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Dance On Series: You? Choreograph?
30 August 2024 - 1 September 2024
$250EVENT DESCRIPTION
Local choreographer Alice Ma’s latest work, “You? Choreograph?” breaks the conventional creative mold of choreographers and designers by inviting three award-winning local designers—Bill Cheung (set and costume design), Leung Po Wing (sound design), and Lawmanray (lighting design)—to cross over and turn choreographers, each arranging a solo dance piece for Alice Ma.
What kind of contemporary dance works will emerge when starting from a scientific and artistic specialty perspective, interpreting the body through an alternative sensory approach?
This is no ordinary creation, nor an ordinary experience. Each turn and leap will be redefined! Come, join us in exploring a world of contemporary dance imagined from a scientific and artistic viewpoint, and rediscover the possibilities of the unknown.
With the widespread use of smartphones, everyone can become the protagonist of creation, having a platform to share their unique perspectives. Alice Ma, winner of the 2020 Tom Brown Emerging Choreographer Award at the Hong Kong Dance Awards and the 2021 Hong Kong Arts Development Award’s Artist of the Year, no longer choreographs solo. She boldly invites three theatre designers to step into the realm of choreography, collectively breaking the conventional creative framework and challenging the boundaries of contemporary dance.
“You? Choreograph?” discards the traditional hierarchical relationship between choreographers and designers, allowing three experienced theatre designers—Bill Cheung (set and costume design), Leung Po Wing (sound design), and Lawmanray (lighting design)—to rethink their roles from a scientific and artistic specialty perspective. Each designs a unique dance piece for Alice Ma, using alternative sensory approaches to dissect and challenge the traditional identity of choreographers.
Does a Choreographer Need to Dance?
In past works like “I don’t mean it” (2021), “Over-master” (2019), and “Wu” (2018), Alice Ma significantly showcased her unique stage aesthetic and theatrical sense. She firmly believes that the design of stage aesthetics can not only blend with dance but also enhance the overall expression of the work, with both elements complementing each other without a hierarchy.
The project “You? Choreograph?” originated from her belief in the tactile sense of theatre designers. Rather than having them join in the later stages of production to fulfill the choreographer’s vision, why not make them integral to the creative process from the beginning? By doing so, they can provide alternative perspectives with their professional expertise, becoming unique concept choreographers. What kind of works will these three non-dancing ‘concept choreographers’ bring to the audience? From August 30 to September 1, at the Black Box Theatre of Kwai Tsing Theatre, all will be revealed.
30/8 -31/8/2024- 8PM
31/8-1/9/2024 – 3PM
Details
- Start:
- 30 August 2024
- End:
- 1 September 2024
- Admission:
- $250
- Event Category:
- Dance