Central Academy of Drama

Central Academy of Drama
中央戏剧学院
Established	1950
Type	National
Location	Beijing, People's Republic of China
Campus	Urban
Colors
Nickname	Central Drama Academy Central Drama College
Website	www.zhongxi.cn
[1]

Central Academy of Drama
Chinese	中央戏剧学院
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngyāng Xìjù Xuéyuàn - Wade–Giles Chungyang Hsichü Hsüehyüan Cantonese (Yue) - Jyutping Zung1 joeng1 Hei3 kek6 Hok6 jyun2 - Yale Romanization Jung1 yang1 Syi4 jyu4 Sywe2 ywan4

The Central Academy of Drama (Chinese: 中央戏剧学院; pinyin: Zhōngyāng Xìjù Xuéyuàn, or Central Drama Academy, Central Drama College) is a drama school in Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Location

It is located on 39 East Mianhua Lane, Dongcheng District of Beijing.

History

The academy was established in April 1950. It was named by Mao Zedong. It inherited the drama department of Lu Xun Art Academy in Yan'an, art school of North China University, and National Drama College in Nanjing. Its abbreviation is Zhong Xi (literally "Central Drama"). Most famous Chinese actors, actresses, and directors graduated from the Academy, such as Ziyi Zhang, Jiang Wen, Gong Li. The graduated students are all over the film and TV industry, also influence the development of Chinese Drama, Film and television. It is regarded as the most preeminent artistic school in Asia and the top one school of the three most prestigious artistic schools in China (the other two being Beijing Film Academy and Shanghai Theater Academy).

Survey

The Central Academy of Drama is a central subordinate university. It is also an art college directly under the Ministry of Education. It is the highest institution of education in dramatic art, the world's leading art institutions. In Chinese drama, visual arts teaching and research center. The Asian Theater Education Centre ( ATEC) is locating there. The Central Academy of Drama has engaged in the practice of drama and the visual arts for more than 50 years. In China, The Central Academy of Drama is a bastion of experimental theater drama.

Notable alumni

Note that class year indicates the entrance year, not graduating year.

• Class of 1974: Chen Baoguo, Zhao Kui'e
• Class of 1978: Bao Guo'an, Li Baotian, Zheng Xin
• Class of 1979: Chen Daoming
• Class of 1980: Jiang Wen, Lu Liping
• Class of 1984: Wu Xiubo
• Class of 1985: Gong Li, Zhao Liang, Jia Hongsheng, Wu Yujuan, Shi Ke
• Class of 1986: Zhang Yibai, Chen Zhihui
• Class of 1987: Hu Jun, Xu Fan, He Bing, Chen Xiaoyi, Jiang Shan, Gong Lijun, Wang Ban, Li Hongtao, Han Qing, Sun Xing, Liu Hongmei, Wang Tao, He Yu, Zhou Xiaopeng, Wang Ning, Liu Xin, Liu Xin, Zhu Jie
• Class of 1988: Guo Tao, Zhang Yang, Meng Jinghui, Xiubo Wu
• Class of 1989: Tao Hong
• Class of 1990: Chen Jianbing, Li Yapeng, Wang Xuebin, Cao Weiyu
• Class of 1991: Pradeep Nigam
• Class of 1992: Huang Haibing, Lu Fang
• Class of 1993: Zhu Yuanyuan, Yilin Zhong
• Class of 1994: Tao Hong, Gao Hu, Gong Peixing, Duan Yihong, Qu Xiaoxing, Yin Xiaotian, Tu Songyan, Zhao Rui, Gao Chang, Qi Zhi, Ji Chenmu, Chang Yuhong, Jin Zhigang, Li Tingting, Li Xinling, Han Ying, Qu Shuang, Shang Nan, Fan Fang, Jiang Jianhui, Chen Kaijing, Zhang Shu, Zhang Xiaoyan, Wang Ning, Pan Yu
• Class of 1995: Xia Yu, Wu Jun, Sun Honglei, Fang Bing, Lu Ying, Zhang Lei
• Class of 1996: Zhang Ziyi, Liu Ye, Qin Hailu, Qin Hao, Hu Jing, Mei Ting, Yuan Quan, Zeng Li
• Class of 1997: Chen Hao, Jia Yiping, Wu Yue, Zhang Jingchu, Fu Jing, Li Zonghan, Wu Yue
• Class of 1998: Deng Chao, Zhu Yuchen
• Class of 1999: Li Guangjie, Sun Ning
• Class of 2000: Zhou Yun, Tang Wei
• Class of 2001: Chen Shu
• Class of 2002: Wen Zhang, Bai Baihe, Tiffany Tang, Tong Yao and Shen Jiani
• Class of 2003: Zhang Han
• Class of 2005: Chen Xiao,Lin Peng
• Class of 2006: Zhang Rui, Jiang Kaitong, Angel Liu
• Class of 2007: Zhen Li, Li Mingyin, Xiang Mengjing

External links

• (Chinese) Central Academy of Drama official site (or http://218.249.21.170/ when connection problems)
• http://www.chntheatre.edu.cn/