Qingyang is a performer, writer, movement practitioner and creative producer. From Chengdu, Southwest China and now based in London, she has a bilingual literature background in Chinese and English while having performed on stages since childhood.
Her acting journey started as a child actor on the stage of a renown historical tourist attraction, Jin Li, in her hometown Chengdu.
Her current practice features an interdisciplinary and intercultural interest, creating a poetic space for personal connections and art as healing.
Her movement approaches have received influences such as Anna Halprin, Jerzy Grotowski, Phillip Zarrilli, Laban technique and Chinese Traditional dance.
She has written performance texts, plays, immersive real-time game scripts, as well as poems, bilingually in Chinese and English.
Key Works
Journey of Whispering Dreams
2023 - ongoing
premiered at FUSE International July 2023
currently undergoing further development and producing
The healing from a past with mental turmoil in adolescence and the way she has since made away from hometown, Chengdu, China, carrying pieces of cultural memories, are interwoven into one journey, passing through tropical waves, snow land, an ancient spring garden and beyond…
In between a fragmented autobiographical narrative and dreamy worlds of natural and cultural imagery, this is a piece of visual theatre blending poetic text, physical movement, soundscapes and Chinese Traditional dance.
All in a swirling silky dream.
Audience feedback:
“Such rich and amazing textures within this piece”
"The performer's changes through different emotions are so captivating"
"It's a beautiful piece with many clever designs in it"
Created and Performed by Qingyang Wang
Music: John Pierce O'Reilly
Choreography for Chinese Dance: Yuan Feng
Stage Manager: Bri Wong
Voice Participation: Ruobing Zhao
Liu Rushi's Moon Poetry Party
09/2023, Kingston, London
Autumn Moon Festival/ ESEA Cultural Festival
Invited by Korean British Cultural Exchange
Short performance, a mix of mime, poetic text, monologue, physical movement and Chinese Classical/Contemporary dance fusion.
Embodied 柳如是Liu Rushi, the first of the historically 'Eight Beauties of Qinhuai' (秦淮八艳）, one of the most famous courtesans/Ge Ji (female entertainers in some dynasties of ancient China), also a great poet.
我见青山多妩媚，料青山见我应如是。”When I see the green mountain I see charm, green mountain looks at me and should be seeing the same.” She named herself after this classic poem, Rushi (“The Same”).
In the chilly moonlight she stands on the deck of her own Painted Boat (画舫 Hua Fang). On the contrary to misery, does she have a glorious badge of freedom?
Desire under the Elms
Writer for the live-action role play game/immersive theatre
10/2021 - 01/2022, China
Wrote the script, Desire under the Elms, a piece of live-action role play game/immersive theatre, booked for distribution in 2022, which tells the story of a group of six people with complicated relations with each other and secret stories across different ages coming together for an experimental production of Eugene O'Neill's Desire under the Elms in 90s' Beijing, the past of each of them somehow echoing with the theme of the play.
Flowing Poetry Radio
05-08/2020
Creator & Voice Performance
Born in the midth of Covid lockdown, Flowing Poetry Radio are tiny voice pieces featuring fragmented poetry, sometimes featuring a monologue, or, images, aired via online platforms
Coming back soon!
Training on MA Theatre Practice (with distinction), University of Exeter 09/2019 - 09/2020
Modules include Contemporary Performance Practices and Performance Projects with Dr. Konstantinos Thomaidis and Prof. Rebecca Loukes. Dissertation titiled ‘The Director and the Actor in Process: Women and Approaches to Actor-Centric Directing’ was supervised by Prof. Rebecca Loukes and included an interview with renown theatre director Julia Pascal.
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Trained in advanced approaches to performing and directing as well as advanced methodologies in performance research
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Studied devising, embodied acting, dramaturgy and immersive theatre
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Made two full-length performances as part of modules
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Residency at Shakespeare Globe with training in voice, movement, stage combat and classical acting
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Created and performed a digital scratch of solo show Your Whispers Fly at Exeter T3 Festival 2020