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About Me

Originally from Hong Kong, Steph is a Theatre Technical Director and Lighting Designer. They are currently an M.F.A. candidate in Technical Design and Production at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. Steph earned their M.F.A. in Lighting Design from Taipei National University of the Arts in 2020 (Taiwan).

 

Their credits include serving as Technical Director for the Main Lantern “TPE-40” at the Taipei Lantern Festival and for “Cyborg Eros” by Anarchy Dance Theater at the National Taichung Theater (Taiwan). As a Lighting Designer, they have worked on the Taiwan Yale Ensemble at the Taiwan National Concert Hall (Taiwan), Lei Dance Theater’s “Flow” at the Festival d'Avignon Off (France), and Liu I-Ling's “...and, or...,” which won The Jury Prize at the Yokohama Dance Collection (Japan).

 

In 2022, they and Cathy Ho won the Technical Invention First Prize (TIP) in Calgary, Canada. Additionally, their works “Resonance” and “The Bacchae” were finalists for Emerging Lighting Design at World Stage Design 2022 in Calgary. Recently, they have begun creating installation art. Steph aspires to combine different disciplines to provide new experiences and perspectives in "LIGHT.

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HONORS AND AWARDS

Third International Technical Invention Prize 2022  - 1st  Prize 

"RESONANCE" is nominated as a finalist in Emerging lighting design category for World Stage Design 2022, Calgary, CA

"THE BACCHAE" is nominated as a finalist in Emerging lighting design category for World Stage Design 2022, Calgary, CA

EDUCATION

MFA in Technical Design and Production, David Geffen School of Drama, Yale University, 2023 - 2026

 

MFA in Lighting Design, Taipei National University of the Arts, 2016 - 2020

BFA in Perfoming Arts, National Taiwan Normal University, 2012-2016 

 

BEd in Health Promotion and Education, National Taiwan Normal University, 2012-2016 

LIGHTING DESIGN

Festival d'Avignon off Lei Dance Theater | Flow | 2023

Music and Image Trans-disciplinary Program,TNUA | Choro Adventure | 2023

 

Lei Dance Theater | Flow | 2023

Taiwan Yale Ensemble | TYE 2023 Concert: String Heat | 2023

I-Ling, Liu | ...and or... | 2023

Digital Art Foundation | Collaborative Virtual Rehearsal System Development Project | 2022

 

Lei Dance Theater | Follow the Flow | 2022

Liu Oi Ki, Sally | CO-LINKED | 2022

 

National Taiwan Normal University | Mountains and Seas(Musical)| 2022

 

National Taiwan Normal University | Ziryab | (Music Theatre) | 2022

 

Telling Tent | Theater IP Content Avatar Prototype Development Program | 2022

Taiwan Yale Ensemble | TYE 2021 Concert: Dance with Nature | 2021

LIN Family Mansion and Garden | Enlighten Fantasia: Lighting Arts Exhibition

(Arts Exhibition Entrance & Guest-meeting Avenue) | 2021

C-LAB Diversonics | The Soldier's Tale| 2021

TimeArt StudioGaze | of the Astrolabe’s Belly Button(Music Theatre)| 2021

Sally Liu |  Fantasma﹒Merchandise| 2021

 

Nuit Blanche Taipei | Poetry of Light | 2020

Lei Dance Theater | Resonance | 2020

James Kan |   人 · 人 · 人 | 2020

Taipei National University of the Arts | The Bacchae | 2019

Yell Theatre | Rootless Flower | 2019

14th Graduate Institute of Performing Arts , NTNU | A Village of Night Wish | 2019

NetEase Cloud Music- Single Holiday 2018 Live Station, China,Beijing | 2018

TMC Culture and Arts Foundation | When the World is Quite | 2018

Butterfly Effect Theatre The Tape| 2018 

I Say Arts Scope Dream of Hero | 2018 

13th Graduate Institute of Performing Arts, NTNU | #1 QIN ISLAND | 2018

Kaohsiung City Government Urban Development Bureau SIZIHWAN Sch.Exhib. | 2017

Taipei National University of the Arts | My heAD  | 2017

 

Taipei National University of the Arts | DISPUTE  | 2017

TECHNICAL DESIGN

National Taichung Theater- Playhouse | Anarchy Dance Theater “ Cyborg Eros ” | 2023

 

Taipei National University of the Arts- Dance Theater | Liu Yen-Cheng "Carnival" | 2020

 

Nadou Theatre|  Chiang, Chieh-Hsi "WIISHHH" |  2019

Taipei National University of the Arts  | THE BACCHAE | 2019

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR 

National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts | Telling Tent : Weiwuying Children's Festival

Keelung Cultural Center Island Experimental Theater | Telling Tent "Adventure in the harbor, visit Keelung" | 2023

Chiayi Performing Arts Center Experimental Theater | Chia-Yi Children's Art Festival, Telling Tent : Immersive Somatosensory Theater  | 2023

Shilin District, Taipei City, TAIWAN  | 2022 Taipei Lantern Festival | 2022

Xin Zhuang Culture and Arts Center The Performing Hall (Taiwan) |14th Graduate Institute of Performing Arts, NTNU "A VILLAGE OF NIGHT WISH" | 2019

Tianqiao Performing Arts Center- Beijing, China | #1 QIN ISLAND | 2019

Qujiang Creative Cultural Center- Xi’an, China | #1 QIN ISLAND | 2019

Xiamen Performance Art Theater- Fujian, China | #1 QIN ISLAND | 2019

MASTER ELECTRICIAN

Taoyuan Arts Center Performing Hall | Taoyuan Art x Technology Festival- YenTzu, Chang "The Mirage Replicas" | 2022

Taipei Performing Arts Center-Rehearsal Studio 1 | Taipei Arts Festival 2022 - Royce Ng "Presence" | 2022

Cultural Bureau of Nantou County Government Auditorium | Taipei Percussion "City Lights-Nantou"| 2022

Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 2 | Grand Opening of Taiwan Expo 2020 in Vietnam  | 2020

Taipei Zhongshan Hall Guangfu Auditorium | The project "Laboratory of OPERA" Concert | 2020

Zhi Yin Black Box Studio | Watu•Fanta The Original A Cappella Musical | 2020

 

W Taipei | VOLVO "ASCENDUM IN CHINA AWARDED ON VOLVO ANNUAL DEALER AWARD CEREMONY" | 2019

 

Xin Zhuang Culture and Arts Center The Performing Hall (Taiwan) |13th Graduate Institute of Performing Arts, NTNU "#1 QIN ISLAND" | 2018

National Taichung Theater- Black Box | Taichung World Flora Exposition "65³ ELDERLY & YOUNG" |  2018 

Taipei National University of the Arts- Experimental Theater| Kuandu Arts Festival Friend's Laboratory(Thailand) "THE PASSENGER" | 2018

Taiwan Traditional Theatre Center- Experimental Theatre | TMC Culture and Arts Foundation "WHEN THE WORLD IS QUIET"| 2018 

Taipei National University of the Arts- Experimental Theater | Music Department Graduation Performance | 2018

STAGE MANAGER ​

Taiwan Sound Lab | C-LAB Diversonics "Post Garden II -Counterpoint:Technology and Music Transdisciplinary Experimental Theater"  | 2021

Taipei National University of the Arts- Dance Theater | Kuandu Arts Festival "Post Garden II -Counterpoint:Technology and Music Transdisciplinary Experimental Theater" | 2021

Taipei National University of the Arts- Experimental Theater | Kuandu Arts Festival

"Post-Garden: Technology and Music Transdisciplinary Experimental Theater" | 2020

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