Gansu Dance Drama and Opera Theatre

Gansu Dance Drama and Opera Theatre, one of the key art performing groups of the State Culture Ministry of China, formerly Gansu Chorus and Dance Ensemble, Gansu Dance Drama and Opera Ensemble, was established in 1960. The business sectors are made up of the Dance Company (Group One, Group Two and Group Three), the Orchestra (Symphony and the National Orchestra, and Vocal Opera Ensemble), Stage Working Department, Costume Design Studio, Music Studio, Video-audio Studio and Art Studio.

The service department is composed of a restaurant, a small supermarket, a typing copy workshop etc. In the area of art education, the theatre set up a Children's Art Training Center with the name "The Flower Rain along Silk Road" and have jointly founded a Dance Training School with the Northwest Normal University. The professional and technical staff, with an average age of 22 years old, is intelligent and creative. The experts in the Art Creation Research Office are all famous for their theoretical and practical experience in their fields, especially in national literary theoretical research and art creation. In addition, there are more than 30 famous in-and-out experts working with the academy, including outstanding provincial experts, excellent directors, composers, actors, actresses, etc.

Editor: Shi Liwei