Marking its 30th anniversary, French May Arts Festival 2023 is delighted to announce the launch of this year’s programmes under the theme ‘PULSARTE’. Tickets are available for purchase and the festival runs from April to June. PULSARTE is generously supported by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust alongside other patrons and partners. Representing Pulse, […]
In La Fontaine’s Fables, the fox is a recurring character. Foxes have been stereotyped for centuries as cunning, treacherous, quick-witted and greedy. As the centuries passed, the fables faded, and the fox's magic failed. Through modern puppetry short films, Chen Ying Ching, Artistic Director of the Fantastic Puppet Theatre, reinterprets stories about the fox in […]
This May, The Hong Kong Jockey Club is proud to partner with French May Arts Festival and French GourMay Food and Wine festival to bring the best of French art and culture to its signature event, Happy Wednesday. Every Wednesday during May, visitors to Happy Valley Racecourse will experience the finest that France has to […]
For its seventh year of partnership with French May Arts Festival, Lawsgroup's 2023 collaboration celebrates French fashion and photography with Laws Knitters and the iconic French brand, agnès b. Presenting images captured by Agnès herself, the exhibition transforms photography into elegant fashion pieces, alongside Laws Knitters' bespoke limited edition knit-art creations inspired by Agnès' photos, […]
Philip Glass' exceptional collaboration with Tana Quartet resulted in the creation of String Quartet No.9, based on the original score King Lear, which was produced for a Broadway production by Sam Gold. When he was asked to compose incidental music for a Broadway production of King Lear in 2019, he immediately knew he wanted to write […]
Philip Glass' exceptional collaboration with Tana Quartet resulted in the creation of String Quartet No.9, based on the original score King Lear, which was produced for a Broadway production by Sam Gold. When he was asked to compose incidental music for a Broadway production of King Lear in 2019, he immediately knew he wanted to write […]
With Crowd, Gisèle Vienne continues her exploration of desire and the balance of power that determine interactions within a group of individuals, while questioning the singularity of each individuality. The identity of Dennis Cooper's characters is as much outlined as it is erased, gradually dissolved by the crowd, whose slowness contrasts with its latent power. […]
The village is bustling on the market day. One notices a fascinating social fresco: Friendships and animosities, gossip and whispers, anger and jealousy are all on display in the public square. Will Miss Fox be seduced by Mr. Wolf? Mr. Ox is red with anger when Miss Stork seems touched by Mr. Rooster’s foolery. There […]
In 2023, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels co-presents with French May Arts Festival Passages by Noé Soulier, at the venue partner PMQ, as part of a Dance Festival in Hong Kong. Passages is a roaming project that explores the relationship between the movement of bodies and the spaces in which they evolve. By […]
Following the performance of Passages, Fragments, a film by Noé Soulier explores movement when it is confronted with the framing of the camera lens. It continues the research on movement that the choreographer has been carrying out since 2010. The particular spaces that framing sets up, according to its height and dimensions, enables aspects of movement which […]
Philip Glass' exceptional collaboration with Tana Quartet resulted in the creation of String Quartet No.9, based on the original score King Lear, which was produced for a Broadway production by Sam Gold. When he was asked to compose incidental music for a Broadway production of King Lear in 2019, he immediately knew he wanted to write […]
Philip Glass' exceptional collaboration with Tana Quartet resulted in the creation of String Quartet No.9, based on the original score King Lear, which was produced for a Broadway production by Sam Gold. When he was asked to compose incidental music for a Broadway production of King Lear in 2019, he immediately knew he wanted to write […]