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CITYLIFE / what's on
Leaping out of the pop star shadows
By Mu Qian (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-07-03 08:56
Silver Rain, presented by the City Contemporary Dance Company, is
inspired by the immense Chinese culture. [File photo]
The Hong Kong Culture Series - Dance Collection introduces Beijing
audiences to Hong Kong's modern dance world, an artistic form often
overshadowed by its pop cultures.
The event opened on Sunday at the Oriental Pioneer Theater of Beijing
with a free photographic exhibition and will run through till July 10.
The event's presenter, Beijing LDTX Modern Dance Company, has also
invited four modern dance groups from Hong Kong to perform at the
Oriental Pioneer Theater: City Contemporary Dance Company, Unlock Dancing
Plaza, why_me_dance and Passover Dance Company.
"These troupes' works are of various styles. Some may shock you, some may
make you laugh, and some will bring you very fine feelings," says Willy
Tsao, artistic director of Beijing LDTX Modern Dance Company and City
Contemporary Dance Company.
Today and tomorrow, Hong Kong's first and longest-running professional
modern dance group City Contemporary Dance Company will present a
performance titled Silver Rain, which puts together the most memorable
works of six outstanding choreographers of the group, including Tsao. The
works are inspired by the immense Chinese culture including philosophy,
history, operas and even Chinese rock'n'roll, and Xing Liang, a graduate
of Beijing Dance Academy who has won numerous awards.
On July 6, the Unlock Dancing Plaza will perform Whisper of Love, which
is "the pursuit of ordinary sensation from the extraordinary world".
Unlock Dancing Plaza tries to stress the exchange between audience and
performers, and create a new and tailored experience of modern dance
viewing for audiences.
On July 8, the why_me_dance group will present You Had Better Dance,
which was inspired by John Lennon's song Beautiful Boy. On July 10, the
Passover Dance Company will perform a work titled Xin Xiang, which the
choreographers will bring a bit of freshness to the busy city.
There will be a "meet-the-artist" session after every performance, and
the dancers and choreographers from Hong Kong will also have dance
workshops during their stay in Beijing.
The Hong Kong Culture Series will present a number of events to introduce
the representative culture of Hong Kong. After the modern dance
collection, the series will bring the Cantonese Artists Association of
Hong Kong to perform a Cantonese opera in Beijing in October.
"We hope that this series will change many people's impression that Hong
Kong is a commercial city with no culture," says Tsao. "Though it's very
easy for mainlanders to travel to Hong Kong now, the Hong Kong Culture
Series provide a rare opportunity to get to know Hong Kong's culture
systematically."
The event is supported by the Beijing Office of the Government of the
Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong Arts Development Council and the Art Development
Fund of the Home Affair Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong SAR.
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