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Hong Kong old trams turned into Creative Communities
Alvin Yip launched a social innovation in Hong Kong by converting 5 trams into art, culture and creative spaces. Trams were “born” in Hong Kong in 1904. Great that they are still here on the Hong Kong island, meandering between the western end and the eastern tip. Comforted, we know they are not far away;…
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The wonderful mini-scale Play Reading by Fiesta Space
27-1-19 I went to watch “Play Reading” produced by a youth group Fiesta Space. The work is called Paid Moaning, a sad comedy about 4 unpopular gigolos with a poor boss and few bad customers. It is an amazing experiment: 6 actors just sat in front of 20s audience. They acted while reading the script:…
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Yang Hao Presents the 1st “Dance -up Comedy” in Hong Kong
20-01-19 Yang Hao who danced electrifyingly in China, Hong Kong and America, presents a unique “Dance-up Comedy” in Hong Kong on 25 & 27 January 2019 at Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road. https://www.taikwun.hk/en/programme/detail/jockey-club-new-arts-power-art-walk-x-heritage-wild-is-the-grass-series/301 Yang Ho is young & energetic. He is a truly international artist: he studied in Mainland China, Hong Kong (The Hong Kong Academy for…
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Hong Kong Play《Principle》: Why social conflicts became our daily bread?
Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, the biggest performing group in Hong Kong, presented a play called《Principle》. It is the best drama that I have recently seen. The story is about the headmaster of a school regulating that no student shall play in the playground without wearing sports uniform and shoes, as her “principle” is for their…
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《Taipei Dangdai》the international art fair in Taiwan in 2019: is it good?
The word “Dangdai” means “contemporary”.《Taipei Dangdai》is a Taiwan trade fair on international contemporary visual arts. I flew to support: the scale was relatively small as they had only 90 booths. Visitors were mostly local or from China and Japan. The exhibits could be more attractive. The location Nangang is slightly off the business centre. Unlike…
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AFTEC’s “Learning Theatre” : How “The Revenge of Orphan Zhao” transform Youngsters into a Better Person
4.1.19 Learning through a play has been successfully developed by AFTEC (The Absolutely Fabulous Theatre Connection) in Hong Kong. Their aim is “an arts-based approach for the purpose of positive change for young people beyond the classroom”. In 2018, their Artistic Director Dr Vicki Ooi led the youngsters and directed a play based on an…
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Entertaining yet Moving Chinese Movie《Dying to Survive》Earned US$ 400,000,000.
Successful Chinese Movie《Dying to Survive》is sensitive and refreshing: a middle-aged loser, while facing his wife divorce petition and bankrupting business, tried to ‘rescue’ himself by smuggling unlicensed medicine from Indian into China. The medicine was 8 times cheaper than the licensed one in the market and saved thousand of life. The new business improved his…
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Modern Dance《Jangdan》by young Korean young choreographer Kim Jae Duk in Hong Kong
07‧12‧18 The City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC) invited the young, charming and powerful choreographer and dancer Kim Jae Duk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k97gVQzYCYY )to perform in Hong Kong (December 2018 in Kwai Tsing Theatre) with his new piece called《Jangdan》meaning “long short” in Korean; and it also acquired a Chinese name “跌宕”(free fall) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zKG9b2pBRg ). The message from Kim…