Total Freedom: “You and You” Brings Hong Kong Dancers Together

Mathew ScottMay 16, 2023

French choreographer Christian Rizzo and video artist Sophie Laly have teamed up with a cross-section of Hong Kong’s dance community for a unique performance...

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Post-Covid, What’s Next for the Hong Kong Ballet?

Simon CartledgeApril 21, 2023

Artistic director Septime Webre has big plans for Hong Kong Ballet as it emerges from the pandemic...

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How Covid-19 is Reshaping the Performing Arts

Simon CartledgeMarch 25, 2021

The pandemic has forced Hong Kong's performers and their companies to rethink the nature of live performance. Will the changes last beyond Covid?...

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The Rite of Spring: A Notoriously Difficult Ballet Comes to the Hong Kong Stage

SponsoredMay 16, 2019

Hong Kong Ballet gave two young choreographers a difficult task: produce the notoriously difficult Rite of Spring for the Hong Kong stage....

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Hong Kong Ballet Brings Back Le Corsaire – An Encounter With Its Rising Young Star, Garry Corpuz

SponsoredMarch 13, 2019

How a young dancer from the countryside of the Philippines ended up as a star in one of Hong Kong’s favourite ballet productions....

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A Hong Kong Take on an American Classic: In Conversation With Tim Yip and Septime Webre

SponsoredFebruary 5, 2019

New Hong Kong Ballet director Septime Webre has turned to one of Hong Kong's most celebrated cultural exports for his retelling of an American classic....

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Septime Webre Has Three Years to Make Ballet Relevant to Hong Kong: Here’s How He’ll Do It

Simon CartledgeNovember 9, 2017

A new American director aims to make Hong Kong Ballet more relevant to local life – while also promoting the company on a global stage....

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A 160-Year-Old Pirate’s Ballet Makes Its Asian Debut in Hong Kong

Elle KwanOctober 18, 2017

Celebrated Canadian choreographer Anna-Marie Holmes talks about her bombastic version of Le Corsaire, a tale of pirates and passion making its debut at the Hong Kong Ballet....

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A Contemporary Carmen: Bold and Ambitious, Yet Vulnerable

Elle KwanMay 18, 2017

A Chinese and Japanese choreographer team up to put a new, made-for-2017 twist on the classic ballet Carmen....

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Code Red for Sacred Thread: Inside the Hong Kong Ballet’s Costume Department

Elle KwanJune 9, 2016

How the Hong Kong Ballet's costume designer Bridget Steis finds her inspiration....

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