KT Yau

Hong Kong

KT Yau Ka Hei graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree (Honours) in Contemporary Dance from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and was awarded the Mainland Exchange scholarship from HSBC during her study. She received the Emerging Choreographer Award at the Hong Kong Dance Award 2018. For her work Unmixed in the New Force in Motion series presented by LCSD, Yau also received the Outstanding Small Venue Production Award at the Hong Kong Dance Awards 2018.

As a dancer, she has collaborated with numerous renowned local organisations and arts festivals including Hong Kong Dance Company, Y-space Dance Company, Unlock Dancing Plaza, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Repertory Theatre and Theatre Ronin. Her recent works include Unmixed, a work that highlights the restrictions and rules imposed on youth from society; Remain Invisible, a solo work that opens up imagination on bodily existence with a touch of black humour; and Stubborn…ing, presenting an intriguing and playful wrestle in power and energy between two dancers.