prog3 – Hong Kong Dance Exchange 2022

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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