Beijing Dance Academy

Beijing Dance Academy is a full-time higher education institution,committed to cultivating excellent professional dancers, choreographers,and dance researchers.Founded in  1954,BDA,once known as Beijing Dance School,is the first profes- sional dance school established after the founding of the People’s Republic of China.In  1978,with the approval of the State  Council,BDA  was  ficially  established.As  a  bachelor’s  and  master’s  degree-granting  institution,the  academy  is the only professional higher education institution for dance in China.Praised as“the cradle of dance artists”

In recent years,the academy has continuously deepened reforms in dance education and teaching,with its development orientation focused on building a high-end dance talent training center,an academic dance research center,a dance study and creation center,a dance cultural heritage and innovation center,a digital dance education center,and a think tank for dance arts education,striving to establish a world-class dance university with Chinese characteristics.BDA now consists of Department of Chinese Classical Dance,Department of Chinese Ethnic and Folk Dance,Department of Ballet,Depart- ment of Ballroom Dance,Department of Musical Theater,Department of Stage Design,School of Creative Studies (includ- ing Department of Choreography,Department of Modern Dance,and Image &New Media Center),School of Humanities (including Department of Dance Studies,Department of Art Communication and Department of Art Theory),School of Ed- ucation,Department  of  Ideological-Political  Science,School  of  Continuing  Education,the  Afiliated  Secondary  School  of BDA,etc,formulating a dance education system with Chinese characteristics.