Asian Mime Link 2023 – Crazy City

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Mime demonstrates the absurdity of everyday life.

Mask Theatre Introduction
KC Wong will teach how to use the mask
Tutor: Wong Kwok Chung
18/9/2023 Mon
7:30PM – 10:00PM

Kojimaya Mime Workshop
Kojimaya will guide students to recognize his unique method of pantomime.
Tutor: Kojimaya Mansuke、Hatori Hisayo
19/9/2023 Tue
7:30PM – 10:00PM
Workshop ticket:
https://art-mate.net/doc/68655

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

Kojimaya Mansuke
Born in 1956, after performing theatrical play as an actor for 10 years, he participated in Mime Troupe Kiku-Za in Tokyo. Since 1987, he started to work as mime soloist. “Kojimaya Mansuke Theatre” in series, won popularity with work that took the theme to the white-collar workers of japan, and it performed at various places in Japan.
In 1988-1993, he participated in “Taichi-Kikaku”, performance theatre, had been performed in Japan, France, Poland, Italy, Hong Kong and Africa. In 1992 “Kojimaya Mansuke Theatre” was invited by the Pusan (Korea) International Theatre Festival, Since then, every year he joins many international mime festival (Seoul, Chunchon, Inchon, etc.) and had been invited to stay in Bangkok in 1997 and 1998.
In 1994 , he established Asia Mime Creation. It provides more opportunities for mime exchange within Asian regions and encourages more joint mime production.

Wong Kwok Chung
A Mime artist, puppeteer and glass artist.
Since 1979, Mr. Wong has been actively participated in a variety of performances. He started learning mime from Philip Fok since 1983. He joined the Fringe Mime and Movement Laboratory in 1987, started the Mime Touch Theatre in 1988, founded the Sweetie Theatre in 1991, set up the Hong Kong Movement Theatre Festival Association in 1995 and the Glass Kaleidoscope Studio (Glass workshop) in 1996.

Wong learnt to play mime, mask, clown and puppet from various master: Desmond Jones, John Wright, David Glass, Peter Lily, MTP Mime Company, Nigel Jamieson and Marvi Parker.

Past productions include: The Hong Kong Movement Theatre Festival “I Want to Fly”, Puppet show “ The Magic Box”, Tour performance “CA VA” and he was director for the Hong Kong Theatre of Deaf visual drama “The Theft of the Spirit”.

In 1999, Wong was the very first Hong Kong representative, he attended the Asia Mime Festival and this is his third time.

Wong has been a professional mime actor since 1990, and he is now the Director of the Mime Touch Theatre and the Sweetie Theatre.