Fine dance but 3D visuals struggle: T.T.C. Dance in Déjà Vu
Lots right choreographically but often underwhelming 3D visuals
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Awakening the inner child: Hong Kong Ballet’s Nutcracker
In its own whimsical way, Nutcracker encapsulates a beautiful promise…
Flying high: TNUA dancers shine in their Winter concert
Excellenty danced excerpts from Giselle, but Chang Kuo-wei’s (張國韋) Alternate Realm (鏡界) takes the honours
A journey in time along the Silk Road: Jade Dance Theatre’s Crescent Spring
The sights and mysteries of the Silk Road alongside striking contemporary fashions and music
Hong Kong Ballet and West Kowloon Cultural District collaborate on Choreographer & Composer Lab
A platform to open dialogue between the worlds of dance and music.
Yao Jin’s Marguerite charms: Hong Kong Ballet in Lady of the Camellias
With its sensual angst and tormented passion, Lady of the Camellias makes for a perfect ballet. In theory.
Shanghai Ballet in The White-Haired Girl
Shenzhen Grand Theatre (深圳大劇院), China October 20, 2016 Joy Wang X. Y. Sometimes all that remains of an era is the art it leaves behind and sometimes it is dance that provides its enduring image, a symbolic memento both rooted in time and the transcendental. Watching the Shanghai Ballet (上海芭蕾舞團) in The White-Haired Girl (白毛女) … Read more
Humanising Odette: Jurgita Dronina in Hong Kong Ballet’s Swan Lake
The fullness of her courage is moving because it feels true
Singapore Dance Theatre in Masterpiece in Motion
The age of Innocence emerges slowly, stealthily from a tapestry of unspooling private narratives
World Gala, Seoul International Dance Competition
The feel-good factor was palpable among artists and audience.