Joanna Xu, a former IESA arts&culture student in the “Professional Master in Cultural Project Management,” is today the co-creator of the company “Le Lotus Noir,” a contemporary theater company based in Paris. She tells us about her path.
What were you doing before joining IESA arts&culture?
I arrived in France in 2015, studied the French language at the Sorbonne and at Cours Florent. In my 3rd year at Cours Florent I joined IESA arts&culture as part of the “Professional Master in Cultural Project Management” program.
Before coming to France, I was a journalist at Chinese television, in the fields of society, agriculture and documentaries.
Did you do internships/work-study during your program? If so, at which company and in what position?
I was able to do an internship as assistant to the director of the “Les Théâtrales” festival in Orly.
Every two years I take part in the production of, and act in, contemporary plays staged in public theaters in the Île-de-France département; it was also my validation internship for the master’s.
What happened after IESA arts&culture?
With three other Cours Florent students, I created the company Le Lotus Noir; so far we have produced two plays.
Currently, we are presenting “At the Edge of Life 生死界” until February 20, 2020 and “The Chewing of the Dead” until March 10, 2020.
In addition to my work in the theater company, I am an assistant to a Chinese artist, Jiang Shanqing, based between Paris and Beijing.
IESA: THE ADVANTAGES
Before IESA arts&culture, I had never set up a cultural project; the school lets you work in a concrete way, carrying out projects from A to Z.
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