Ting Yang

Thesis

Thesis - Exploring Audience Participation in Cross-Cultural Contexts from the Perspective of Embodied  Aesthetics

This research considers the audience's body as an important component of the aesthetics of immersive performance spaces, especially how the two-way interactive relationship between artistic creation and experience is shaped by bodily engagement in cross-cultural contexts. Adopting a practice-as-research methodology, the study aims to understand the audience's bodily experience, their motivations for participation, and to explore how the audience, as an 'intelligent subject', reveals contradictions in the performance space. By analyzing the intersection of performance aesthetics and cultural politics, this project aims to fill the gap of research on audience aesthetics in the field of cross-cultural performances, and to promote the theoretical and practical innovation of immersive performance spaces in multicultural contexts.

Biography

Biography

I received my Bachelor's degree from the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing, China, where I was awarded the National Inspirational Scholarship for three consecutive years. I received my Master's Degree in Performance Design from the University of Leeds, UK. I have worked on theater performances such as musicals, plays, operas, and dance productions, as well as film and commercial shoots. I have always been interested in aesthetics, interdisciplinarity, and culture.

Research

Research

Research Interests

Cross-cultural interaction, audience participation, aesthetics, immersive performance