On the afternoon of October 16
th, the inauguration ceremony of the NCPA Ballet was held concurrently with a press conference at the NCPA, marking its formal founding.
The ceremony was attended by SIMA Hong, Vice Mayor of Beijing Municipal People's Government, WANG Ning, Secretary of CPC Leading Group and President of the NCPA, LI Yi, Deputy Secretary of the Working Committee of Education of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and Director of the Beijing Municipal Education Commission, LIU Lan, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Beijing Dance Academy, SHAN Chong, Chairperson of the Chinese Dancers Association and Vice President and Artistic Director of the China National Opera & Dance Drama Theater, XU Ning, Director of the Art Development Centre of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, ZHAO Haiying, Deputy Secretary of CPC Leading Group and Executive Vice President of the NCPA, XU Rui, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of the Beijing Dance Academy, and representatives of relevant central and municipal departments. Also present were ZHAO Ruheng, Dance Artistic Director of the NCPA and former Managing Director of the National Ballet of China, and managing directors of ballet ensembles from across the country, including the National Ballet of China, Shanghai Ballet, Liaoning Ballet, Guangzhou Ballet, Suzhou Ballet Theatre, Tianjin Ballet and Harbin Ballet, as well as representatives of colleges and cultural and art institutions, and guests from the art circles.
Unveiling of the NCPA Ballet’s logo and Chinese & English names
The ceremony opened with a performance given by dancers from the Affiliated Secondary School and Undergraduate Ballet Department of the Beijing Dance Academy. At the ceremony, the NCPA Ballet announced its inaugural list of guest artists. GUAN Jianbo, Vice President of the NCPA, and XIAO Xiangrong, Vice President of the Beijing Dance Academy, presented guest artist certificates to ten artists present at the event - SHEN Wei, Vladimir Malakhov, Farooq Chaudhry, XU Rui, WANG Yuanyuan, WANG Ge, Semyon Chudin, WU Mengke, YIN Fang, and WANG Jianhui.
Initiated by the NCPA and jointly founded with the Beijing Dance Academy under the auspices of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, the NCPA Ballet is Beijing’s first municipal ballet ensemble. The Ballet aims to become a world-class ballet ensemble with international influence. Centred on the creation and performance of contemporary and innovative ballet, the Ballet will deepen its grounding in the classical repertoire while continuing to expand contemporary body expression, creative thinking and stage presentation. Rooted in the soil of excellent traditional Chinese culture, the Ballet is committed to producing excellent ballets that carry the Chinese spirit, character and style. In doing so, it will bring strong artistic energy to the building of a culturally strong nation, to the construction of Beijing into a national cultural centre and a “capital of the performing arts”, and to the high-quality development of the city’s culture.
As a national cultural platform and a cultural landmark in Beijing, the NCPA has consistently upheld its guiding principles, “for the people, for art and for the world”, and its philosophy, summed up as “trendsetting, inheritance, innovation, openness, and inclusiveness”. The founding of the NCPA Ballet is an important step in strengthening the NCPA’s development as a professional institution, and also an effective measure to deepen the connection between high-level arts education and artistic practice. Partnering with each other, the NCPA and Beijing Dance Academy are devoted to blazing a development path that links artistic creation, talent development and stage presentation, serving audiences with excellent works and advancing Chinese ballet in innovative practice.
Based primarily at the NCPA Taihu Stage Art Centre, the NCPA Ballet will draw on the NCPA’s model of “one institution operating in three locations”, with the performing arts resources of all three venues, to support its daily training, creation and rehearsal of new works and performance production. The NCPA Ballet builds its talent base on outstanding graduates of the Affiliated Secondary School and Undergraduate Ballet Department of the Beijing Dance Academy. It also recruits brilliant dancers and ballet professionals globally so that professional education, artistic creation and stage production strengthen one another and help to build a sustainable ballet ecosystem.
The NCPA Ballet will recruit dancers worldwide. It plans to complete its formation and present its debut performance in 2026. After that, it will continue to commission and perform new and classical works and produce innovative ballets.
A specially curated immersive ballet-themed showcase
A plaque-unveiling ceremony will be held for the NCPA Ballet at the Taihu Stage Art Centre on October 18
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