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Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe

Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe is a top-level performance group with a long-term high reputation. It is famous at home and abroad for its splendid performance lineup, complete programs, high-level acrobatic skills and elaborate comprehensive art performance. American ex-president Nixon was invited by late Prime Minister Zhou Enlai to see the performance done by Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe when he took his icebreaking visit on behalf of American Government to China.

It is the authoritative acrobatic group in China. In the past 50 years, Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe has re-created more than 100 programs connected with acrobatics, circus and magic. It is the first commercialized performing troupe performed overseas. In 1974, as the resume and normalization of Sino- Japan diplomatic relations, Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe was sent to Japan to perform as the first Chinas cultural exchange group. Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe has sent more than 100 performing groups to go abroad and taken a great effect all around the world in the past 20 years.