Exit 11 Performing Arts Company is a cross-border performing arts company committed to interrogating political and economic asymmetries through the rigorous engagement of artistic practice across multiple disciplines, including but not limited to live theater, dance, performance art, installations, and written work.
Exit 11 Performing Arts Company was created as a space for artists of all disciplines to collaborate in, and give support for, the pursuit of artistic practice. We strive to develop rigorous new work of exceptional quality that interrogates capitalism, nationalism, and discrimination in the Anthropocene. We are committed to investigating local and global issues while remaining reflective of our own histories and biases. We make work that confronts and comforts, that reflects and reasons, and that engages our community in both the physical and digital spaces. We maintain a space that embraces humanity in its fullest form with a specific focus on ensuring strong representation for women and people of color. Our work is not apathetic but is vulnerable in all its joy, sadness, and rage. We make our art for the future, for our communities, and for each other.
Co-creative Director
Kevin is a Taiwanese-American choreographer, actor, mover, and theater maker. He is a graduate of New York University Abu Dhabi, where he obtained a BA in Theater and Economics. Kevin is also a SITI Company Alumni and is heavily inspired by Viewpoints and the Suzuki Method of Actor Training. His current interests lie in exploring the human psyche, with a specific consideration toward the actor-spectator relationship and the practical study of performance ethics. Kevin is also interested in developing movement that cannot be created by a single body, whether through partner work or movement in relation to props, set pieces, and obstacles.
Email me: ke***@ex********.com
Co-creative Director
Ethan is a British-American writer, director, and theater-maker based in Taipei. He holds a BA (Hons) in Theater and Film & New Media from New York University Abu Dhabi and pursues a specific interest in new plays, international theater, and Theater of the Real. Ethan’s work focuses on socially conscious stories that provoke reflection, strengthen understanding, and channel his passion for community-building. He has worked with New York-based theater companies The Civilians and SITI Company and is also a SITI Alumni, having trained in Suzuki and Viewpoints in Saratoga Springs. He has also worked across the UAE arts center as a curator and programmer for organizations including Ras Al Khaimah Art, and was part of The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi’s inaugural Numoo artist development program.
Email me: et***@ex********.com
Co-creative Director
Tzy Jiun is a Malaysian-born writer and artist. She holds a BA in History and an MA in History in the Public Sphere. Her first book project is currently in the making — it explores the History of the Chinese diaspora in Malaysia and her family lineage, as well as the ambiguities of belonging. Her work has been published in Palette Poetry, Moist Poetry Journal, and Fevers of the Mind, among others. In her free time, you can find her cat-spotting from her balcony in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Email me: ji**@ex********.com