Dong Chao

Name: Dong Chao

Degree: Master of Arts

Position/Title: Associate Professor

Email: dongchao@ncu.edu.cn

Research Direction: History of Chinese Dance, Fundamental Dance Theory

Main Courses: History of Chinese Dance, Introduction to Dance, Introduction to Art

Research Achievements: Co-edited the book Selected Collection of Music and Dance Institutions from the “Ten Encyclopedias” (ranked second).

Presided over the 2024 Jiangxi Provincial Social Science Key Project: Research on the History of Ancient Dance in Jiangxi.

Published articles such as “National Sentiment and Lingnan Style: The National Aesthetic Construction of the Dance Drama The Awakening Lion,” “The Value and Preliminary Arrangement of Music and Dance Institutions in the ‘Ten Encyclopedias’,” “Identifying the False and Preserving the True: Issues on the Author and Value of History of Ancient Chinese Dance,” “Dual Writing of Archaeological Research and History of Chinese Dance,” and “Dance Drama Writing of Jiangxi Porcelain Culture” in journals including Journal of Beijing Dance Academy and Journal of Nanjing Arts Institute.

Won the 6th China Literature and Art Criticism Woodpecker Cup Annual Excellent Work Award.

Selected as a “Four Hundreds” Cultural Mentor by the Publicity Department of the CPC Jiangxi Provincial Committee.

Selected for the National Arts Fund Arts Talent Training Project three times, the Jiangxi Young Talent Cultivation Project three times, and multiple talent training projects organized by the China Dancers Association and the China Literature and Art Critics Association.