Are you an Australian festival, council, celebration, business, community, school, university or library looking for a cross cultural artistic event or workshop? Then you’ve come to the right place!
We offer cross-cultural theatre, stage and screen works, and live singing We offer cross-cultural theatre, stage and screen works, live singing and dance performances, instrumental music and event hosting as well as show organisation, performing arts and cultural advisory, consultating, connection and facilitations services.
Cross Encounters offers:
1) Theatre works and showcases particularly but not exclusively physical theatre, as well as short film videos, and music video projects that foster intercultural development in the performing arts industry in Asia and Australia.
Some of our past successful presentations include Nirvana at La Mama’s War-Rak/Banksia Festival, A Stone’s Throw and A friendship of life and death at Melbourne Fringe Festival and Adelaide Fringe Festival, Christmas Romance at Asian Australian Drama Music Festival, Spring Romance at Musical Dumplings Feast, The Heart is A Lonely Hunter MV, Goodbye, Eri! Mockumentary short Film, among others.
Cross Encounters team can bring a range of skills/services from script writing, music composing, acting and singing to directing and editing. We welcome opportunities to work with all kinds of entities such as universities, local government, communities and individual corporates. seperating different, not every body-corporate. Our production types include theatre presentations and collaborations/show/stage play/MV/ themed creations/promotional video projects.
For individual customers who want a drama performance and/or video, we can also tailor a suitable short theatre play/drama MV/customized video for you to create a unique performance work that shows your characteristics, with the possibility of providing you with a variety of media platforms display opportunities.
With the growing trend in Chinese-Australian short web videos, we have received a number of approaches. We can help you realise your project, and combining our experience with local government and cultural organization, it will lead to an exciting outcome.
2) Forums include Cross-cultural performing art programmes, events, tours, linkages and projects, as well as intercultural development presentations, workshops, seminars and activities.
Our highlight activities include physical theatre dominant intercultural theatre
workshop series, Theatre and acting workshop with Australian Art Youth Academy, SJ community, MUSU theatre group, Melbourne’s First Physical Theatre Open Social Forum (PTOSF), Asian Australian Drama Music Festival(AADMF), Uniting Cultures on Stage at APAM – Australian Performing Arts Market, Musical Dumplings Feast(MDF), etc.
We have recognition from government and educational institutions, which gives a professional edge to our work. We invite you to work with us, to set up communication, dialogue, exchange, and collaborations between Australian communities with Chinese and other Asian communities. Our expertise draws on a thorough understanding and resource within the local perfoming arts industry, including bilingual language availability, workshops, and serminars, among others.
If you are seeking participants for international presentations, professor speeches, renowned artist tutorials, we are happy to offer our services.
3) Live performances that showcase Asian Australia’s diverse cultural sector include singing, dance and instrumental performances, bilingual MC services and show event organisations and deliveries
Our past performances include Orion 2022 Whitehorse Dragon Boat Festival(live performances show organisation, the opening performance, as well as MC service), AFF Asian Fun Festival 2022 guest performer, 2022 Bamboo Environment Art Week Dinner Party special guest performer, Bank of Queensland Box Hill Owner-Manager Branch soft opening ceremony MC, ICBC Melbourne 10 year Anniversary Celebration MC&Theme Show, 2023 Whitehorse Lunar New Year Festival press conference MC, Orchard Grove Primary School Lunar New Event, Dragon Boat Festival and Bangladeshi New Year celebration, 2023 Masonic Residence Monash community welcoming performance, Singapore Merlion Club National Day celebration, Collective Polyphony Festival x Chinese Museum Arts Collective guest artist, Melbourne China Town Mid-Autumn festival singing performance, Asian Australian Drama Music Festival, 2024 CNY Glen Eira city celebration, Musical Dumplings Feast(MDF), Mother’s Day special performance:expressions of love, among others..
Since 2022, we’ve organised a range of cross-cultural live performances before VIP guests, as well as large general audiences, festival visitors and public. We are at heart a public spirited driven group. With this in mind, we invite commissions for Asian-Australian cross cultural live performances and show event organisation. Whether you’re from a NFP association/group, public welfare, corporate/commercial business or entertainment club, business or private event convener seeking to hire live performance artists or a show organiser/event coordinator, we can accommodate you. We can offer plenty of scope for collaborations.
Currently, we have relationships with several bands, local and Chinese MCs, and an assortment of solo actors, singers, dancers, musicians, and directors with both Asian and Australian identities, who present their performances alone or as a group. In addition, we have a strong connection with a wide range of groups including event hosts and coordinators etc. We are capable of creating customized show events that could go various in theme, specific design around the venue and occasions that would create unique engagements.
4) Advisory and consultation services to societies, associations and corporations within the cross-cultural performing arts industry in Australia and China, as well as Connections and Facilitations.
Over the past few years, we have achieved recognition through our work with government bodies, educational institutions ,arts and cultural organisations, and other communities, nationally and internationally. We have connections with a diverse range of theatrical arts groups, performers and community groups. We promote and facilitate connection between Australian and Asian artistic and cultural individuals, groups, organisations and corporations to deliver innovative artistic, performing arts and theatrical activities.
Some groups who have enagaed us include the Australian Council of arts, Victoria State Government,City of Yarra, City of Glen Eira，Footscray Community Arts Center and Melbourne Fringe, Australian Art Youth Academy, SJ community, MUSU theatre group, ABAW, Singapore Merlin club, and others. We facilitate theatre workshops and acting tutorials, as well as offer Chinese-Australian performing arts specialized advice. We promote a close working relationship with our partners. We can also assist your goals in reaching a wide range of public audiences from a range of communities.
If you’re interested, please contact us at crossencounters01@gmail.com/0390598186 for more information.