Hainan Centre for the Performing Arts
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About
The Hainan Song and Dance Theatre (pinyin: Hǎinánshěng Gēwǔ Jùyuàn), formerly known as Hainan Centre for the Performing Arts is located at 68 Guoxing Avenue in Haikou, Hainan, China. The entire facility is 25,000 m2, with an 8,253 m2 auxiliary space, and a theatre space of 2,657 m2. The venue can accommodate up to 1,230 people. The cost of construction was 200 million Chinese yuan.
The facility is one of three large, cultural infrastructure projects constructed around the same time on Guoxing Avenue alongside one another, the others being Hainan Provincial Museum and Hainan Provincial Library.
Construction of the theatre began in March 2008, was completed in September 2010, and the premiere was held on October 1 of the same year.
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