Qing Jia Zhang Zhang, Qing Jia
Qing Jia Zhang graduated in voice from the Department of Music at National Taiwan University of Arts and from the theatre program of the Graduate Institute of Performing Arts at National Taiwan Normal University, and works as a musical theatre choreographer, actor, dancer, singer and vocal coach.
Performance credits: the international Chinese-language production of MAMMA MIA! (as Lisa), whose second season toured 100 performances in mainland China; MRT (as the Old Lady) with Match Made in Heaven Theatre (天作之合劇場); Anything Goes (as Angel) at the National Concert Hall; “Neither the Buddha nor You” (不負如來不負卿; as Consort Lü) with the Shang He Taiwanese Opera Troupe (尚和歌仔戲劇團); “Young Taiwan” (少年台灣; as Jiji’s Mother) with Musical Time Theater; “Classic of Mountains and Seas” (山海經傳; as Zhurong, and dance assistant) and “I Am the Incarnation of Oil Paint” (我是油彩的化身; dance assistant and solo dancer) at National Taiwan Normal University; “Tap Planet: Link’s Adventure” (踢踏星球 林克的冒險; as Que’er) and Day Light (as Linda) with Yao Yan Musical Theatre (音樂劇團耀演); and “The Mouse’s Wedding” (老鼠娶親; as the Little Assistant) with the Taipei Philharmonic Theater Workshop.
Choreography: the performance program of the Ministry of Culture’s 38th Golden Tripod Awards ceremony; the performance program of the Nu Skin Group’s 2014 Star Summit (星峰大會); a flash-mob project at Taoyuan Airport for the Iron Rose Theater of the Taoyuan Cultural Affairs Bureau; “The Nutcracker” (胡桃鉗) for the Joy Children’s English Theater (佳音兒童英語劇團); the National Taiwan Normal University musical “Tap Planet: Link’s Adventure”; Yao Yan’s musicals “Delicious Guys” (美味型男) and Day Light; and dance design for concerts of the Taipei HuaShin Children’s Chorus and the E.SUN Bank Choir.
Teaching: Zhang currently teaches at Hwa Kang Arts School, National Taiwan University of Arts and the Department of Music at Shih Chien University, and is a lecturer for the musical theatre course at the High School Affiliated to National Taiwan Normal University, for Godot Theatre’s Revitalizing History project and for musical theatre outreach of the Nantou County Cultural Affairs Bureau, as well as resident choreographer of Yao Yan Musical Theatre.