Meet the Team
BINGYAO LIU
刘冰瑶
Creative Producer & Yangqin player
she/they
Bingyao hails from Hunan, China and has been playing the yangqin since 5. She received her bachelor’s degree in music from the Mount Holyoke College in the US. During her time there, she founded a Chinese music ensemble which performed regularly at cultural events and concerts. Bingyao has played the yangqin with ensembles of various music styles in the US and Australia, including a klezmer Jewish music band and the Chao Feng Chinese Orchestra.
Bingyao moved to Melbourne in 2018 to study a Master of Music Therapy at the University of Melbourne. Now a registered music therapist, Bingyao works with children and adults with disabilities and people with mental health diagnoses. She has had the privilege of getting to know people’s stories and share joy with them in music. This experience inspired Bingyao to dedicate her work to creating access to arts for people of all backgrounds and abilities.
Bingyao has a passion for theatre and has taken on various roles in community theatre productions in the past, including costume designer, sound designer, sound board operator and stage manager. An emerging theatre producer, Bingyao recently worked on ‘The Best Cabinet Maker’ by Small Ripples Theatre, which had four sold-out shows in 2023.
JUN BIN LEE
李俊彬
Writer/Music Director/Producer
he/him
Jun Bin Lee is a Melbourne-based composer and writer of Malaysian-Chinese heritage who works across film and theatre. Lee has written multiple musical and theatrical productions across New Zealand, Taiwan and Australia, often featuring diverse musicians, languages and musical instruments. This includes Taonga pūoro (traditional musical instrument of the Maori people of New Zealand), African drums, Chinese Erhu, GuZheng, YangQin, Indian Sitar and Tabla.
Lee is passionate about cross-disciplinary collaboration and often works with academic researchers, social workers, advocacy groups, documentary filmmakers and historians to create educational and awareness-raising projects.
SARAH YU
余西就
Director/Movement Mentor
she/her
Sarah Yu is an Aotearoa-born with Chinese heritage residing in Naarm, Melbourne. She is a multidisciplinary artist whose work spans site-specific dance, musical theatre, movement coaching, and dance film. She explores themes of identity, culture, and human expression through her diverse artistic practice. A passionate advocate for social change, Sarah addresses critical issues such as gender-based violence and societal transformation.
Notable projects include Elixir (2011), How A Perpetrator is Born (2019), A Fundamentally Flawed Love Story (2019), The Ari Project (2021), Best Cabinet Maker (2023) and recently, Hidden Tunes Musical (2025/6). Through these works, she challenges societal norms, using performance as a transformative tool for dialogue, reflection, and change.
Sean Stephen Ryan
Secretary
he/him
Sean Stephen Ryan is a Malaysian-Eurasian governance professional, creative producer, and community advocate living and working on the Wurundjeri lands of the Kulin Nation in Naarm, Melbourne.
His work sits at the intersection of governance, storytelling, and social impact. Professionally, Sean works across governance, risk, compliance, and public sector accountability, supporting decision-making within Victorian local government and statutory authorities. With a background in communications and project management, he is passionate about creating strong organisational foundations that enable meaningful community outcomes.
Alongside his governance career, Sean has remained deeply committed to the arts as a platform for dialogue, representation, and social change. He graduated from Victoria University with a Bachelor of Arts (Communication Studies), during which he produced the panel discussion "History and Storytelling: Have Aboriginal Storytelling Methods Changed Throughout the Generations" exploring the role of storytelling in preserving and sharing cultural knowledge.
Since completing the AMES Australia Prevention of Violence Against Women Leadership Program in 2018, Sean has been an advocate for gender equality and violence prevention. He was a co-founder of Break Boundaries, a not-for-profit organisation that creates original content to challenge gendered violence and promote respectful relationships. Through this work, he co-produced the video series Challenging Everyday Sexism and co-wrote and produced A Fundamentally Flawed Love Story, a musical exploring family violence, cultural expectations, and relationships within culturally and linguistically diverse communities. He is currently the co-founder of VOS Kita, a content creation group that creates culturally and linguistically diverse content focused on community advocacy.
Sean is passionate about creating space for culturally and linguistically diverse voices in the arts and believes storytelling can be a powerful tool for building empathy, strengthening communities, and inspiring social change. He is particularly interested in projects that bring together artistic practice, community engagement, and advocacy to explore issues that are often overlooked or underrepresented.