Burong Zeng is a practitioner-researcher and an arts producer based in London and Beijing. As a multifaceted professional, Zeng conducts research in Theatre and Performance and produces innovative and impactful transnational performance projects. Her work challenges binary thinking and broadens our perspective of embodiment, otherness and body politics. As a neurodivergent, Zeng is particularly passionate about exploring the lived experience of invisible disability and its impact on the meaning-making and performance-making process.

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 Before embarking on the PhD, Zeng honed skills as a playwright and performer, exhibiting and performing at renowned venues and festivals worldwide, including the Pratt Gallery (New York), Power Station of Art (Shanghai), G12 Hub (Belgrade), Southbank Centre (London), and Exeter Phoenix. Zeng is also a prolific writer, having published a broad range of materials, including journal articles, short novels, book chapters, and a co-authored book on contemporary performance.