A co-production of Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur, Opéra Grand Avignon and Opéra Théâtre de Saint-Étienne

World hip hop dance champions Pockemon Crew visit Hong Kong for the first time to show their latest production, And action! Originally from Lyon – the city where cinema was born – the dancers take us back to film sets of the 1930s and 40s for an original piece that fuses hip hop, cinema and musical with spectacular results. 「And action!」 Inspired by American movies and musicals from the 1930s and 40s, the latest creation from the company is a tribute to cinema and homage to the dance performed in Broadway theatres at the time, which influenced the first hip hop movement. Full of energy and acrobatics, this vivacious piece with 6 dancers mixes genres and styles for a unique choreographic experience.

Based on the novel Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, Marco Polo – a choreographic epic by Luciano Cannito under the artistic direction of Eric Vu-An – is a hymn to humanism and the spirit of an encounter that puts the world within our reach. Marco Polo A fusion of classical vocabulary and dance with undertones of the Orient, this ballet propels us into a magical journey filled with exoticism, and tells the story of the clash between the emperor Kublai Khan, who wants to enslave the world in his power, and Marco Polo, the Venetian explorer who relishes discovering new people, cultures and cities. The success of this piece lays in capturing these two contrary visions through the dance and movements of each character. Whereas the emperor retains a hieratic attitude and remains deaf to reality, Marco Polo is occupied by his enthusiastic perception of life; he leaps and twirls to better celebrate the magic of the world, an ocean of possibilities that no man can ever imprison.