International Collaboration
The Wharf Workshop (2018-2019, Yokohama)
The Wharf Workshop is an international theatre camp for young people organized by Wakabacho Wharf (Yokohama). It is co-curated by Makoto Sato (Tokyo) and Xiaoyi Liu (Singapore) in 2018 and 2019. Prior to the pandemic, The Wharf Workshop have been organizing gatherings for young artists active in neighboring Asian cities to learn from each other and build a network of young artists in Japan and internationally.
Wakabacho Wharf, which opened in 2017, is an arts center with a small theater, studio and dormitory-style accommodations. It is a space established by playwright and director Makoto Sato as a base for his theater activities.
2019
17 Jul- 5 Aug / Yokohama
Programme: The Wharf Workshop
Organiser: Wakabacho Wharf
Curators: Makoto Satoh, Liu Xiaoyi
2018
29 Aug-17 Sep / Yokohama
Programme: The Wharf Workshop
Organiser: Wakabacho Wharf
Curators: Makoto Satoh, Liu Xiaoyi
One Table Two Chairs Meeting (2016-2018, Tokyo)
One Table Two Chairs Meeting was a 3-year series of Asian experimental theatre exchange at the Za-Koenji Theatre. Emergency Stairs’ Liu Xiaoyi has been invited to participate in the festival for three consecutive years as a director, and has presented three works in Tokyo.
ZA-KOENJI Public Theatre is a theatre for contemporary performing arts. The theatre is funded by the city of Suginami in Tokyo and managed by Creative Theatre Network (CTN), a non-profit organization. The theatre produces, presents and supports a wide range of cultural activities for the community of Suginami, enabling people of all ages to see and take part in many art forms from drama and dance to music and storytelling.
2018
20 – 28 Oct / Tokyo
Programme: One Table Two Chairs Meeting
Journey to Nowhere
Directed by Liu Xiaoyi; Performed by Didik Nini Thowok (Yogyakarta) & Kanji Shimizu (Tokyo)
2017
20 – 29 Oct / Tokyo
Programme: One Table Two Chairs Meeting
Journey to the South
Directed by Liu Xiaoyi; Performed by Didik Nini Thowok (Yogyakarta) & Wang Bing (Nanjing)
2016
17 – 23 Oct / Tokyo
Programme: One Table Two Chairs Meeting
Descendants 400
Directed by Liu Xiaoyi; Performed by Okorn-Kuo Jing Hong (Graz) & Liu Xiaoyun (Nanjing)
Toki Arts Festival (2012-2016, Nanjing)
Co-Presented & Produced by: Jiangsu Performing Arts Group Kun Opera House (Nanjing), Zuni Icosahedron (Hong Kong) and Japan Foundation (Tokyo), Toki International Arts Festival / Toki Experimental Project encompasses a rich programme of workshops, lectures, creative camps as well as an arts festival. The project is an endeavor to enhance interaction between Asian performing arts masters and young Kunqu opera artists, to facilitate young traditonal performing artists who are well grounded in traditional knowledge and techniques, and to attempt to stimulate innovation and experimentation in the context that traditional performing arts sees immense challenges for its development and preservation.
Liu Xiaoyi has participated in the festival as a guest artist for five consecutive years and has created four intercultural works in Nanjing and Shanghai between 2013 and 2015.
2015
25 – 31 Oct / Nanjing
Programme: Toki Arts Festival
Descendants – Is
Directed by Liu Xiaoyi; Performed by Hung Chit Wah, Felix (Hong Kong/Singapore) & Zhu Hong (Nanjing)
Descendants – Was
Directed by Liu Xiaoyi; Performed by Zhu Hong (Nanjing) & Zhao Yutao (Nanjing)
2014
3 – 9 Nov / Nanjing
Programme: Toki Arts Festival
Unsound 2
Directed by Liu Xiaoyi; Performed by Zhao Yutao (Nanjing) & Sun Yijun (Nanjing)
2013
25 Dec – 5 Jan 2014 / Nanjing & Shanghai
Programme: Toki Arts Festival
15
Directed by Liu Xiaoyi; Performed by Sun Yijun (Nanjing), Qian Wei (Nanjing) & Cao Zhiwei (Nanjing)
other Collaborations
2022
9 Aug / Online, Toronto
Programme: Summerworks Festival (Toronto, Canada)
Curated and Produced by Liu Xiaoyi; Created by Liu Xiaoyi & Xiao Ke (Shanghai)