we’ve been nominated in the south china daily’s “shenzhen’s btop ten avant-garde culture postcard（深圳十大先锋文化标签评选）” competition. we’re not yet sure who nominated us, or how we got on the list but we’re up against a building and dafen oil painting village, among other examplars of the shenzhen avant-garde. this in itself is interesting; these postcard competitions seem to be about branding (shenzhen as a hotbed of art as known through its architecture, museums, classical pianists, and university?!) and also about turning these examplars into images that can be put on a postcard. in which case, fat bird can be made equivalent to an artist’s village that sells reproductions to wallmart. what’s more, the picture on the ballet isn’t of us, but from the theatre practice’s september visit. if none of this fazes you, and you if you find online popularity contests amusing, please go here to cast your vote for 深圳胖鸟剧团. we’re contestant number 27 . go here to read the southern daily’s take on our approach to performance.