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In Conversation with YING Dance Theatre

Museum of Chinese Australian History · Melbourne

the founders of a Beijing dance company on how their work is made

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🗓️Sat 21 Nov 2026 · 2pm
🎟️Free
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Sat 21 Nov · 2pm – 3pm

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Join co-founders Yu Jinying and Hu Jing of YING Dance Theatre (China) for an intimate conversation about the making of their acclaimed work Wen Shen (Asking the Gods).

Founded in Beijing in 2018, YING Dance Theatre draws on Chinese tradition, blending traditional and contemporary forms in immersive, spectacular and experimental performances. Their work explores nature, folklore, ritual, love, morality and time, and has been presented at Festival Croisements, Shanghai International Dance Center Theater, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, He Art Museum, Aranya Art Center, China Dance Festival, Xi’an International Dance Festival, Greater Bay Area Dance Festival and Shenyang Arts Festival.

YING Dance Theatre are participants of the upcoming Asia TOPA Artist Lab and talks and ideas event, Radar: Come Together.

Don’t miss this chance to meet the artists and hear how this extraordinary work came to life.

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When is In Conversation with YING Dance Theatre?

Sat 21 Nov 2026, 2pm.

Where is it?

Museum of Chinese Australian History, Melbourne, VIC.

How much is it?

It is free.

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