Ducks In China,
Focus On Our
Shanghai Team

dUCKS scéno has been working in China for 15 years and is located in ShangHai since 2016.

A team of 3 people whose mission is to inform the architects and the Chinese clients of the major importance of scenography and museography not only in cultural projects but also in all the places of performance as conference centers, media libraries, museums, stadiums, arenas, shopping malls…

Scenography as the technical mission mainly turned to inspire artists, to improve comfort for the audience and ease of operating.
dUCKS scéno defines itself as advisor and strength of operational proposals with clients, and develops technical concepts in close collaboration with architects, acousticians and other consultants of the project.

The Team

Isabelle Serré – Chinese Subsidiary Supervisor

Isabelle began her career in theaters as an assistant director, stage manager and costumer. She enlarged her experience in film, video clips and advertising, as a script girl and as an assistant producer. Later, she worked as a freelancer with choreographers and fashion designers on projects combining dance and fashion, and became road manager for various music artists. In 1992, she went with a small team to Syria to produce Romeo and Juliet in Arabic for the AFAA (French Association for Artistic Action). She stayed  in Syria during 15 years and worked on various architecture, advertising and design projects. She also organized sport and culture events in Lebanon, Jordan and in the United Arab Emirates, and in Syria with the French Cultural Agency in Aleppo, providing her organizational and creative advice.

Back in France, she started to work for dUCKS scéno in September 2007 as a project manager in the machinery department. She coordinated study and construction phases for the scenography work packages.

Since 2015, Isabelle has been one of the five dUCKS board members and has filled the position of administrative coordinator. She takes part in the organization and running of the company’s management, commercial relations, human resource management, administration and contact management. She coordinates the implementation of the board’s decisions. Since June 2016, she has been in charge of the creation and establishment of dUCKS scéno Chinese subsidiary in Shanghai.

Vivian Yin – Business Development Manager

Bachelor’s Degree in Arts Management, Nanjing University of Arts. 2011

Vivian Yin obtained her Bachelor’s Degree (2011) in Arts Management from Nanjing University of Arts. During her studies in the comprehensive arts university, she was inspired by all kinds of art forms. After graduation, she has been working in Contemporary Art Industry for more than 8 years in Shanghai, experienced SH Contemporary Art Fair and the work of art magazine and gallery.

Vivian joined dUCKS in April 2018, starting a slash career in both Architecture and Contemporary Art (Antenna Space, Shanghai).
Yifei Zhu – Project Manager

Project Manager, Graduated in 2014
University of New South Wales, Sydney
Bachelor degree : Civil Engineering
PMP Certified in 2015

Yifei Zhu studied 4 years in Australia and obtained his Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from University of New South Wales in 2014 and got his PMP Certification in 2015. His career started in Shanghai Xian Dai Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd in project management field in 2015. He has project management experiences in different parties and project experiences in different fields.

Yifei started with dUCKS sceno in May 2018 as a project manager in Shanghai office and will deliver the projects in china.

Projects