Liu Libin

Prof. Liu Libin was born in Harbin China in 1953.He was the General Secretary of Education Development Foundation of the Central Academy of Drama(the CAD) China, doctoral supervisor and the member of Theatre Olympics International Committee. He graduated from the Acting Department of the CAD in 1977, then worked as a teacher specializing in acting courses, including theatre performing, acting and directing creative practice and theoretical research. Till now, he has directed over 30 theatre works, including Thunderstorm (written by Cao Yu), Beijing People, Three Sisters, The Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Servant of Two Masters, Turandot, The Tragedy of Faust, Come Down from The Tree, Wenna, original musicals Tarruffe, Chinese Opera Women Teacher of A Village School, monodrama Past Times of Countryside, Life Between Heaven and Earth. Among these plays, the monodrama Past Times of Countryside was staged in the 6th Theatre Olympics hosted in Beijing China, the monodrama Life Between Heaven and Earth was performed in the 7th Theatre Olympics hosted in Wroclaw Poland, the 8th Theatre Olympics hosted in Delhi India, and the 9th Theatre Olympics hosted in SCOT Japan.
His published papers included Talks on Performing Concepts, Psychological Exploration on Actor’s Acting and Creation, Creation on Characters, Talks on Humans’ Nature, Thoughts on the Empty Space, Salute to Classic Works, Imagination for Creation, Feeling of Creation, What I Thought when Did Rehearsals on The Twelfth Night.
He has been worked as Chief of the Administrative Affairs Office of the CAD, the Vice President, Dean of the Acting Department, the Convener of the 7th Review Panel of Drama, Film and TV of the National Administrative Office for Academic Degrees, General Secretary of the Chinese Society of Dramatic Arts and Deputy General Secretary of the Asian Theatre Education Center.