Plenty to Celebrate at West Kowloon!
Creative Tomorrow
West Kowloon Cultural District will celebrate HKSAR 25th Anniversary by curating a season-round Arts Tech Festival named Creative Tomorrow. The festival will embody an 8-month long series of exciting performances, workshops, and other activities at Xiqu Centre, Freespace and the Art Park in the West Kowloon Cultural District.
Spanning across August 2022 and March 2023, the series of events include performances across all genres – theatre, music, dance, xiqu – both on-site and online, as well as talks and workshops for all levels and abilities of participants.
By integrating technology in creation of the artistic content, the programmes will bring a brand-new and unique experience to audience and artists alike so they can share the joy in the celebration of the 25th Anniversary.
The 8-month long festival will be anchored by high-profile major and innovative productions, buttressed by a rich and diverse range of supporting programmes and events. The festival will offer both free and ticketed activities to the public.
West Kowloon Cultural District Performing Arts Programmes receive multiple accolades and award nominations in Beijing and Hong Kong
The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority is pleased to announce that six xiqu, theatre, dance and music programmes produced by its two major performing arts venues – the Xiqu Centre and Freespace have received accolades and award nominations in Beijing and Hong Kong respectively.
Amongst them, the Xiqu Centre’s first ever commissioned Experimental Cantonese Opera Farewell My Concubine (New Adaptation) was listed as one of “The 40 Most Influential Productions in Chinese Contemporary Black Box Theatre” – the only Cantonese opera amongst the 40 awarded productions.
Programmes produced or co-presented by Freespace received a total of six awards in the 23rd Hong Kong Dance Awards which include the Outstanding Visual Design award won by the dance and music programme ON VIEW: Panoramic Suite; and five other awards received by Nine Songs, co-presented with Hong Kong Dance Company, and Convergence, an online programme. These awards include Outstanding Large Venue Production, Performance by Male/Female Dancer and Ensemble Performance; while Convergence won Outstanding Online Production.
Additionally, Hello, Baoyu, co-presented by Freespace and Edward Lam Dance Theatre, and 100% Hong Kong, co-presented by Freespace, Rimini Protokoll and On & On Theatre Workshop, received a total of five nominations in the on-stage and behind-the-scenes categories in the IATC(HK) Critics Awards 2021 by the International Association of Theatre Critics (Hong Kong). Among the accolades, all performers of 100% Hong Kong received the award of Performer of the Year, breaking the record of the largest group of winners receiving this award.
“Farewell My Concubine” (New Adaptation). Courtesy of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
“ON VIEW: Panoramic Suite”. Photo by Eric Hong @ Moon 9 Image. Courtesy of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
Courtesy of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
The Dance WE Made @ West Kowloon
With venues reopening since late April 2022, live performances and events are back to the West Kowloon Cultural District. One of the live programmes to kick start our venues reopen is The Dance WE Made @ West Kowloon. Presented in collaboration with British dance company Casson & Friends, The Dance WE Made @ West Kowloon is the Hong Kong version of the international project The Dance WE Made. Since 2012, the project has been presented at festivals and public spaces in 10 cities and collected dance moves from more than 2,500 people.
On performance days, our team of talented dancers engage friends and strangers in simple exchanges that spark imaginative spontaneous dance. Visitors are invited to co-create fun and spontaneous choreographic sequences inspired by everyday conversations. Together, they will devise original short works of choreography that the Dance Crew will then perform, film and then share online for the world to see!
Participation is free and open to everyone – no experience or registration required.
For programme details, stay tuned for our monthly updates on times, locations and dancer line-ups.
Courtesy of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
Courtesy of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
Stay tuned with us for more exciting and creative West Kowloon Performing Arts Programmes!
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