Shanghai Theatre Academy

History

O 1945, Shanghai Experimental Drama

School

O 1956, Shanghai Theatre Academy

O 2002, Shanghai College of Performing

Arts; Shanghai Opera School;

Shanghai Dance School.

O 2011, TDR (The Drama Review)

O -, International Theatre Festivals;

International Academic

Collaborations.

O Current research:

Inter-Cultural Communication between EU and China through performing arts;

Interpreting Chinese Culture and Creative Industries through Chinese opera;

O 2015, Ma, Haili. Urban Politics and Cultural Capital in China: The Case of Chinese

Opera. Surrey: Ashgate.

O 2007 to 2011, Opera Encounter: Common Voice, an EU funded EU-China inter-

cultural opera research. 300,000 pounds received.

O 2012, co-produced the Manchester Carnival, fusing Chinese opera with Brazilian

maculele;

O 2007, sang Chinese opera and fused it with musicians from Congo, Brazil, Iran,

Pakistan and Wales for the 2007 Manchester International Festival;

O 2006 - 2007, intercultural theatre collaboration: Border Crossings Theatre Company,

UK and the All-Female Shanghai Yue Opera Company, China; staged at Riverside

Studios, Hammersmith, London;

O 1992 –1997, opera performer at the Shanghai All-Female Yue Opera Company.

O 1989 – 1992, Shanghai Theatre Academy (Shanghai Opera School), China;

Diploma in classical Chinese opera;