Some Famous Performing Art Troupe of China
China Youth Art Theater
Add: No. 71, Dongdan,
Beijing Santiao, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Zip code:
100005
Tel: (010) 65133112
Fax: (010)
65251987
The China Youth Art Theater was founded in
April 1949.Its predecessor was the Yan’an
Youth’s Art Theater established in 1941.
Since
its founding, the Theater has staged some 200 plays and
dozens of one-act plays. It now has more than 140 artists
with membership of the Chinese Dramatists’
Association, over 100 artists with senior professional
titles and has won some 300 prizes in competitions home and
abroad.
Central
Experimental Drama Theater
Add: No. A-45, Maoer
Hutong, Dianmenwai, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Zip
Code: 100009
Tel: (010) 64031009
Fax: (010)
64031009
The Central Experimental Drama Theater was
established in September 1956. For more than forty years,
the Theater has produced a great number of good stage
dramas, including not only the masterpieces of the Chinese
drama masters but also of foreign great masters. In the
1990’s, the Theater paid performing visits to many
countries and received high praise.
China
Opera and Dance Drama Theater
Add: No. 2, Nanhuadong
Street, Xuanwu District, Beijing
Zip Code:
100050
Tel: (010) 63528473
Fax: (010)
63528473
The China Opera and Dance Theater was
established in 1950. The theater has two performing troupes
(the opera troupe and the dancing drama troupe), two music
ensembles (the national music ensemble and the orchestra)
and a complete stage design department.
For over forty
years, the Theater has produced on stage some one hundred
well-known operas and has paid performing visits to several
countries in Europe, America, Asia, Africa and Latin
America.
Opera House of the Central Opera and
Ballet Theater
Add: No. 115, Dong Zhong Street,
Dongcheng District, Beijing
Zip Code:
100020
Tel: (010) 65535582
Fax:(010)
65535572
The Opera House of the Central Opera and
Ballet Theater was established in 1952. Over several
decades, the Theater has successfully presented a lot of
world classics while it has also created a lot of new
programs of China.
The Theater has visited many
countries and showed a glorious prospect of Chinese Opera on
the world stage.
China Central Song and Dance
Ensemble of Nationalities
Add: No 25, Baiyi Lu,
Haidian District, Beijing
Zip code:100081
Tel:
(010)68728400
Fax: (010)68420022
The Ensemble
,founded in September1952, is the only performing art troupe
of the ethnic minorities at the national level.
The
Ensemble aims at preserving, promoting and developing the
minority ethnic arts and culture. It has visited more than
100 countries and regions across the world and won high
acclaim because of its strong ethnic color and outstanding
artistic style.
The Ensemble has over 300 actors,
actress and staff from 36 ethnic groups including Mongolian,
Hui, Zhuang, Manchu, Tibetan, Yi, Korean, and Han. Over the
past 40 old years , the Ensemble has nurtured and
gathered several generations of talented and resourceful
singers, dancers, and performers as well as composers and
songwriters, playwrights and directors. As early as in the
1950s, it had already among its ranks such nationally
well-known artists as Wu Xiaobang, Jia Zhouguang and Hu
Songhua. The ensemble has now famous artists like jiang
Dawei, De Dema, Yang Liping and Teng
Geer.
China Railway Art Troupe
Add:
No.15, Erqijuchang Road, Fuxingmenwai, Beijing
Zip
Code: 100045
Tel: (010) 63244654
Fax :(010)
68027494
The China Railway Art Troupe was founded in
October 1950.The representative repertoire of the Troupe are
modern dramas : “Feeling of Life”,
“Feb.7th Revolution”; light comedy :
“Courtyard” ; dances : “Fan Dance”;
dancing drama : “Twin Lotus”; magic show ,
acrobatics etc.
China Broadcasting
Performing Art Troupe
Add: No. 2, Fuxingmenwai Street,
Beijing
Zip Code: 100866
Tel: (010)
66092785
Fax:(010) 68022854
The troupe was
established in 1953 with China Broadcasting Philharmonic
Orchestra, China Broadcasting National Orchestra , China
Broadcasting Chorus, China Broadcasting Folk Art Company and
China Broadcasting Electric-Sound Music Company as its
subordinates . Over the past 46 years, a vast amount of
excellent plays have been produced for the program of TV
Broadcasting and Film, and the Ensemble often gave touring
performance with a wide and lasting influence. The Troupe
has taken an active part in international cultural exchange.
Its artists visited more than thirty countries of the world
and gained great prizes with their superb performance in
international competitions. It gained three gold and one
silver medals at the Fifth International Chorus Festival
held in Japan.
China Film Philharmonic
Add: No. 26, Northern Wen Hui Yuan Road, Hai Dian
District, Beijing
Zip Code: 100088
Tel: (010)
62250813
Fax:(010) 62259396
The orchestra was
founded in 1949. Since then, it has recorded music for about
2000 films, TV-programs, documentary films and films on a
special topic. Over the years, the Orchestra frequently have
given concerts of film, symphony, of national
music and light music. The artists of the Orchestra has
visited more than 40 countries, they cooperated with
renowned conductors, composers and dancers to perform
symphony, famous opera, ballet successfully, thus promoting
the development of national music and international exchange
of culture.
Art Troupe of All-China Federation
of Trade Unions
Add: No.6, Xiao Badaowan, Gulou West
Road, Beijing
Zip Code: 100009
Tel: (010)
84021379
Fax:(010) 84022770
The Troupe was
formed in 1948. Over the passed 50 years, so many works have
been created such as dance drama “Seizing a
Wife” and “Liu Hai Plays with a Golden
Frog”; dances “New Products”,
“Loving” and “Textile Women
Workers”; modern dramas “An Old Couple”,
“The Story of a careless Man”, “We have no
idea of First Love” and other excellent plays. All of
those brought about a good influence in the society. The Art
Troupe has visited many countries and regions for
performance and exchange of culture and introducing the
national culture and promoting the friendship among peoples
in the world.
Chinese Coal Mine Art
Troupe
Add:No.23, Hepinglixijie Street,
Beijing
Zip Code: 100013
Tel:(010)
64211073
Fax:(010) 64212691
The Troupe was set
up in 1954 as the Northeast Workers’ School Art
Troupe(1947) and was later merged with the North China Coal
Mine Art Troupe in Beijing.
The representative
repertoire of the troupe includes song and dance poetic
play: “Sunrise Impression”, “King Zhao
Wuling”; radio play: “Colliery Sonata”;
dances: “Latin Group Dance ”etc. The troupe has
more than thirty 1st grade artists and has paid
visits to many countries.
Song and Dance Ensemble of
PLA General Political Department
The Ensemble was
founded in May 1953. Since its founding , it has had over
100 artists and programs winning prizes at the national and
army art festivals and contests. The Ensemble boasts
successively a great number of talented artists including
famous choreographers Dong Xiaowu, famous conductors Hu
Defeng , well-known singers ,dancers , players and Quyi
artists such as Jiao Yunyu, Xu Youguang, Kou Jialun, Su
Shenglan etc.