Transcription of the city through a clash of bodily aesthetics in boldly bizarre visuals and subtly witty narratives In this double-bill performance featuring surreal visuals and gentle whispers of sentiments, the dance presents audiences with an impactful collision of aesthetics across generations. If timeline is being tugged at both ends, struggling in-between, how are we […]

Opening Programme of the City Contemporary Dance Festival 2023 For eternity, endless specks of dust have churned with the wheels of nature. Gathering and dispersing, they witness the passage of time while traversing history. Both billowy and static, they reflect the polar extremes within each of us. This production marks the latest creation of CCDC […]

This November, the "HOTPOT East Asia Dance Platform" (HOTPOT) returns as part of the City Contemporary Dance Festival – celebrating regional artistic exchange with presentations by artists from East Asia regions. HOTPOT Japan showcases two performances by contemporary artists at Freespace: Da Dad Dada by Saori Hala and ZOU made from fume by Ikumi Kurosu. […]

Living Up/噏 to Death, choreographed and directed by Ivanhoe Lam, endeavors to bridge the realms of dance and life through the creative team’s collaboration with the 'Silent Teachers' Body Donation Program, alongside archive research. Central to the conception of the work, Lam suggests “Leaving is merely another beginning”. In view of the universal yet personal […]

After the debut of the short work Ode to Joy in 2021, Director and Choreographer Justyne Li has refined the work to express completely different meanings on stage. Li explains, ‘This performance is about transformation. The past few years brought significant changes to the world, which has changed people. I then expanded on these imaginations.’ […]

Amid a vast rice field where rice spikes flutter and soil whirls with the wind, one witnesses the confluence of time, garnered the fruit over the years, and listen to the nuances of sound. Qiao Yang, following her autobiographical solo dance Almost 55, has accumulated nutrients and once again scatter creative seeds this season. Resident […]

The annual dance theatre for families by City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC) will once again return this August, presenting to family audiences a contemporary dance performance that resonates with local culture. This year, CCDC features the household name ‘Siu Ming’ as the protagonist in Sliding into Heart, taking the audience on a mysterious journey inside kids’ imagination, while […]

Renowned choreographers Helen Lai and Chou Shu-yi join forces in this collaboration that bridges generations and regions. Drawing inspiration from Bei Dao’s poetry, the duo crafts a brand-new work where CCDC dancers use their bodies and movements to paint a novel dance landscape. This fusion of light, shadow, and live music features a score composed […]

Technology and big data play an indispensable role in modern life. The lines between seeing and being seen, between taking the lead and being led have long been blurred. In this world where ‘you watch me, I watch you’, everyone is both an observer and an observee. In an enclosed chamber lives many Mr Blanks, […]