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HOUSE PROGRAM (ENGLISH) 1 EMERITUS CHAIRMEN ADMINISTRATION STAFF ARTISTIC STAFF TECHNICAL STAFF OUTREACH AND Mr Henry Wu, BBS, JP Executive Director Artistic Director Production EDUCATION STAFF Mr Lee Shung-tak, BBS, JP David Tsui Yang Yuntao Manager Outreach and Mr William Leung, SBS, JP Alex Wong Education Mr Stanley Wong, SBS,JP Finance and Administration Dance Master Manager Manager Xie Yin Stage Managers Tsang Kam-sing THE BOARD Tracy Lau Derek Chan Chairman Training Johnson Chan Assistant Manager Mr Wilson Fung Company and Programme Instructor (Outreach and Manager Ke Zhiyong Deputy Stage Education) Vice Chairmen Candy Cheung Managers Maria Liu Ms Lam Lit-kwan Ballet Instructor Yau Shek-kin Mr Tsang Kee-kung, MH Marketing and Programme Sit Ching-wa Krizce Chow Executive Officers Manager Diana Leung (Outreach and Treasurer Ruby Kwan Assistant Stage Education) Mr Raphael Chu Pianist Managers Banly Cheung Marketing and Cynthia Chan Chiu Chuen-sun Members Development Manager Tse Tsz-wai Executive Assistant Ms Sylvia Yau, JP Chris Lam Principal Dancers (Outreach & Ms Joanne Chan Huang Lei Electrical / Sound Education) Ms Tung Siu-hung Project Manager Li Han Technician Tsui Suk-har Ms Helen Ng, MH Carolyn Yip Pan Lingjuan Lee Shu-kam Mr Stephen Yip, BBS, MH, JP Tang Ya CHILDREN’S & Ms Ivy Au Yeung Assistant Manager (Finance Wardrobe Mistress YOUTH TROUPES Mr Jeckle Chiu and Administration) Senior Dancers Luise Yau STAFF Mr Law Yiu-wai Winnie Hung Chen Rong Artistic Mr Lau Ting-kwok Hua Chi-yu Wardrobe Coordinator Mr Sebastian Law Sai-hung Assistant Manager Assistant (Children’s & Youth (Company and Programme) Dancers Beverly Wong Troupes) Honorary Legal Adviser Jennifer Chow He Chaoya Cai Fei Mr Anthony Chow, SBS, JP He Yongning Assistant Managers Ho Ho-fei Curriculum Officer Artistic Advisers (Marketing and Ho Kin (Children’s & Youth Ms Jean M. Wong, BBS Programme) Hou Xuchen Troupes) Mrs Christine Liao, JP Helen Chan Huang Wenjie Carmen Yau Mr Tom Brown Leung Wai-ting Kwong Lai-ping Prof Chan Wing-wah, JP Phyllis Wong Lam Yin-yi Executive Officer Ms Sheng Peiqi Li Xiaomeng (Children’s & Youth Ms Emily Mok, MH, JP Senior Executive Officer Lin Chun-na Troupes) Mr Tang Shu-wing Joe Chu Lin Zhengyuan Chan Kin-chiu Mr Lau Siu-ming, MH Liu Wai-yee Senior Officers (Marketing Mi Tao Artistic Adviser (Children’s and Development) Peng Rongrong Troupe & Youth Troupe) Ella Li Tong Chi-man Mr Pan Zhitao Tsai Yuen-on Senior Officer (Marketing Wang Yingyu and Programme) Yuan Shenglun Mabel Tsang Zhan Qian Zhu Zhuoran Marketing and Programme Officer Ruby Yuen Rain Liao Accounting & Administration Assistant Wing Li Office Assistant Debbie Yeung Arts Administration Trainees Erica Lau Sze Yeung Yeung 2 Hong Kong Dance Company Dancing across East and West, Moving to the Tempo of Hong Kong Mission Statement We are nurtured in the cultural tradition of China, combining with the creativity of contemporary art, to impress the world with Chinese dance of Hong Kong character. Established in 1981 with the aim of promoting Chinese dance, the Hong Kong Dance Company was incorporated in 2001 as a charitable and non-profit-making institution, and is financially supported