Du Lan (Curator)

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Du Lan (Curator)

Stage Designer

Current Position: Stage Designer, China Railway Art Troupe

Education

  • Inner Mongolia University, Bachelor of Arts in Drama, Film & Television Art Design, September 2011 – June 2015
  • Central Academy of Drama, Master of Arts in Theatre and Film Studies (Stage Design), September 2017 – June 2020
  • Central Academy of Drama, PhD Candidate in Theatre and Film Studies (Stage Design), September 2021 – June 2025

Professional & Practical Experience

  1. 2017 – Exhibition Scene Designer, Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre & Yuhuatai Memorial Hall, Nanjing, Jiangsu
  2. 2018 – Graduation Production Crazy for You, Musical Theatre Department, Central Academy of Drama
  3. 2018 – Graduation Production Before the Fall, Directing Department, Central Academy of Drama
  4. 2018 – Graduation Production The Emperor’s New Clothes, Theatre Education Department, Central Academy of Drama
  5. 2018 – Graduation Opera Production The Marriage of Figaro, Opera Department, Central Academy of Drama
  6. 2018 – Stage Visual Design for Lucky Stiff, Musical Theatre Faculty & Graduate Training Program, Central Academy of Drama
  7. 2018 – Internship Production A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Acting Department, Central Academy of Drama
  8. 2018 – Exhibition Scene Designer, Museum of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, Dandong, Liaoning
  9. 2019 – Graduation Production Oklahoma!, Musical Theatre Department, Central Academy of Drama
  10. 2019 – Graduation Production Men Without Fathers, Acting Department, Central Academy of Drama
  11. 2019 – Kunqu Opera Six Records of a Floating Life, Shanghai Grand Theatre
  12. 2019 – Stage Design Development for Cultural Tourism Production Only Mount Emei
  13. 2019 – Children’s Play My Mother Is a Horse, Beijing Children’s Art Theatre
  14. 2021 – Stage Design Development for Cultural Tourism Production Only Henan · Drama Fantasy City
  15. 2021 – Exhibition Designer, 4th China Stage Design Exhibition, Central Academy of Drama Exhibition Area
  16. 2022 – Stage Designer for Large-scale Outdoor Musical & Dance Performance Bushanna Romance
  17. 2022 – Stage Designer for Yangge Opera Mizhi Woman and Suide Man, Yulin Grand Theatre
  18. 2023 – Ballet Dream of the Red Chamber, National Ballet of China
  19. 2023 – Large-scale Cultural Tourism Production The First Crossing of the Long March
  20. 2023 – Graduation Production The Winter’s Tale, Acting Department, Central Academy of Drama
  21. 2023 – National Arts Fund Drama Project Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm
  22. 2023 – Baling Opera Sharing the Same River, Yueyang Baling Opera Heritage & Research Institute
  23. 2024 – Kunqu Opera Poetry Banquet: Tales of Tang Talents, Jiangsu Kunqu Opera Theatre
  24. 2024 – Kunqu Opera Mr. Li Pei, Stage Designer, Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre
  25. 2025 – Stage Designer for the Opera Carmen, National Centre for the Performing Arts Opera Company
  26. 2025 – Stage Designer for the “Most Beautiful Shentie People” Event, China Railway Art Troupe

Academic Research

  1. Research on World Stage Design Masters – Pamela Howard. Published by China Theatre Press, First Edition, October 2021. Role: Editorial Board Member
  2. Participated in Major Institutional Research Project at Central Academy of Drama (2022). Project: Archives Exhibition of Alumni from the Stage Design Department of the Central Academy of Drama. Project No.: YNZDA803
  3. Published article in Guangming Daily on November 22, 2024: “Stage Design Department of the Central Academy of Drama: Responding to New Trends in Industry Development and Cultivating Outstanding Talent”
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