Reveries of The Red Chamber
Dance
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Experimental Dance Theatre – “Reveries of the Red Chamber”
Helen Lai “While the Dream Unfolds”
Yang Yuntao “Blanc”
Hoyingfung “The Enigma of a Stone”
Outcast from heaven, betrayed on Earth –
brought to life in dance
Dream of the Red Chamber, also called The Story of the Stone, is a Chinese literary masterpiece written by Cao Xueqin. It tells the story of a stone that is outcast by the goddess Nüwa, who mends the heavens with stones. A Taoist priest and a Buddhist monk find the stone and bring it into the world, where it is reborn into a mortal boy called Jia Bao-yu. The story then revolves around two clans of the wealthy Jia family, who fall from financial grace, and a love triangle between Jia Bao-yu and his two female cousins.
The dance drama Reveries of the Red Chamber comprises three different reinterpretations of this epic book. Each one is individually helmed by dance doyenne Helen Lai, Hong Kong Dance Company artistic director, Yang Yuntao and theatre artist extraordinaire, Ho Ying-fung – all of whom felt inspired to bring the book to life from contemporary perspectives.
The three reinterpretations are set on an ingeniously designed stage where dance collides with literature and words take on a human form to portray a riches-to-rags story through poetic and emotive movements.
Choreographers：Helen Lai; Yang Yuntao
Director：Hoyingfung
Script Writer：Hoyingfung
Scenography Concept：Hoyingfung
Set Designer：Hoyingfung
Video Designer：Hoyingfung
Artistic Adviser：Lau Siu-ming
Costume Designer：Lin Ching-ju
Lighting Designer：Bert Wong
Sound designer：Anthony Yeung
Associate & Deputy Set Designer：Jan Wong
Composer：Kung Chi-shing “The Enigma of a Stone”
Music：Sascia Pellegrini "While the Dream Unfolds"
Chinese Opera Performance：Tang Yuen-ha "While the Dream Unfolds"
Actor：Ng Wai-shek "The Enigma of a Stone"
Pipa：Lam Tsan-tong
Creative Dancers：Mi Tao; Li Han; Yuan Shenglun; Pan Lingjuan; Kwong Lai-ping; Tang Ya; Li Xiaomeng; He Youngning; Peng Rongrong; Sun Gongwei; Lin Chun-na; Tsai Yeun-on; Hua Chi-yu; Lam Yin-yi; Huang Lei
Note：This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Theatre Yearbook 2016 – Dance, Drama and Xiqu" published by International Association of Theatre Critics (Hong Kong).
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$250
Indoor
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