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Fruit Chan’s Three Husbands: an amazing Hong Kong erotic film of social symbolism
1-4-2019 No Chinese film director has articulated the idea of sex abuses as a social and political message more amazingly than the Hong Kong talent Fruit Chan who received numerous international film nominations or awards for his artistic achievements in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Venice. Despite this, Chan’s name is rarely ever acclaimed publicly, let…
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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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話劇「大佬大」陳健彬，揭露香港藝術發展的四個階段和三位關鍵人物
嗨，KB退休了。 KB Chan，陳健彬今年初剛卸任香港話劇團行政總監，他德高望重，但是心境年青，非常能幹、進取、風趣，他見證了香港話劇團的茁壯。香港有句話「家中有一老，猶如有一寶」，KB是話劇界中的字典，有事情問他，必給你坦白和精闢的意見。KB退下火線，我們依依不捨.,….
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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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戶外舞蹈《遙遙之城》：葉卓棠細說如何享受『西西弗斯』的人生
看見：他從母體抱出來，張開眼睛；看見：他閉上眼睛，抬進殮房的抽屜。兩個「進出」的動作之間，管你是貧或富，匆忙的數十年，能不每天花一分鐘，思考人生？貧，不是借口，睡前，問問：今天可對得起自己？富，不是理由，睡醒，問問：今天可幫助到別人？…..
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Astonishing Outdoor Cross-Media Dance Maybe Tomorrow by Chole Wong & Moon Yip
22-2-19 Pushed and rolling, a giant silver ball explored the different districts of Hong Kong with a human companion Chole Wong on the journey. The art performance is called Maybe Tomorrow: The cross-media dance, with the theme of a rolling and floating ball together with the story of a Greek mythology ‘Sisyphus’ , was presented…
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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…
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香港奇才葉錦添和人偶Lili的繾綣―藝術家要大膽忠於自己
做藝術的，如有既定的政治、道德和美學的看法，排斥「異類」，缺乏包容和好奇，地位不會高。在這方面，我敬佩香港的水墨家王無邪，他的一言一行，確能做到大師的儀範。 可是，另一方面，誰敢做「異類」？做政治的異類，會被人標籤為「叛」，做道德的異類，會被標籤為「壞」，做美學的異類，會被標籤為「怪」。藝術家這條路，需要勇氣，忠於自己…..
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Valentine’s Day Concert in Hong Kong by Henry Shek
17-2-19 On 14 Feb, 2019, Maestro Henry Shek and The New Philharmonia of Hong Kong presented a concert “For Those in Love”. The Finnish soprano Jutta Holmberg and Irish baritone Brendan Collins were invited to perform with their stunning voices. To celebrate Valentine’s Day, the concert offered a variety of love songs and music pieces:…
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《交響情人夢》大時大節將古典音樂「與民同樂」―石信之的信念
「每逢佳節倍思fun」，大時大節，只光著吃，沒有文化活動，大家很乾，心靈「爆拆」。 要音樂家與民同樂，特別在2月14日情人節，放下至愛，和大眾在演奏廳用音樂談「戀愛」，這樣的過節方式，真不好受…..