On April 18, Shantou Municipal Government and the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Beijing to jointly organize the first full-time Chiu-Chow Opera undergraduate class of the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts with the new model of "school + base", thus promoting the prosperity and development of Chiu-Chow Opera.
According to the agreement, the strategic cooperation between Shantou Municipal Government and the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts includes establishing a joint training mechanism for talents, building an innovative practice mechanism for Chiu-Chow Opera art, implementing the project of "strengthening roots and multiplying flowers" for inheritance and development of Chiu-Chow Opera, and setting up a "two-way exchange" mechanism for teachers and famous artists and teachers. National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts will explore the teaching mode of "college + base" with Guangdong Chiu-Chow Opera Theatre and Shantou Culture and Art School to build a cooperation platform for opera talents cultivation, inheritance and innovation and creation practice, thus raising the influence of Chiu-Chow Opera nationwide. To boost the training of Chiu-Chow Opera talents and the better inheritance and development of opera art, the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts set up the first full-time undergraduate class of Chiu-Chow Opera in 2021. It planned to enroll 24 students, including 20 majoring in performance and 4 majoring in instrumental music of Chiu-Chow Opera. This marked that Chiu-Chow Opera was officially brought into the enrollment scope of national opera.
Source:Shantou Daily, Apr 19, 2021
汕头与中国戏曲学院合办全日制潮剧本科班
4月18日，汕头市政府与中国戏曲学院在北京签署战略合作协议，以“学校+基地”新模式合办中国戏曲学院首个全日制潮剧本科班，助推潮剧事业繁荣发展。
根据协议，汕头市政府与中国戏曲学院战略合作内容包括建立人才联合培养机制、建立潮剧艺术创新实践机制、实施潮剧传承发展“壮根繁花”工程、建立教师、名家名师“双向交流”机制。中国戏曲学院将与广东潮剧院、汕头文化艺术学校探索“学院+基地”教学模式，搭建戏曲人才培养、传承创新、创作实践合作平台，提升潮剧在全国的影响力。为加大潮剧人才培养力度、促进戏曲艺术更好传承发展，中国戏曲学院于2021年开设首个潮剧全日制本科班，计划招生24名，其中表演专业20名、潮剧器乐专业4名，这标志着潮剧正式纳入国戏的招生范围。
来源：汕头日报 2021-4-19