Modern Dance by HK City Contemporary Dance Company

Time: 2008.7.22 (Tue) 20:00
Venue: Huang Hua Gang Theatre
Tickets: ￥220 ￥180 ￥120 ￥80 (Studnet ￥40)

Performer: Hong Kong City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC)

 

"Artistic soul of contemporary Hong Kong ." ——South China Morning Post, Hong Kong

Over the 30 years, through the leadership of its founder and artistic director, Willy Tsao, CCDC has inspired and elated audiences in Hong Kong and around the world with superb modern dance performances. Since 1979, in productions by leading choreographers such as Helen Lai, Mui Cheuk-yin, Pun Siu-fai, Yuri Ng, and Tsao himself, and in innovative collaborations with the best and brightest artists from other media, this company of Hong Kong 's finest dancers has presented over 200 original works with popular and critical acclaim. CCDC's renown in reflecting the vigor and creativity of Hong Kong 's vibrant, multifaceted contemporary culture has increased its home audience to 53,000 annually and earned it 68 international tours to the world's foremost dance stages and festivals in over 30 major cities. S ince 1989 , through its China Development Programme , CCDC has provide d administrative and technical support to budding Hong Kong and mainland artists .

CCDC is financially supported by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. www.ccdc.com.hk

Program Description

A Dance on Nüshu:  Women of Language, the Language of Women

Premiered in Hong Kong in 2007 with critical acclaim, Herstory scooped two Hong Kong Dance Awards and has been invited to present at the first "Beijing Dance Festival" for the opening of "Important Cultural Activities for 2008 Beijing Olympic Games" .

Nüshu, literally "female writing", is a unique written language that has been developed and used exclusively over generations by women in the Jiangyong county, Hunan province.

Lai delves into women's fantasies, revealing feelings that are at once delicate and violent. Inspired by the alluringly embroidered Nüshu script , as well as the shimmering prose of two contemporary Hong Kong female writers, Xi Xi and Wong Bik-wan, HerStory may prove to be Lai's magnum opus on the subject of women. Three languages are at play here: ancient Nüshu, modern womanhood, both infused and interpreted by Lai in an excursion between the secret and overt, between text and non-text, all seen via the perceptive body language of CCDC 's dancers.

Source: www.gdmdc.com

Editor: Jessie Hwang