Welcome to Open Programme（6.28-6.30）
Open Programme is a section at the Ruthin International Arts Festival that emphasises openness and participation, encouraging improvisation and the intervention of organic production spaces.
Introduction
The Open Programme welcomes live performances in many different forms, including, but not limited to, theatre, dance, music, and performance art.
Both programmes aim to use art to respond to the local environment, community, history, and culture. The goal is to create a creative and sustainable mode of knowledge production and display, constructing a critical field to rethink the situations and encounters of individuals or communities removed from their original environments.
During RIAF, we will bring the audience from solitary viewing spaces into a collaborative, participatory process that activates their sense of experience. In this way, we aim to transform and transfer discourse in the public space through spatial intervention of artistic improvisation and organic production, creating a live art festival that grows like a plant.
Programme A
Outdoor Performance
This exciting outdoor showcase features works by performing artists from around the world, with their performances taking place in the open spaces around Ruthin Castle.
- Time: June 28 and June 29, 20:00-23:00, June 30, 11:00-12:00
- Location: Stone Circle
Programme B
48-Hour Creation
This programme allows artists to deeply experience the local environment and community of Ruthin during the Ruthin International Arts Festival. Based on their experiences, they will freely complete their creations within 48 hours and present their live performance works after the creation period.
- Creation Time: June 28 13:00 to June 30 13:00
- Performance Time: June 30, 13:00-15:00
- Location: Stone Circle
About Us
Keyuan Zhang
Curator (Open Programme)
Performance Artist/Theatre Director
Keyuan Zhang is a London-based performing artist and theater director currently pursuing a Master's degree in Theater Performance and Critical Culture at King's College London. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Theater Performance from Shanghai Normal University and a Master's degree in Theater Directing from Shanghai Theatre Academy. Zhang's works have been featured in prestigious festivals including the International Festival of Theater Schools of the BRICS Countries, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Florence Biennale, the Shanghai International Arts Festival Young Artists Creative Week, the Shanghai International Small Theater Festival, the Nanluoguxiang Theater Festival, the Daliangshan International Theater Festival, and the Aranya Theater Festival Migratory Birds 300 Plan.
Xiaoyu Hua
Artist Liaison (Open Programme)
Xiaoyu Hua holds a Bachelor's degree in Intellectual Property from East China University of Political Science and Law and is currently studying for a Master's degree in Theatre, Performance, and Critical Culture at King's College London. As for her artistic endeavours, she performed as a member of the ensemble cast in the East China University of Political Science and Law's musical production "律·诗——雷经天" in 2019. During her time at the university, she also served as the president of the school acappella group.