Prof. LIU Xinglin from the Department ofStage Design was nominated as a candidate for Best Stage Design of the 3rdWorld Stage Design Awards (WSD2013) from Sep.8-13 in Cardiff, Great Britain.His chosen design was for ‘Wilderness’, produced by Beijing People’s ArtTheatre Group in 2010. It is Prof. LIU Xinglin’s second time to win this mostimportant international prize for stage design. He previously won the GoldPrize of WSD in 2009..

4 Chinese Stage designers were selected forthe 2013WSD, including the young Chinese designer LUO Ting, a PhD student ofthe Academy studying costume design.