A studio headshot of Yang Zhi-yan, a technical director at the Hong Kong contemporary theatre collective Rooftop Productions, looking directly at the camera with a confident, neutral expression. She is wearing a simple dark blue hooded jacket, set against a softly blurred professional workspace background. This portrait is part of the 'Daughters of the Theater' series, showcasing the dedicated behind-the-scenes professionals shaping the Hong Kong performing arts scene.

YangZhi-yan

Biography

A multi-disciplinary performance maker and researcher, a member of _ao_ao_ing ensemble, with MA in Performance Making (Goldsmiths) and BA in Literature and History of art (HKU). She shifts deftly between the artistic, technical, and theoretical aspects of performance. Her recent practices focus on reflecting on contemporary daily encounters, especially in the urban context, and exploring alternative angles to understand and experience space and place, with an interest in sound as a medium and food as materials.

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