During the Cultural Revolution, Suzhou Su Kun Troupe in Suzhou was renamed "Suzhou Red Art Troupe" by mass organizations. 1970, Suzhou Literature and Art Revolutionary Committee merged the Red Art Troupe with Suzhou Yue Opera Troupe and Suzhou Shanghai Opera Troupe, and named it "The Second Company of Literature and Art", and later named it "Suzhou Art Troupe". 1977, the Art Troupe formed three teams: song and dance, Shanghai opera and dialect opera. 1979, three teams were established respectively, and the Suzhou Song and Dance Troupe was established by the Art Troupe.

Suzhou Municipal Committee put forward the policy of "national style, local characteristics, small and medium-sized and diverse forms" for Suzhou Song and Dance Troupe. The troupe (team) has successively performed ballet "White-haired Girl", "Ode to Yimeng", national dance drama "Serf Ji", "Knife Meeting", "White-haired Girl" and opera "Honghu Red Guard". Since 1980, Suzhou Song and Dance Troupe has won awards at or above the provincial level: 1980, the dance "Gan Jiang He" won the encouragement award of the national dance competition, and the song "Xiang" won the second prize of Jiangsu music creation; 1982 the dance "Walking in the Garden" won the second prize of the first dance performance creation in six provinces and one city in East China; 1984 the dance "Suzhou Beauty" won the second prize of the second dance performance creation in six provinces and one city in East China, and the song "I wish you happiness" won the song creation award of Shanghai TV Station; 1985 The dance "Ghost Girl" won the national "Peach and Plum Cup" performance award. 1987 in the first music and dance festival, the whole group won 2 1 award, among which the three-person dance "Ximiao" won the first prize of choreography, the first prize of collective performance and the excellent dance beauty award, and the quartet won the excellent performance award. By 2005, the whole group had 66 employees. Performance 172, audience 167000. Among them, there were 77 performances in rural areas with an audience of 57,000; Performance income 1 1.6 million yuan.