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UNCOMMON COMMON―THE EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE OF SIMON YAM
28-08-19 Simon Yam is a stylish, energetic, veteran and extraordinary actor in Hong Kong. He has been acting from 1970s and never lived the same year over and over again. For him, life and career are about evolving mentally, spiritually & emotionally. Good appearance and acting are the 2 legs of an actor, though some…
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THE REMARKABLE ROLE OF GALLERY IN THE HONG KONG ART WORLD ―VISION OF FABIO ROSSI
16-08-19 Art galleries and auction houses are the 2 dominant players in the art world apart from art fairs. People look at them positively and negatively. Artist Robert Smithson said, “A work of art when placed in a gallery loses its charge, and becomes a portable object or surface disengaged from the outside world.” In…
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SENSE & SENSIBILITY: THE 2 NEW THEATRE BOXES OF ‘FREESPACE’ & ‘MGM THEATER’
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HONG KONG LIFE AND ART CAN HAVE A ‘3RD DIMENSION’―YANG YUNTAO, OUR INFLUENTIAL DANCE DIRECTOR
28-07-19 Isaac Newton defined, “When one body exerts a force on a second body, the second body simultaneously exerts a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction on the first body.” Can the 2 forces co-exist and form a new force which is more powerful and good? In life? In art? The Artistic Director…
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Paul Tam, ED of Hong Kong Ballet: 6 Ways to fulfill at work
10-05-19 Paul Tam is an art booster and the Executive Director of Hong Kong Ballet, the premier ballet company in Asia and a world-class institution that represents Hong Kong’s unique character transforming the western art of ballet. With nearly 50 dancers from Hong Kong and the world, our city, through the performing group, has proudly…
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Edward Li’s Trump On Show―the confounding Cantonese opera in which Donald Trump can sing Chinese
01-05-19 Edward Li Kui Ming is a legendary and astonishing personality in the performing business of Hong Kong. His initial career was an administrator and scriptwriter with a movie company. In the late 80s, he transformed himself into an expert in numerology and fengshui. Few years ago, he leased an old theatre Sunbeam Theatre in…
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Hong Kong Musical Beyond, Really Love You―Dream it possible
28 April 19 Doing a musical in Hong Kong is bound up with 4 hurdles:(1) who can compose prepossessingly; (2) who can write great lyrics outpouring the composer’s feelings and thoughts; (3) where to find a group of gifted stage multi-talents who can act, sing and dance at the same time; and (4) where to…
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Maestro Yan Huichang expounds the top priorities of Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
12-3-2019 Maestro Yan is the National Class One Conductor of China and Artistic Director of Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra. His daughter is the pop singer Janice Yan. Having been with the Orchestra since 1997, he concluded 3 top priorities for the group. Every priority is to attain the end and no labour will be deemed…
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Chan Kin Bun, retired ED of Hong Kong Repertory Theatre―3 untold Leaders in the arts development of Hong Kong
3-3-19 KB (Chan Kin Bun) devoted 41 years to the arts development of Hong Kong as a prominent, capable and influential art administrator. He worked in the government from 1977 to 2001; and thereafter in the capacity of Executive Director for the biggest drama group, Hong Kong Repertory Theatre till he stepped down this year,…
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Obsession of Oscar winner Tim Yip with a mannequin ‘Lili’
Hong Kong’s international artist Tim Yip held an exhibition in HKDI Gallery titled Blue and the startlement is a mysterious doll ‘Lili’. In 2001, Tim won the Oscar award for the Best Art Direction because of the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, becoming the first Chinese to receive such an accolade. Apart from being an…