New Labor Art Troupe

The New Workers Troupe was founded on May 1st 2002. It is initiated by a group of migrant workers themselves. It is a civil organization that serves for public interests through art. The Team members are migrant workers who have certain talents and who are willing to devote their spare time to other workers. The Troupe members have produced various forms of art: songs, talk shows, theatres, dances, etc. The Troupe has left its footprints in a wide range of places including: construction sites, factories, universities, various enterprises, and schools for migrant children and communities where migrant workers reside. It has published 4 CD albums: “Migrant Workers are one family”, “Sing for the Workers”, “Our World, Our Dreams”, “Into Our Hands”; it has two production of original dramas: “Our World, Our Dreams” and “Urban Villages”; it has shot several films, and it has organized two New Workers Festivals. It has gained a lot of attention and praise from migrant workers and the public in general. In December 2005, the Troupe was awarded the title of "The leading grassroots art group serving peasants and grassroots people" by the Ministry of Propaganda and the Ministry of Culture.