At the Beijing Fringe Festival, a new program called "Digital Theater" brought together 25 young cross-disciplinary creators who conceived six experimental performances, including Yu and Blowing in the Wind (pictured). [Photo provided to China Daily]
At the Beijing Fringe Festival, a new program called "Digital Theater" brought together 25 cross-disciplinary young creators. Over 12 days, they merged code with choreography, algorithms with acting, and innovation with imagination, culminating in six experimental performances that redefined theater.
According to the program's director, Xiao Jing, a theater director and playwright, this new initiative was launched in response to the current wave of new technologies to explore how technology and emerging media integrate with theater.
"This time, we recruited 25 young people from across the country, all from different backgrounds — some in computer science, some in theater directing, others in digital media, and so on. Their fields vary, but they all share a deep passion and enthusiasm for theater," Xiao says.