FREYA YUEJIE LI 
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Freya Yuejie Li


Costume &  Puppetry   Designer and Maker

Email: liyuejie20@gmail.com
Instagram/Wechat： @lyeeeeeie
With a background in costume and makeup design, I have worked across theatre, film, and circus. During my MA, I explored wearable art and puppetry, focusing on the relationship between body, movement, and structure. My work blends traditional techniques with experimental materials to shape visual narratives. I am interested in how costume can become a living element in performance — breathing with the body, shifting space, and extending storytelling beyond words.




Education


  • 09/2023-07/2025  Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, the U.K.
   Degree: Master of Arts
   Major: Design for Performance

  • 09/2024-12/2024  the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
   Programme:Exchange student
   Major: Theater and Entertainment Art

  • 09/2017-06/2021  Shanghai Theatre Academy, China
   Degree: Bachelor of Arts
   Major: Costume and Makeup Design


Professional experience


  • 10/2024-12/2024  Dream Carriage Theater Stilt Parade: "SHILANGTU'                                                                                                             -Costume Designer
  • 07/2023-07/2023 Short Film "Submarine" by Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Directing Graduate                                      -Costume Designer
  • 10/2022-01/2023 Teen Edition Musical: ANASTASIA                                                                                                                                                     -Costume Supervisor
  • 10/2021-07/2023 TV Series: BLOSSOMS (Director Wong Kar-wai )                                                                                                                       -Assistant Costume Designer
  • 09/2022-11/2022 Dance drama: Black Fish and White Fish                                                                                                                                       -Costume Designer
  • 04/2021-07/2021 Shanghai Jingyi Culture Media Co., Ltd. (Costume Studio）                                                                                               -Assistant Costume Designer 
  • 01/2021-03/2021  IQIYI's self-made TV Series: The Great Miss D                                                                                                                            -Assistant Costume Designer 
  • 08/2018-09/2018 Broadway Musical CATS of Shijiazhuang Tour & Musical RENT of  Shanghai Tour                                                 - Dresser

Education experience


  • 09/2025-11/2025   HKAPA;DramaA Midsummer Night’s Drunk                                                                                                                              -Associate costume designer
  • 05/2024-05/2024 RWCMD; One Act Opera: DOCTEUR MIRACLE                                                                                                                         -Costume & Set designer
  • 03/2023-04/2023 RWCMD; Opera: SLEEPING BEAUTY                                                                                                                                              -Puppet Maker and Puppeteer
  • 01/2024-02/2024  RWCMD ; National Waterfront Museum “dragons” puppets performance.                                                            - Puppets Designer and Maker
  • 12/2020-04/2021   Shanghai Theatre Academy;Musical Drama: I Have a Date with Spring                                                                    -Costume Designer
  • 06/2020-07/2020 Shanghai Theatre Academy; Drama: Golden Dragon                                                                                                            -Costume Designer and Makeup
  • 08/2019-11/2019    Shanghai Theatre Academy; Recitation paly: Huang Yanpei                                                                                              -Costume Designer
  • 06/2019                      Shanghai Theatre Academy; Short Film MEMORIES OF THE SOUTH CITY                                                               -Costume Designer and Makeup


Exhibition/Activities


  • 04/2025                       Weatable Art WANDRING , Indray Gellary, London                                          
  • 08/2024-09/2024 OISTAT Romania; International Program in Scenography 2024                                                                  

Skills


    -Costume designing and drawing,
    -Prop designing and making
    -makeup
    -Costume planning and organizing
    -Budgeting
    -Sourcing
    -Use of industrial and domestic sewing machines -Hand sewing
    -Pattern drafting& draping
    -corset making
    -Needle felting
    -Basic Millinery
    -Basic Dyeing
    -Laundry Alterations, repairs
    -Fittings, dressing, quick changes
    -puppet making
    -puppeteering
    -worbla
    -mask making
    -clay sculpting

    Computer Skills:
    - Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Nomad, etc.







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