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Youzhi XU

Director

Sally Youzhi XU have trained as a traditional Chinese Opera performer since four years old. She have learned in China and UK and across two different art forms. She was also an international event manager in Beijing from 2014 to 2017.
Her aim as a theatre maker is to weave East Asian traditional performance into western story-telling to tell unique, fresh and interesting stories where the East and west embraces.

Credits

Director, Ghostie, Studio at New Wimbledom Theatre, Scratch show 2019
Director, Trial of Love, Bread and Roses Theatre, 1 week, 2019
Assitant Director, A dream play, Tristan Bates Theatre, 1 week, 2019

Training

MFA Theatre directing, East 15 acting school
Meyehold methods, GITIS
BA Theatre directing in Peking Opera, Shanghai Theatre Academy

Location

London

Experience

1-2 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Choreography
  • Devising
  • Dramaturgy
  • Music - Plays Instruments

Additional Languages

Mardarin, shanghainese, Japanese

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