NTCPA

 FEDEC member since 2026

The National Taiwan College of Performing Arts (NTCPA) is a pioneering public higher-education institution in Taiwan offering a coherent and long-term professional training pathway in traditional opera and performing arts. 

The NTCPA is built on the legacy of two academies, the National Fu Hsing Experimental School of Theatre Arts (1957) and the National Kuo Kuang Academy of Arts (1976). In 2006, the college was further upgraded into the present-day NTCPA, which currently has six departments – of Jing Ju, Acrobatics, Xi Qu Music, Taiwanese Opera, Theatre Arts, and Hakka Opera – as well as affiliated performing units - the Jing Ju Troupe, the Acrobatics Troupe and the Traditional Opera Youth Troupe, founded in 2016. 

Its mission is to:

• Teach, preserve, promote and innovate Taiwan’s traditional operas and related performing arts
• Blend rigorous skills training with academic learning, research and artistic creation
• Cultivate holistic artists through general education alongside major curricula
• Strengthen international exchange while deepening local cultural transmission

Training offered

The NTCPA provide a 12-year coherent curriculum, from elementary school to college, ending up to the obtention of a Bachelor's degree, across traditional opera and contemporary stage practices. 

The school is composed of 6 departments:

• Department of Jing Ju: Peking Opera performance, playwriting & directing
• Department of Acrobatics: Skills training from basics to contemporary creation
• Department of Xi Qu Music: Traditional opera music performance & composition
• Department of Taiwanese Opera: Taiwan’s indigenous opera tradition and innovation
• Department of Theatre Arts: Stagecraft, lighting, sound, sets, costumes
• Department of Hakka Opera: Hakka opera performance, creation and cultural heritage

The major curriculum provides professional skills, traditional culture, contemporary performing arts, theory & practice, and is completed by a general education in humanities, sciences and transversal skills for holistic development.

Disciplines taught

• Acrobatics

• Juggling

• Xi Qu music (traditional Chinese Opera)

• Dance

• Jing Ju (Peking Opera)

• Taiwanese Opera

• Hakka Opera

• Theater Arts (stage technologies)

Learn more about this member

Founded in 1957 and upgraded to the National Taiwan College of Performing Arts in 2006

Management team

• Director: Yang Lee
• Artistic Director: Yu-Chun Cheng 

Teaching language

Chinese

Location

No.177, 2 section.,Neihu Rd.
Taipei, 11464
Taiwan

Contact

pingping21614@gmail.com
https://www.tcpa.edu.tw/p/404-1000-31578.php?Lang=zh-tw