the American Dance Festival on an Asian Cultural Council grant.

His ties with Hong Kong began in 1992 when he completed a Professional Certificate in Performing Arts (Dance) at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.  He then joined Hong Kong Ballet as a soloist (1993-1995), after which he returned to the Beijing Friendship Dance Company to serve as its Artistic Director and Choreographer.

Zhao Ming is very productive, Most of his works are getting known in the west as the time goes on. His works cleverly blend Chinese dance, traditional and modern dance together with the western ballet;

The highly acclaimed Farewell My Concubine made debut at the 4th Shanghai International Arts Festival in 2003, and won the Gold Prize and Best Dance Director Award at the prestigious Lotus Awards China National Dance Competition two years in succession.  Completed in 2004,

 The Dream of the Red Chamber won 1st Prize in the 4th National Performing Month for Opera and Dance Drama in 2006.  The work has been toured extensively throughout the world: to the United States of America, Canada, New Zealand, and Egypt.  Also created in 2004, the remarkable;

Swan Lake, the Chinese Acrobatics was first performed in Shanghai in 2005.  The production has won many awards in China such as Best Choreography, Best Lighting, and Best Costume Design, and was awarded one of the 2005-2006 Top Ten Productions of the National Fine Arts Stage Arts Project by the Ministry of Culture. Since its premiere it has toured to wide critical acclaim to Russia, Japan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland and Austria; and was named the Best International Production by the Manchester Evening News in 2008.

Other notable works include Concubine Yang (2009), the dance drama The First Emperor of Qin(2010), fittingly performed in the Qin Huang Theatre located near the Terracotta Warriors; and Place, the dance drama ‘dream’, created in 2010 for the School of Dance in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

Zhao Ming has won numerous awards in major dance competitions in China. As a dancer, he won 3rd Prize in the 1st Tao Li Cup National Dance Competition, and 1st Prize in the National Dance Competition for Song of a Prisoner, a work created and performed by himself.

His all-male Walk, Run, Jump was a milestone work, winning the Gold Prize in the 1st Lotus Awards China National Dance Competition.  As with Farewell My Concubine, the dance drama Shining Red Star won the Gold Prize and Best Dance Director Award in the Lotus Awards China National Dance Competition, making Zhao Ming the only dance artist to have won these awards twice in succession. The work also won the Best Choreographer Award and the Wen Hua Award in 2002.