A Triple Bill

EVENT DESCRIPTION

City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC) launches its new stage series The Connect Stage with the new production A Triple Bill, featuring renowned international choreographers: contemporary dance master William Forsythe, two rising stars Sita Ostheimer and Hung Tsai-Hsi. Through three different works, the program showcases the diversity of contemporary dance. A Triple Bill will take place from December 12-14, at Freespace’s The Box, WestK.

A Triple Bill comprises three different works that illuminate contemporary dance’s multifaceted appeal through divergent choreographic and musical languages, building a world-class stage experience.

William Forsythe’s seminal quartet N.N.N.N. is performed by four next-generation male dancers—like a mind refracted into four perspectives. Through continuous oscillation and mutual pull, their bodies generate palpable musicality. The dancer’s audible breath score binds them as a tightly linked entity; their limbs becoming singular voices, each tuned and in counterpoint to the others, as they enter into a complex, intense state of music making. The work allows audiences to “hear the dance and see the music,” and to sense the body’s resonant echo in space.

This iconic work has toured the world for over two decades. Restaged by Cyril Baldy and Georg Reischl with CCDC’s male dancers, it makes its Asia debut this December. As Cyril notes, the piece is not rigid about form, so it amplifies each dancer’s individuality. Same steps, different bodies, entirely new expressions.

Award-winning German choreographer Sita Ostheimer collaborates with seven CCDC female dancers on the new work LUNA. The moon—mysterious and profound—has long been personified through female archetypes, from Greek mythologies to Chinese lore. LUNA challenges these conventions. Through a collective of seven women, it reframes a force far beyond the narrowly “feminine”: nourishing yet incisive, serene yet transformative. Renowned for translating interior states into concrete movement, Ostheimer crafts nuanced, potent ensemble writing that traces the flow of emotion.

Composer Yehezkel Raz offers a fresh interpretation of the Moonlight Sonata. The first movement (Adagio sostenuto) circles the opening chord sequence, built almost entirely on those harmonies. In the second movement, small fragments of Beethoven are looped, scattered through space, and lifted from their original context to generate new melodies and harmonies. The virtuosic third movement (Presto agitato) runs on delay effects, opening a fresh, time-bending dimension.

Taiwanese choreographer Hung Tsai-Hsi—recipient of multiple awards in the United States—works across dance and visual art. Engaging space and line, she crafts a singular corporeal and painterly language; her works have been exhibited in New York galleries, underscoring her cross-disciplinary practice. Frequently turning to self-portraiture, she envelopes shadowed inner states in vivid strokes; The Fountain of Blood is a direct projection of her interior world.

Inspired by Charles Baudelaire’s La Fontaine de Sang, The Fountain of Blood channels a pressure that streams ceaselessly—an inexhaustible, keening spring. Performed by the full CCDC ensemble, the work transforms anger into visible flow through steady, resolute bodies, guiding audiences through the tension between darkness and light and toward a renewed gaze at the present self. In collaboration with music producer Lau Tsz-Hei, the score centers the human voice and draws on the painting’s imagery to render both sound and concept in vivid form.

A Triple Bill unites three choreographers whose careers traverse borders, reflecting deep cultural grounding and expansive international vision. American-born William Forsythe has shaped European dance for more than two decades and continues, well into his seventies, to pioneer new artistic frontiers. German-born Sita Ostheimer develops work across multiple countries, fusing European and Asian sensibilities. Taiwanese choreographer Hung Tsai-Hsi pursued advanced training in the United States, where she has rapidly emerged.

Interweaving diverse cultures and global artistic lineages, the trio generates a rich constellation of encounters in A Triple Bill. Artistic Director Sang Jijia notes, “This cross-cultural exchange injects new energy into CCDC. We look outward to embrace the world and to serve as a hub for contemporary artistic dialogue.”

DATES & TIME
12-13.12.2025 (Fri – Sat) 8pm
14.12.2025 (Sun) 3pm

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

Founded in 1979, City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC) is the flagship of contemporary dance in Hong Kong. Since its inception, CCDC has presented over 200 critically acclaimed original works, delivering professional dance productions to audiences across the city. The Company is committed to shaping the contemporary dance scene with extraordinary performances that embody contemporary Hong Kong culture. In 2025, CCDC welcomed its fifth Artistic Director, Sang Jijia. Building on his extensive experience with the Company, Sang is dedicated to pursuing excellence in local contemporary dance and exploring interdisciplinary development. Concurrently, CCDC has been actively engaged in global cultural exchange, having toured numerous cities worldwide and hosted international dance festivals and film festivals locally. By bring together dance talents, the Company fosters collaborations across diverse artistic fields, showcasing the power of Hong Kong dance to the world while highlighting the diversity of contemporary dance to local audiences. CCDC aspires to make dance more accessible to the community while nurturing professional dancers. For the past three decades, CCDC Dance Centre has unceasingly offered dance courses and pre-professional training, while organising outreach programmes to promote dance in the broader community.