Dance On Series: ‘Dance, For No Reason’ By Cyrus Hui, Elaine Kwok and Chloe Wong
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‘In our dreams, we never have an age.’
Time passes, as accurate as ever, never missing a minute or a second. However, to any person, ten years’ time can pass by at varying frequencies. The first two years may flash by fast. The two or three years that follow may go slowly, while the three years at the bottleneck may feel like a complete standstill. Until theses ten years passed, one would realize that time just flashed like lightning. It was gone in the blink of an eye.
Ten years ago, Chloe, Cyrus and Elaine were pursuing a dancing programme at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Upon the recommendation of their teacher, Yeung Wai-mei, the three of them participated in the first i-Dance Festival held at the CCDC Dance Centre and jointly choreographed The Three of Poem. The dance piece was later developed into a full-length creation as well as a dance video. Their bodies turned ice cold iron stairs into a passionate set.
Later, in Hong Kong, Macao, Guangzhou, Beijing, Tokyo, Singapore, Malaysia, Wuppertal, Warsaw, New York…at different arts festivals, they have learned, observed and presented their own works such as Transitory in Nature Audible Growth, Here It Goes Again, Solo as well as other major and minor works, in which they choreographed along the way.
‘Dancing, what for?’ The three of them gathered again after ten years, and this is the very question they were asking. However, I believe that words cannot convey the answer to question about dancing. The answer should best be expressed by the limbs and the body.
‘In the past decade, what was your centre of attention during choreography?’ This was the topic for discussion when the three of them rehearsed for the first time for Dance, for No reason. One of them stood at the centre of the dance studio and danced solo for half an hour, while the other two observed on the side and then responded with their body movements. Here came their conclusion. Each of them has his or her own style but they can still resonate with one another without verbal communication.
Modern dance has encompassed a spirit of replacing the old with the new one. It is a never ending cycle that rolls along, establishing something new while breaking the old ones again and again. On 1 October 2015, we were mistaken about the date of the dance studio rented. Eventually we went for a chat at Elaine’s home. ‘In which direction is our dancing heading? What is the new thing we have made? What are the old ones there for us to break?’
Between the process of establishing and breaking, time passes as accurate as ever, never missing a minute or a second.
Choregraphers：Cyrus Hui; Elaine Kwok; Chloe Wong
Dancers：Cyrus Hui; Elaine Kwok; Chloe Wong
Details of other production units are only available in Chinese
Note：This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Theatre Yearbook 2016 – Dance, Drama and Xiqu" published by International Association of Theatre Critics (Hong Kong).
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