Compiled from the Performing Arts programmes* and Visual Arts exhibition records from HKADC’s Arts Yearbooks and Annual Arts Survey projects dating from 2010.

Almost 55

Dance

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Art Genres / Sub-categories

Modern / Contemporary Dance, Imagery, Multi-arts

Location

Tsuen Wan Town Hall, Cultural Activities Hall

Start Date

2019/11/19

End Date

2019/11/19

Art Genres / Sub-categories

Modern / Contemporary Dance, Imagery, Multi-arts

Location

Tsuen Wan Town Hall, Cultural Activities Hall

Start Date

2019/11/19

End Date

2019/11/19

Almost 55

Description

Description

This November, Freespace presents two rerun performances of Almost 55, a heartfelt solo dance created for veteran local dancer Qiao Yang, resident artist with City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC).

After a dance career spanning four decades, including 23 years with CCDC, Qiao Yang premiered Almost 55 as her first full-length solo performance in January 2019. The physically challenging piece was developed over 12 months with Taiwanese choreography Chou Shu-yi. In brief spoken sections interspersed within the dance, Qiao Yang reveals details about her career, from performing traditional Chinese dance in her home town in Shaanxi in the early 1970s, to studying contemporary dance in Guangzhou in the 1980s, and moving to Hong Kong in the 1990s. Although performed by Qiao Yang alone, Almost 55 is a conversation between two dance artists of different generations and homelands on the history of contemporary dance, and on notions of identity and home.

This celebration of Qiao Yang’s dedication to the art of dance is created with artists from Hong Kong and Taiwan, including visual artist Lee Chi-wai, sound artist Steve Hui, dance filmmaker Maurice Lai and costume designer Lin Ching-ju, former collaborator with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre.

This event is part of a three-year CCDC in Residence programme at Freespace, and City Contemporary Dance Festival 2019.

Performing / Production Unit City Contemporary Dance Company
Choreography:Chou Shu-yi
Performance:Qiao Yang
Costume Consultant:Lin Ching-ju
Set and Lighting Design:Lee Chi-wai
Video Design:Maurice Lai
Music Composition and Sound Design:Steve Hui

Info

Admission

$300

Indoor / Outdoor

Indoor

Local / Non-local Production

Local

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