by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Since its inception, the Hong Kong Dance Company has staged over 100 productions, many of which were highly popular with critical acclaim. Recent productions include Snow Fox, Red Poppies, Spring Ritual·Eulogy, Pop Classics: Joseph Koo's Dance Melodies 2013, The Legend of Mulan, The Butterfly Lovers, Storm Clouds, L’Amour Immortel, Reveries of the Red Chamber, Chinese Hero: A Lone Exile, Vipassana and Lady White of West Lake. The Company has toured internationally as well as around Mainland China as a way to encourage cultural exchange. The Company has brought its award-winning original dance dramas The Legend of Mulan, L’Amour Immortel, The Butterfly Lovers and Spring Ritual·Eulogy to audiences at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York, Southbank Centre in London, The Sony Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, The Concourse in Sydney, the Korea Dance Festival, International Buddhism Dance Festival in Seoul, the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center, Shanghai Grand Theatre, Guangzhou Opera House and the Novel Hall for Performing Arts in Taipei, etc. 4/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong Tel: (852) 3103 1888 Fax: (852) 2805 2743 / 2851 3607 Website: www.hkdance.com 3 Yuen Long Theatre Auditorium Sha Tin Town Hall Auditorium 28.7.2018 (Sat) 3:00pm, 7:45pm 3.8.2018 (Fri) 7:45pm 29.7.2018 (Sun) 3:00pm 4.8.2018 (Sat) 3:00pm, 7:45pm Yuen Long Theatre Saturday Evening Sponsor 5.8.2018 (Sun) 3:00pm Programme duration is about 100 minutes with a 15-minute intermission Autograph Sessions 29.7.2018 (Sun) 3:00pm Foyer, Yuen Long Theatre 4.8.2018 (Sat) 3:00pm Foyer, Sha Tin Town Hall Held after the performances House Rules Dear Patrons – in order to make this performance a pleasant experience for the artists and other members of the audience, please refrain from recording, filming, taking photographs, and also from smoking, eating or drinking in the auditorium. Please ensure that your mobile phones and any other sound and light emitting devices are switched off before the performance.Thank you for your kind co-operation. Recycling of House Programme If you do not wish to keep this house programme, please leave it on the seat or put it in the recycle bin at the Theatre after the performance for environmental purposes. ©Hong Kong Dance Company 2018. All Rights Reserved. Hong Kong Dance Company reserves the rights to change programme details and substitute artists. Hong Kong Dance Company is financially supported by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Hong Kong Dance Company is a Venue Partner of the Sha Tin Town Hall. 4 Synopsis “Throw away what you no longer need!” Mum said, urging Ashley to pack her stuff because they are moving home soon. Peeking out from under her bed is a group of long-forgotten friends – Uncle Rice and Mini Rice, Hiking Shoe, Red Packet, the Sewing Kit twins, Goosie, Fishbowl Pavilion who pretend to be lifeless objects when Ashley and her mother are present. They always sing and dance while Ashley is away, but this time they are worried. They don’t want to be dumped as rubbish! Big Beard, a supersized calligraphic brush who reels off Chinese