Cao Kefei (Theater Director, Dramaturg)

Cao Kefei is a theater director and dramaturg who splits her time between Beijing and Berlin. In 2008, she co-founded the theater company, Ladybird, with poet Zhou Zan. She has attended international art festivals in a number of different countries, including Japan, South Korea, and Germany, and organized programs in various international theaters. In 2013 Cao was a visiting professor in the Department of Applied Theater at Giessen University in Germany. Cao often combines installation, video, and performance in her cross-disciplinary theater productions. She specializes in producing performances in non-traditional spaces, combining the human body, poetry, music, and movement and text to create a multi-sensory experience for audiences.

Li Xinmo (Artist, Art Critic)

Li Xinmo is an artist and art critic. Her works utilize a variety of mediums, including performance, painting, and video, and have been exhibited in prominent art museums in Sweden, France, Germany, Canada, and the U.S. She participated in the Toronto Photo Biennale and Prague Art Biennale, and her work has been exhibited in museums in France, Italy, the U.S., Canada, Columbia, and more. She has participated in a number of theatrical productions, and seamlessly weaves her performance art with elements of theater, utilizing space, installation, and music to fill her work with a sense of immediacy.

Workshop Participants:

Er Yü, Fenni, Li Tian, Niu Lili, Mr. 4.0, Sun Dasi, Xin Ya, Xiao Shengjie, Xu Weihua, Simi, Zhang Wei, Wang Qi, Xin Wangjun