Shanghai Theatre Academy

Shanghai Theater Academy is a professional art school based on the cultivation of drama art talents. Since the school in 1945, the school has always adhered to the concept of elite education, the formation of professional art institutions of the characteristics of talent training model for China to cultivate a large number of cultural and artistic talents. The school is the predecessor of the Shanghai Municipal Experimental Theater School, December 1, 1945 in the famous educator Gu Yuxiu support, by the famous dramatist Li Jianwu, Gu Zhongyi, Huang Zuolin founded. In October 1949, the Shanghai Municipal Experimental Drama School was renamed the Shanghai Municipal Drama Academy. In 1952 the national institutions of higher learning to adjust the faculties, Shandong University Art Department of Drama, Shanghai Xingzhi Art School drama group after the formal establishment of the hospital, renamed the Central Academy of Drama East Branch. 1956 officially named the Shanghai Academy of Drama, Department of Culture directly under the higher professional art institutions, Xiong Buddha West as the first president. April 2000 transferred to the Shanghai and the Ministry of Culture to build, in June 2002, the original Shanghai Normal University Academy of Performing Arts into the Shanghai Opera School, Shanghai Dance School to become a school affiliated school.