Central Military Commission Political Work Department Song and Dance Troupe
中央军委政治工作部歌舞团 | |
Formation | 1953 |
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Founded at | Beijing, China |
Type | State-run |
Headquarters | Haidian District, Beijing, China |
Official language | Mandarin Chinese |
Owner | Central Military Commission |
Chairman | Li Yuning (李玉宁) |
Key people | Peng Liyuan, Yan Weiwen, Yu Junjian, Mao Amin, Dong Wenhua, Tan Jing, Kareem, Yang Hongji, Dai Yuqiang, Huang Hong |
Formerly called | Chinese People's Liberation Army General Political Department Song and Dance Troupe |
The Central Military Commission Political Work Department Song and Dance Troupe (simplified Chinese: 中央军委政治工作部歌舞团; traditional Chinese: 中央軍事委員會政治工作部歌舞團; pinyin: Zhōngyāngjūnweǐ Zhèngzhì Gōngzuóbù Gēwǔtuán), formerly known as Chinese People's Liberation Army General Political Department Song and Dance Troupe (simplified Chinese: 中国人民解放军总政治部歌舞团; traditional Chinese: 中國人民解放軍總政治部歌舞團; pinyin: Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Zǒngzhèngzhìbù Gēwǔtuán), is the official army choir of the Central Military Commission.[1][2] Founded during the Chinese Civil War, the troupe consists of a song and dance ensemble, an opera troupe, and a repertory theatre.
The Central Military Commission Political Department Song and Dance Troupe has entertained audiences both in China and throughout the world, performing a range of music including military songs, guoyue, popular music, stage play, traditional Chinese opera, xiangsheng, and sketch comedy. It is a directly reporting unit of the Political Work Department of the CMC, and is organized into:
- Symphony Orchestra, including specialized sections and instrumental ensembles
- Mixed Chorus
- Men's and Women's Choirs, including specialized sections
- Traditional Chinese symphony orchestra, occasionally combined with the symphonic orchestra
- Opera ensembles (Traditional Chinese opera and Western)
- Pop and Rock band
- Repertory Theater of the PLA
In 2016, as part of the Xi Jinping's restructuring of the PLA, many of the performance troupes under the PWD-CMC were also restructured or simply disbanded altogether.[3]
Composition[]
These past and present artists and musicians worked as part of the central SDT:
- Playwrights: , , , Zhang Wenming, , Liu Ying, , , , Zhang Jigang, , and
- Songwriters: , Chen Kezheng, , Gao Jun, , , and .
- Composers: Shi Lemeng, , , , , , , Shi Xin, , , , , , Yin Qing, and Liu Qing
- Conductors: , , , and .
- Singers: Peng Liyuan, Phoenix Legend, Li Shuangjiang, Yan Weiwen, Dong Wenhua, Yu Junjian, Mao Amin, , , , , , , , , Wang Xiufen, , Tan Jing, , , , Zu Hai, Wang Lida, Lei Jia, Wu Na, , , , , , Meng Ge, Yang Hongji, Dai Yuqiang, , , , Pang Long, Ji Minjia, Lü Jihong, , , Chen Lili, Chang Sisi, , and Chen Sisi[4]
- Dancers: , , , Liu Min, , and
- Xiangsheng performer: Huang Hong, Pan Changjiang, , , , , Chang Baohua, and Chang Guitian
References[]
- ^ 原总政歌舞团军改后首度亮相 新身份曝光. Sohu (in Chinese). 2016-03-20.
- ^ 中央军委政治工作部歌舞团首次以新番号赴部队慰问演出. 81.cn (in Chinese). 2016-03-23.
- ^ Page, Jeremy (2016-05-26). "China Swaps Troupes for Troops". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
- ^ 总政歌舞团60周年演出 董文华红裙献唱经典 (in Chinese). Yangtse. Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
- People's Liberation Army
- Musical groups established in 1953
- 1953 establishments in China
- Military choirs