Lapsing Around Ep.4: Interview with Xiaole Wang

18/03/2025 51 min

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Lapsing Around is a series on Life of an Art Student Pod that delves deep into the LAPS programme. In this episode, Georgios Rallis interviews Xiaole Wang, a student in the LAPS programme (Live Art and Performance Studies, MA at the Theatre Academy, Uniarts Helsinki).    Link to LAPS programme: https://www.uniarts.fi/en/study-programmes/live-art-and-performance-studies-master/ Link to blog post: https://blogit.uniarts.fi/en/latest-blog-posts/ Uniarts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uniartshelsinki/ LAPS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liveart_performancestudies/ Georgios Rallis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gravity_grave/ Xiaole Wang Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pinpure/  Timestamps (0:39) – Self-introduction (2:08) – What is your biggest pet peeve? What’s something that absolutely irritates you? (3:40) – How has LAPS been for you so far? (5:23) – How was the application process for you? (10:50) – What was your biggest takeaway? What are the positives and negatives of the program? (13:40) – What about the courses? Did anything stand out to you specifically? (17:43) – Do you have any advice for people coming to Finland for the first time? (27:18) – How did the combination in your research come about? (36:13) – What was your experience like going to Berlin with a grant from the academy? (39:29) – What is your thesis work about? What method are you using? (46:20) – Where do you see yourself in the future?