poems every now and then, pops up and recounts their memories with Ashley when she was little. So, who is Big Beard? Is Ashley going to desert her little friends? Will she remember any of them? ACT 1: My Secrets under the Bed “Throw Away Party” Choreographer and Rehearsal Coach: Ke Zhiyong Performers: Ho Kin, Lam Yin-yi, Tong Chi-man, Ho Ho-fei, Tse Tsz-kei, Chan Lok-yiu, Lee Lok-hin “The Mysterious Inkbrush” Choreographer: Hu Xiaoou Rehearsal Coach: ●Wong Cheng-meng Performers: ★Children’s Troupe Team L ●Children’s Troupe Team H “How Much do We Know of the Past?” Choreographer and Rehearsal Coach: Ke Zhiyong Performers: Ho Kin, Lam Yin-yi, Tong Chi-man, Ho Ho-fei, Lin Zhengyuan, Tse Tsz-kei, Chan Lok-yiu, Lee Lok- hin, Chen Rong, Zhu Zhuoran, He Chaoya, Tsai Yuen-on, Lin Chun-na, Wang Yingyu “Goosie-Goosie-Goosie-Goosie-Goosie-Gossie” Choreographers and Rehearsal Coaches: Xie Yin, ★Chan Kin-chiu , ●Liu Wai-yee Performers: ★Children’s Troupe Team I ●Children’s Troupe Team E , Anthony Ho, Ho Ho-fei ACT 2: The Uncatchable Time “Missing the Hands that Sew my Clothes” Choreographers and Rehearsal Coaches: Cai Fei, Ke Zhiyong Performers: Children’s Troupe & Youth Troupe – Elite Class “When the Night Arrives with Wind, Rain and Falling Petals” Choreographer: Wu Kam-ming Rehearsal Coaches: ★Carmen Yau , ●Zhang Yan Performers: ★Children’s Troupe Team F ●Children’s Troupe Team M “Atop the Heron Tower” Choreographer: Wu Kam-ming Rehearsal Coaches: ★Zhan Qian , ●Tang Xin Performers: ★Youth Troupe Team C ●Youth Troupe Team B “May We All be Blessed with Longevity” Choreographer and Rehearsal Coach: He Chaoya Performers: Celine Laurelle Tang, Wong Cheuk-wing, Zhan Qian, Tsai Yuen-on, Lin Chun-na, Peng Rongrong, Wang Yingyu, Kwong Lai-ping, Lam Yin-yi Intermission for 15 minutes 5 ACT 3: Homesick on a Moonlit Night “Don’t be Wasteful!” Choreographer: Lee Hoi-tung Rehearsal Coaches: ★Lin Chun-na , ●Wong Kuk-li Performers: ★Children’s Troupe Team TWD ●Children’s Troupe Team TWC “Every Grain with Sweat and Tears” Choreographer and Rehearsal Coach: Xie Yin Performers: He Chaoya / Zhan Qian (28.7, 3.8 & 4.8 Matinee) Zhu Zhuoran / Kwong Lai-ping (29.7, 4.8 Evening & 5.8) “Moonlight Before My Bed” Choreographer: Lee Hoi-tung Rehearsal Coaches: ★Lin Chun-na , ●Wong Kuk-li Performers: ★Children’s Troupe Team TWA ●Children’s Troupe Team TWB ACT 4: Travelling with Big Beard “The First Brushstroke” Choreographer and Rehearsal Coach: Chen Rong Performers: Tsai Yuen-on, Tong Chi-man, Ho Ho-fei, He Chaoya, Zhu Zhuoran “That Year, That Day, That Poem” Choreographers: Xie Yin, He Yongning Rehearsal Coach: ●Kwong Lai-ping Performers: ★Youth Troupe Team A ●Youth Troupe Team D , Ho Kin, Tong Chi-man, Zhu Zhuoran, Lin Zhengyuan , Hou Xuchen “Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder” Choreographer: He Chaoya Rehearsal Coaches: ★Iris Sun , ●Li Xiaomeng Performers: ★Children’s Troupe Team Q/G ●Children’s Troupe Team K/N ★Yuen Long Theatre ●Sha Tin Town Hall 6 Xie Yin Concept/ Choreographer Every summer, I see families coming into the theatre, children sitting there eagerly, the audience laughing and being moved by our performances – all of this stays with me for a long time, just as Ashley’s fond memories of good times.