| A New Artistic Director for Yellow Earth |
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| Thursday, 10 March 2011 | |
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Following her recent sellout tour for Yellow Earth of Why the Lion Danced by Carey English, Kumiko is planning exciting touring work and devising programmes for aspiring British East Asian artists. She is working on a new commission with a British-born Chinese writer to be produced and toured in early 2012; Yellow Academy 2011 with ALRA Academy of Live and Recorded Arts), a training scheme that seeks out the next generation of talented British East Asian actors; Dim Sum Nights, an eclectic mix of 10 minutes shorts. There will also be a site specific project set in London’s Chinatown in 2012, currently in development. Kumiko trained at the Jacques Lecoq Theatre School in Paris. Since then she has worked as a director, actor, teacher and storyteller. Directing includes work for Unicorn Theatre ’s Class Acts, artsdepot and Yellow Earth. Acting includes work at the NT for Tara Arts, Theatre Royal Northampton, seasons at the New London Play festival and TV and film work. Kumiko has a wide experience of designing and teaching programmes and projects in drama schools. She is co-director of A Thousand Cranes and in 2009 the company was appointed Artistic Associate at artsdepot. Kumiko was one of the founder members of Yellow Earth and has had a long involvement in shaping the company’s work. Under her guidance the company has built a strong reputation nationally for its outreach and education work. Yellow Earth has just been awarded a contract by The Maritime Museum, Greenwich to develop an actor interpreter role of a Chinese lascar (sailor) for their new gallery about the British East India Company, the first time a Chinese character will be permanently represented in this way in a UK national museum. Yellow Earth is an award winning London based touring theatre company. It was established in 1995 by five British East Asian performers with the aim of raising the profile of British East Asian theatre. The company tours nationally and runs schemes that develop emerging British East Asian artists. |
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