Xiao Ke

At the age of six, Xiao Ke began her Chinese traditional dance education and training, which lasted for twelve years until she was enrolled by Fudan University in Shanghai from where she studied contemporary dance by herself. In 1998, she founded her own dance studio “XK Dance Studio”. In 2002, she started collaboration with contemporary artists. In 2005, together with Zhang Xian, she co-founded ZuHe Niao Physical Theater Collective and won ZKB Award in Zurich Theater Spektakel in 2006. In 2007, UGLY Performing art Studio was founded in Beijing. In 2011, she co-founded Cannot Help Art Collective with Zhou Zihan and Zhang Yuan that aims at probing into social issues through art that is transboundary and diverse. Xiao Ke’s works have been invited and shown in different countries. In recent years, she has been pioneering the road for performance art as well social theater about the reality in today’s China, and the artistic forms are various, no longer limited within the theater.