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The famous dance artist JIN Xing has unconventional ideas. In 1978, she joined the Qianjin Song and Dance Troupe of the Shenyang Military Region. In 1984, she graduated from the Department of Dance of the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts with an excellent academic performance. She won the first prize in the first period of the Chinese Dance "Taoli Cup" (junior group) and the "Especially Excellent Performer Award of the Second Term" in the Nationwide Dance Competition. In 1988, she was the first dancer from the Chinese mainland to win the full scholarship issued by the Asian Cultural Foundation of America and American Dance Festival to further study modern dance in the USA. In 1991, her representative work Half Dream won the Best Choreographer Award at the American Dance Festival, and she joined an Italian television station as its permanent choreographer. After studying abroad in the USA and Europe for six years, she went to Belgium and joined the Royal Dance Academy.
In 1996, she cooperated with the Beijing Ministry of Culture to set up the Beijing Modern Dance Company. In 1998, her representative work The Red and the Black won the Wenhua Award issued by the Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China. In 1999, she set up the Shanghai-based Jin Xing Dance Theatre. In 2000, she moved her troupe to Shanghai. In 2006, she successfully established the International Modern Dance Festival entitled "Dance in Shanghai", a modern dance festival held by a non-governmental organisation.
JIN Xing’s achievements in the art of dance are recognised by art circles and the general public at home and abroad. In November 2006, she was named Honourary Doctor of Dance by the Dartington College of Arts, Plymouth University. From 2008 to 2009, she was evaluated as a Cultural Leader of Shanghai by the Shanghai Municipal Government. In 2012, as the second Chinese prize winner, she had the honour of winning "Literature and Arts Knight" issued by the French Ministry of Culture. On July 1st, 2014, she had the honour of winning an Honourary Doctoral Degree Of Dance Arts issued by the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
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Dedicated to the staging of epic operas, ballets and dance dramas, the golden Opera House is considered the centerpiece of the NCPA. Its main tone is golden color, which looks glamorous and splendid. In the auditorium are the stalls and three higher levels of balconies, which can seat an audience of 2,207, including the venue of SRO. It is equipped with a modern stage that can be moved up/down/backward/forward or rotated, a ballet stage that can slant, and a rising orchestra pit for the triple winds orchestra. All the cutting-edge staging mechanism provides artists with enormous possibilities of creative performance.
Dedicated to the staging of epic operas, ballets and dance dramas, the golden Opera House is considered the centerpiece of the NCPA. Its main tone is golden color, which looks glamorous and splendid. In the auditorium are the stalls and three higher levels of balconies, which can seat an audience of 2,207, including the venue of SRO. It is equipped with a modern stage that can be moved up/down/backward/forward or rotated, a ballet stage that can slant, and a rising orchestra pit for the triple winds orchestra. All the cutting-edge staging mechanism provides artists with enormous possibilities of creative performance.