2022 – Award-Winning Research Paper

2022 – Award-Winning Research Paper

What Western Ideas Have We Diluted, Misunderstood and Missed in Intercultural Actor Training? — Observation, Practice and Reflection at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

Publisher

Drama: The Journal of the Central Academy of Drama

Type

Award-Winning Research, Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Winner: Second Prize, International Theatre Academy Awards (Theory Awards, 2022)

What happens when Western techniques travel East?

This paper critically examines how Western acting methodologies are received, adapted, and sometimes misinterpreted in intercultural training. Drawing from my first-hand experience in both Western and Chinese actor training, I explore the gaps, tensions, and new possibilities that arise in cross-cultural contexts.

Winner: Second Prize, International Theatre Academy Awards (Theory Awards, 2022)

What happens when Western techniques travel East?

This paper critically examines how Western acting methodologies are received, adapted, and sometimes misinterpreted in intercultural training. Drawing from my first-hand experience in both Western and Chinese actor training, I explore the gaps, tensions, and new possibilities that arise in cross-cultural contexts.

© Dr Shaoyuan Qi 2025 · London


© Dr Shaoyuan Qi 2025 · London


© Dr Shaoyuan Qi 2025 · London


2022 – Award-Winning Research Paper

What Western Ideas Have We Diluted, Misunderstood and Missed in Intercultural Actor Training? — Observation, Practice and Reflection at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

Publisher

Drama: The Journal of the Central Academy of Drama

Type

Award-Winning Research, Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Winner: Second Prize, International Theatre Academy Awards (Theory Awards, 2022)

What happens when Western techniques travel East?

This paper critically examines how Western acting methodologies are received, adapted, and sometimes misinterpreted in intercultural training. Drawing from my first-hand experience in both Western and Chinese actor training, I explore the gaps, tensions, and new possibilities that arise in cross-cultural contexts.

© Dr Shaoyuan Qi 2025 · London


© Dr Shaoyuan Qi 2025 · London