11 – Hong Kong Dance Exchange 2022

Symposium 2

《乜嘢係香港嘅舞蹈在地文化?》

11/9/2022 (Sun)
4:30-6:30pm

「我哋」生於「我地」,「我哋」在「我地」的所思所想所感所愛,如何傾注於舞蹈創作?HDX策劃將深入訪談四位本地及海外委約編舞,從個人創作回溯「我地」養分,從養分到實戰,從性/別探索延伸至跨地交流,從身體修練談到本地巫舞文化,道教儀式「破地獄」專業師傅亦將現場示範儀式選段,跨界切磋。

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Workshop 3

Faces Dance, Too

11.9.2022 (Sun)
11:00-12:30

Ayane digs into the most overlooked body part among dancers: the face. Experiment with subtle facial expressions and deadpan faces and marvel at how the face influences the body.

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Empty

Programme 3 Empty Hong Kong 11.9.2022 (Sun) Studio Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre 15:00 – 17:00 Synopsis No making is possible without breaking. Breaking and being broken is the cycle of living. On an almost empty space as desolate as the hard-hearted world, a lone walker creates and contradicts space, revealing the concealed human facets. Between the selves and non-selves, [...]
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Topography of Breath

Programme 3 Topography of Breath Singapore 11.9.2022 (Sun) Studio Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre 15:00 – 17:00 Synopsis Breath is perhaps the most blatant protest against unspoken body politics: distorted sports culture, the blind pursuit of physical productivity and the risk of being treated as human capital. ‘Faster, Higher, Stronger’ has a deeper meaning to the Singaporean dancer, whose national [...]
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Those who ain’t damn nobody

Programme 2 Those who ain't damn nobody Japan 10.9.2022 (Sat) Studio Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre 15:00 – 17:00 Synopsis The eccentric duo makes imagination literal and in your face. The powerful mix of Butoh, contemporary dance, classical and rock n’ roll demonstrates how far extremity can go. Every tableau is an eye-opening phenomenon and a subtle tribute to the [...]
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Backtrack-ing

Programme 3 Backtrack-ing Hong Kong 11.9.2022 (Sun) Studio Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre 15:00 – 17:00 Synopsis In Backtrack-ing, Taoist funeral ritual ‘hell-door-breaking’ unrolls the memory lane for Terry Tsang. The all-male cast smashes the door of bygones and sets off an introspective expedition, witnessing life and death, and eventually arriving at the self. Coming full circle, one might realise [...]
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It’s not my body chapter 3.5

Programme 3 IT’S NOT MY BODY chapter 3.5 Hong Kong 11.9.2022 (Sun) Studio Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre 15:00 – 17:00 Synopsis Since 2014, the IT’S NOT MY BODY series has been a game of chess for Wong Tan-ki. Wrestling with his own shadow, the dancer’s every move, pause and limbo on stage construct a strong proposition about his dance life. 8 [...]
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