WILLAM YANG CHINA

Photographer-storyteller William Yang returns to a motherland he never knew, the Australian-born Chinese a stranger in his homeland.

Yang takes us from the streets of Beijing, where electronics superstores jostle with echoes of the Cultural Revolution and the Ming Dynasty, to the sacred mountain Huang Shan, a must-climb for every Chinese pilgrim-tourist. The images used were taken by William in his four trips to China, between 1989 and 2005.

Part social documentary, part personal observation, China creates a meditative space, a journey of reflection on the meaning of culture and belonging, for performer and audience alike.

Yangs wryly sensitive perspective, his eye for detail, and his arresting images come together with Nicholas Ngs haunting live score for the erhu (Chinese violin) and pipa (Chinese lute), in an unforgettable theatrical experience.

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Entertainment

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• William Yang
• China
• Performing Lines
• Nicholas Ng
• Push Festival
• Friends of Dorothy
• The North
• Sadness