The Beijing Dance Academy (BDA, ) is a municipal public professional dance college at Haidian, Beijing. The academy is the highest institution for dance education and assessment in the People's Republic of China, conducting the nationwide teacher qualification level examinations in Chinese dance.
The Beijing Dance Academy was established as the Beijing Dance School () in 1954, and turned into the Beijing Dance Academy with the approval of State Council and the sponsorship of the Ministry of Culture in 1978. In 2000, its sponsorship was transferred to the Beijing Municipal People's Government. The Academy provides BA and MA degrees and has become the only institution of higher learning for professional dance education in China.
The Academy, known as "the Cradle of Dancers" () and adjacent to Zizhuyuan Park, Haidian District, has over 500 faculty and staff, and over 2,000 full-time students. The Chinese government provides significant funding to the Academy and directly oversees its operations.
Notable alumni An Yuexi (born 1989), actress Ayanga (born 1989) actor, singer, and songwriter of Mongol ethnicity Chi Cao (born 1978), Chinese-born British ballet dancer Li Cunxin (born 1961), Chinese-Australian retired ballet dancer, stockbroker and artistic director Elena Gutiérrez (born 1944), Costa Rican-Chilean ballet dancer and choreographer Chengwu Guo, ballet dancer Gina Jin (born 1990), actress Huang Xuan (born 1985), actor Jiang Mengjie (born 1989), actress Li Yitong (born 1990), actress and singer Liu Shishi (born 1987), actress Liu Yan (born 1982), classical dancer, choreographer, theatre director and professor Victoria Song (born 1987), singer, dancer, actress, model, host, author and member of f(x) Wan Peng (born 1996), actress Wang Likun (born 1985), actress and dancer Wei Wang, ballet dancer and principal dancer at the San Francisco Ballet Wang Yan, (born 1974) actress Wang Yijin (born 1996), idol, actress and member of BonBon Girls 303 Wang Yuwen (born 1997), actress Wen Hui (born 1960) dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker Lulu Xuan (born 1991), actress Zhang Huiwen (born 1993), actress Zhang Yifan, idol, actress and member of BonBon Girls 303 Zhang Ziyi (born 1979), actress Zhao Xiaotang, idol, actress and former member of The9 Zheng Yunlong (born 1990), actor
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