Frontline Song and Dance Troupe

The Frontline Song and Dance Troupe (Chinese: 前线歌舞团; pinyin: Qiánxiàn Gēwǔtuán) founded 1946 in Nanjing, officially named in 1955, is a dance song and theatre troupe of the East China command of the People's Liberation Army.^[1] The troupe was the testing ground and originator of many of the patriotic and revolutionary plays and musicals of the 1960s-1980s. The troupe continues to appear regularly on China Central Television.^[2]