The first Chinese Australian cross-cultural performing arts organisation
首家中澳跨文化表演艺术机构
Cross EncountersX戏界
The founder and head of Cross Encounters, Olivia Wang with Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon. Anthony Albanese
Cross EncountersX戏界机构创始人及负责人王欧（右）和澳洲总理安东尼·阿尔巴尼斯（左）合影
Emerging leading group in the cross-cultural performing art between Asia and Australia
亚澳跨文化表演艺术新兴领导团体
Melbourne’s first and only fully accredited Chinese-Australian performing arts organisation
墨尔本首个且唯一全资质中澳表演艺术机构
Our Goal
We are dedicated to filling the gap in the current Australian performing arts industry by meeting the desire for deeper connections particularly, but not exclusively between Australian and Asian culture. We hope to reimagine artworks within different cultural elements and as a result create meaningful ground breaking artworks that strengthens diversity and bonds between different cultures.
Our Mission
We aim to bridge the Australian and Asian cross-cultural performing arts sector, by being a leading facilitator that fosters mutual conversation, pWe aim to bridge the Australian and Asian cross-cultural performing arts sector, by being a leading facilitator that fosters mutual conversation, partnerships, as well as networking and exchange between artists and audiences using multiple theatre forms across different cultures and continents.
Our Vision
We strive to promote intercultural performing arts development in Australia and promote growing links with other countries, fostering a friendly globalised arts industry.
Cross Encounters is an award-winning performing arts show producer, performer, event presenter and organiser. It creates contemporary innovative intercultural theatre, stage and screen works, by using multiple art forms across different cultures. By combining the best of the Australian and Asian performing arts sectors, it leads and fosters mutual conversations, partnerships, as well as networking and exchange opportunities between artists and audiences.
The company is the first independent non-profit performing arts organisation in Melbourne that has a particular focus on the exchange and communication between Australian and Chinese theatre, and the first arts organisation in Australia which produces Chinese-Australian cross-cultural physical theatre works. Our artistic style, innovative intercultural drama show series, is unique and we’re the first and only creatives among all the performing arts groups in Australia. We’re lucky to get recognised for the distinct artistic genre and it’s exploration.
We provide interaction between the Chinese and Australian performing arts industries. Other projects include workshops, theatre forums, education programs, public events, presentations and collaborations. We have been engaged by the Australian Council of the arts, among other bodies and organisations.
Cross Encounters is Melbourne’s first and only fully accredited Chinese-Australian performing arts organisation.