Dance

Top Chinese choreographer Helen Lai and veteran stage actor Lee Chun-chow decipher the music of Shostakovich together. Don’t miss out on the return of this seminal classic!

Regarded as a music giant during the Soviet period, Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich was a pioneer and spiritual leader of the music circle, giving voice to the revolutionary socialism at that time. Unfortunately, under Stalin’s orthodoxy, he became the enemy of the people and faced harsh political persecution. Feigning compliance with the government, Shostakovich embedded his resentment and rebellion against the government into his music.

Inspired by Testimony, the controversial memoirs of Shostakovich, Helen Lai presents an unprecedented fusion of dance, music, moving image and theatre. The Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Actor Lee Chun-chow returns to join in this pioneering dance theatre, playing the Russian composer, Shakespeare’s tragic characters as well as funny man in Chaplin’s slapstick style of silent movies, weaving between dance, music and drama.