{"id":6386,"date":"2026-09-10T12:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/?p=6386"},"modified":"2026-09-10T16:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T12:55:07","slug":"wan-zhengdao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/6386\/wan-zhengdao\/","title":{"rendered":"Wan Zhengdao"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Wan Zhengdao<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Lighting Design<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Zhengdao Wan, founder of Beijing Hazy Haze Studio and a PhD candidate in Lighting Design at The Central Academy of Drama. As a senior member of the China Stage Art Association and an Emerging Designer at the 4th China Stage Art Exhibition, he has been honored with the William Nelson Memorial Award, the highest lighting design prize at Carnegie Mellon University, and also won the Best Lighting Design award at the BFDG Award &amp; Vectorworks Design Award 2024. His lighting design portfolio spans both theatre and large-scale events, including the Jackie Chan-directed opera \u2018Turandot\u2019, the musical \u2018Electra\u2019 (USA), the show \u2018Qin Zheng\u2019, the cultural tourism show \u2018Hongye Shiyan Fantasy Liaozhai\u2019, the Peking Opera \u2018Chen Xian&#8217;s Dream\u2019, the musical \u2018Chinese Characters Time\u2019, the modern dance \u2018Emery-Haynes\u2019 (USA), the show \u2018Sender\u2019 (USA), the immersive production \u2018Lost in Play \u2013 Marie Dalgar Theatrical Journey\u2019, the show \u2018Yucun Notes: Hidden Notes\u2019, the 2025 Liaoning TV Broadcast Snake Year People&#8217;s Spring Festival Gala, Zhejiang TV Broadcast 2024\u20132025 New Year&#8217;s Eve Concert, and the Teens in Times 5th Anniversary Concert, among others. 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