Beijing's educational alliance to dance across global stages

The Beijing Dance Academy has established the World Dance Education Alliance, with the aim of creating a collaborative platform for dance arts education, which will bring together leading institutions and experts from around the globe.

Nearly 70 institutions from 38 countries in five continents have joined. Member organizations represent a range of leading institutions in the field of dance and the broader arts, including the California Institute of the Arts and the New York University from the United States, the UK's Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and Australia's University of Melbourne, all of which are among the world's top-ranking universities.

"Every region and every culture play a crucial role in preserving the world's cultural diversity and bear a corresponding responsibility. This alliance highlights not only the professional representation of global dance education, but also geographical and cultural diversity, reflecting the alliance's aim of building a global community of dance arts," says Xu Rui, president of the Beijing Dance Academy.