Liu Kedong
stage designer for The National Theatre of China. He is also Vice President of the China Institute of Stage Design (CASA).
He graduated from The Central Academy of Drama’s stage design department in 1995,As of today, his has over a hundred works, including operas, musicals, theatre, dances, and contemporary dances. His works are grand and full of spirit, with great variation, all creating awe inspiring visuals. He is an avid fanatic of Chinese traditional aesthetics. He interprets many traditional Chinese elements into his contemporary work which have met with great success.
OPERA<SANDALWOOD DEATH>
Master Mo Yan has introduced a magic, jocose and trembling moral in his libretto for opera „Sandalwood Death “ by means of zilch in great era, fates intertwine with each other, blazing disturbing reflection due to interaction, the night before the building collapse and the doomsday, invisible and tangible, strong and weak, whole and individual… Complex dialectical message is conveyed in these characters‘ conflicting fates, such as confrontation and obedience, truth and illusion, cruelty and warmth etc., and the tragic ending is pushed forward by the power of the end of the world.
Scenic presentation for this opera only consists of the puppet as character element with an invisible operation. It reinforces abrupt modality and thrilling visual sensation. The collision between ordinariness and extraordinariness deserves the focus and thinking of the audience, cultivates profound connotation and creates atmosphere of the modern opera.




刘科栋
中国国家话剧院一级舞美设计
中国舞台美术学会副会长
歌剧《檀香刑》
编剧:莫言
导演:陈蔚
舞美设计:刘科栋
灯光设计:王琦
服装设计:彭丁煌
首演于2017山东省大剧院
山东艺术学院出品
舞台呈现我仅用提线木偶的人体元素,一种无形的操纵,进行扭曲夸张的组合,强调出突兀的形式感和惊悚的视觉感。在形象平庸和奇艺的对撞中引发观者的深思,营造富于深刻内涵的现代歌剧氛围。