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THE HAPPY & SAD LIFE OF THE PUPPET MASTER OF HONG KONG—MAK SIU TONG
There are different kinds of puppets for a show and they can talk, sing and dance to amuse: glove puppet, rod puppet, shadow puppet, finger puppet and string-operated puppet. In Hong Kong, rod puppets and string-operated puppets (sometimes known as marionette) were once popular. Only a handful of very old artists still work in the…
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HONG KONG’S JOE JUNIOR: GOLDEN BOY, GOLDEN DAYS, GOLDEN VIEWS
30-9-2019 The time-honoured principle and order in the singing business: the strongest take the front seats, the weaker the rear and the weakest will disappear. Joe Junior started at the age of 17 and has been singing in Hong Kong since 1960s when he was in St. Joseph’s College. Very few stars of his era…
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WHEN YOU CUT OPEN A POP SONG, THE 10 TOOLS THAT YOU WILL FIND?
27-9-2019 We listen to pop songs but do not bother to dredge up the elements. There are often 10 components in a pop song: The fundamental structural parts of a popular song are the ‘verse’ and ‘chorus’. Pop songs almost invariably have both a verse and a chorus. The basic difference is that when the…
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4 MUSIC VISIONS OF MAESTRO MUI KWONG CHIU: MUSIC PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN HONG KONG
14-09-19 It was said that madness is genius since he prefers to be absolutely wild than bored. Always try to change things in the seed, that is genius. Fortunately, the difference between wild stupidity and genius is that genius cleverly knows his limits. Dr Mui Kwong Chiu is a genius and has been wild in…
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ART INTO LIFE‧LIFE INTO ART
12-09-19 Art? What are you talking about? We don’t need art? Many things are called Art such as the art of living, playing, gambling or even sleeping; but not every word really means Art. Woody Allen once said, “Life does not imitate art. It imitates bad television.” I think people use the word ‘Art’ merely…
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COMPROMISE―THE DEATH ON AN ARTIST OR A LAWYER
02-09-19 It may be true. An artist strives for artistic perfection and so there is no compromise for what he is doing. The same case for a lawyer. He strives for justice and again there can be no compromise. Are art and justice absolute or relative? It is however unfortunate that for a man in…
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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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A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME ENCOUNTER OF THE 2 SUPER STARS: JOEY YUNG (HONG KONG) & ES DEVLIN (LONDON)
22-08-19 What is an encounter? ‘In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit’. Es Devlin is a world renowned stage designer, well-known for creating large-scale performance…
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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’
05-08-19 Actress Stella Adler said once upon a time, “The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place where people come to see the truth about life and the social situation. The theatre is a spiritual and social X-ray of its time. The theatre was created to tell…