8F Platform X – A Decade of Creativity
Dance
Description
Description
8F Platform X shines a light on Asia, gathering artists from Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Shanghai and Hong Kong to fuse together the old with the new. Daniel Yeung turns Hong Kong’s lion dance tradition on its head. Two stylistic divergent Korean ensembles reconceive traditional ritual music and dance, adding humour and wit while extending body language. There’s Butoh, dance of darkness that is unique to Japan. And there’s an energetic athletic piece paring up Hong Kong and Japanese dancers, sparking limitless creative possibilities. A new work from Taiwan, inspired by Nordic myth that has received international recognition, receives its Hong Kong premiere. Members of the Hong Kong Dance Company also present new works based on numbers and card games. The best talents of Asia meet local stars in a glittering crossover dance extravaganza!
Artistic Advisers：Daniel Yeung; Ong Yong-lock
Lighting Designer：Lee Chi Wai (Programme 1); Mousey Tse (Programme 2)
# Programme 1：拉人Dance
Choreographer：Daniel Yeung
Co-Choreographers & Dancers：Mao Wei; Tracy Wong; Hugh Cho; Li Tuokun; Soames Lee
# Programme 1：REST
Performer：Company SIGA (Korea)
Choreographer：Lee Jae-young
Dancers：Lee Jae-young; Shin Jea-ho
# Programme 1：Hugin/Munin
Performer：B. DANCE (Taiwan)
Choreographer：Tsai Po-cheng
Dancers：Chang Chien-chih; Chang Sheng-ho
# Programme 1：4 Times 13=?
Performer：Hong Kong Dance Company
Choreographer：He Yongning
Dancers：He Yongning; Li Xiaomeng; Liu Wai-yee; Zhan Qian
Composer & Live music：Sascia Pellegrini
# Programme 2：A Short, Thick Rainbow
Performer：Namstrops (Japan); Unlock Dancing Plaza (Hong Kong)
Co-organizer：Unlock Dancing Plaza (Hong Kong)
Choreographers：Takafumi Kodama; Souhei Minowa; Akifumi Toyofuku; Rumiko Takahashi
Dancers：Takafumi Kodama; Souhei Minowa; Akifumi Toyofuku; Rumiko Takahashi; Joseph Lee; Carman Li; Emily Ng; Skinny Ng
Music designer：Genki.Ohno
# Programme 2：Focus on 0
Performer：Hong Kong Dance Company
Concept：Yuan Shenglun
Co-Choreographers：Yuan Shenglun; Xie Xin
Dancer：Yuan Shenglun; Xie Xin; Sun Gongwei
# Programme 2：Gentleman
Performer：Maholra Company (Korea)
Choreographer：Kim Jae-seung
Dancer：Kim Jae-seung
Live Music：Hwang Min-wang; Seong Hwi-kyeong
# Programme 2：Illusion in the wind (Butoh)
Performer：Yuri Nagaoka (Japan)
Choreographer：Yuri Nagaoka
Dancer：Yuri Nagaoka
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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$200
Indoor
Local
