i-Dance
Festival (HK)
2017
16-24 Sept, 21-29 Oct
Early Bird SPECIAL
Save UP to $450 Instantly!
Exploring Dance and Movement Workshop
3 different workshops
from Netherlands, China, United Kingdom
Package Discount
Theatre Performance Series
Solo & Improv
15% off for 2 or more programmes
max 20% off for group of you
Member’s OFFERS
SAVE 10% for whole year
- Discount on all Y-Space Programmes
- Access to YS dance media library
and more …
i-Dance
Festival (HK)
2017
16-24 Sept, 21-29 Oct
Early Bird SPECIAL
Save UP to $450 Instantly!
Exploring Dance and Movement Workshop
3 different workshops
form Netherlands, China, United Kingdom
Package Discount
Theatre Performance Series
Solo & Improv
15% off for 2 or more programmes
max 20% off for group of you
Member’s OFFERS
SAVE 10% for whole year
- Discount on all Y-Space Programmes
- Access to YS dance media library
and more …
Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre Performance Series
Not A Double Room (Excerpt)
Not A Double Room was premiered in 1995 and rerun in 2010. Y-Space was invited to stage the production in Taipei, Munich and Guangzhou. It was based on what Victor Choi-wo MA and Mandy Ming-yin YIM saw while travelling in Europe 22 years ago and inspired by pre-handover Hong Kong. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the handover. How would the rerun enlighten us this time?
Conceiver, Director and Choreographer: Victor Choi-wo MA
Producer and Choreographer: Mandy Ming-yin YIM
Costume and Prop Designer: Hema
Set Designers: Hema and Luke MA
Video Designer: Adrian YEUNG
Dancers: Crystal CHUNG, Cybil POON and ZHENG Lingmin (China)
Performer: ZHOU Zihan (China)
HK$180 / HK$90 (discount ticket check here)
22-23 Sept 2017 .:. FRI .:. 20:00
Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre
Programme 1
Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre Performance Series
Old Dance
Not A Double Room (Excerpt)
Not A Double Room was premiered in 1995 and rerun in 2010. Y-Space was invited to stage the production in Taipei, Munich and Guangzhou. It was based on what Victor Choi-wo MA and Mandy Ming-yin YIM saw while travelling in Europe 22 years ago and inspired by pre-handover Hong Kong. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the handover. How would the rerun enlighten us this time?
Conceiver, Director and Choreographer: Victor Choi-wo MA
Producer and Choreographer: Mandy Ming-yin YIM
Costume and Prop Designer: Hema
Set Designers: Hema and Luke MA
Video Designer: Adrian YEUNG
Dancers: Crystal CHUNG, Cybil POON and ZHENG Lingmin (China)
Performer: ZHOU Zihan (China)
HK$180 / HK$90 (discount ticket check here)
22-23 Sept 2017 .:. FRI .:. 20:00
Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre
Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre Performance Series
CAGE and TEST DUO
A performance features two choreographed dances by three dance artists from different backgrounds. They speak new dance languages to express their feelings of the time.
CAGE Choreographer and Performer: Katie DUCK (the Netherlands)
TEST DUO Choreographers and Performers: Xiao Ke (China) and ZHOU Zihan (China)
HK$180 / HK$90 (discount ticket check here)
22-23 Sept 2017 .:. SAT .:. 20:00
Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre
Programme 2
Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre Performance Series
New Dance
CAGE and TEST DUO
A performance features two choreographed dances by three dance artists from different backgrounds. They speak new dance languages to express their feelings of the time.
CAGE Choreographer and Performer: Katie DUCK (the Netherlands)
TEST DUO Choreographers and Performers: Xiao Ke (China) and ZHOU Zihan (China)
HK$180 / HK$90 (discount ticket check here)
22-23 Sept 2017 .:. SAT .:. 20:00
Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre
Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre Performance Series
Improvisation Land 68
Improvisation Land 68 is an unpredictable and unrehearsed performance which breaks the usual practice. Local and overseas outstanding dancers and musicians gather for a Dance, Multi-media and Improvisation Research Week and surprise you with their creative results. Participate in and witness the dance incident together!
Performers: Katie DUCK (the Netherlands), Hakgwai, Victor Choi-wo MA, Wilson TSANG, WONG Yankwai, Terry WU, Xiao Ke (China), Mandy Ming-yin YIM, Paul YIP, ZHENG Lingmin (China), ZHOU Zihan (China) etc.
HK$180 / HK$90 (discount ticket check here)
24 Sept 2017 .:. SUN .:. 17:00
Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre
Programme 3
Solo & Improv
Improvisation Land 68
Improvisation Land 68 is an unpredictable and unrehearsed performance which breaks the usual practice. Local and overseas outstanding dancers and musicians gather for a Dance, Multi-media and Improvisation Research Week and surprise you with their creative results. Participate in and witness the dance incident together!
Performers: Katie DUCK (the Netherlands), Hakgwai, Victor Choi-wo MA, Wilson TSANG, WONG Yankwai, Terry WU, Xiao Ke (China), Mandy Ming-yin YIM, Paul YIP, ZHENG Lingmin (China), ZHOU Zihan (China) etc.
HK$180 / HK$90 (discount ticket check here)
24 Sept 2017 .:. SUN .:. 20:00
Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre
SOLO & IMPROV
AIRE Solo for my Mother and Improvisation Land 69
Kirstie SIMSON, a British master of contact improvisation, is invited to host a series of workshops in i-Dance Festival (HK) this year. She will do a dance solo AIRE Solo for my Mother, share her years of experience and insights and perform with the workshop participants in Improvisation Land 69.
AIRE Solo for my Mother
Choreographer and Performer: Kirstie SIMSON
Improvisation Land 69
Performers: Crystal CHUNG, Hakgwai, Edmund LEUNG, Christy MA, Victor Choi-wo MA, Cybil POON , Kirstie SIMSON (the UK), Jasmin WONG, Mandy Ming-yin YIM, Paul YIP and ZHENG Lingmin (China)
28 Oct 2017 .:. SAT .:. 20:00
Dance Studio, Kwai Tsing Theatre
HK$180 / HK$90 (discount ticket check here)
28 Oct 2017 .:. SAT .:. 20:00
Dance Studio, Kwai Tsing Theatre
HK$180 / HK$90 (discount ticket check here)
SOLO & IMPROV
AIRE Solo for my Mother and Improvisation Land 69
Kirstie SIMSON, a British master of contact improvisation, is invited to host a series of workshops in i-Dance Festival (HK) this year. She will do a dance solo AIRE Solo for my Mother, share her years of experience and insights and perform with the workshop participants in Improvisation Land 69.
AIRE Solo for my Mother
Choreographer and Performer: Kirstie SIMSON
Improvisation Land 69
Performers: Crystal CHUNG, Hakgwai, Edmund LEUNG, Christy MA, Victor Choi-wo MA, Cybil POON , Kirstie SIMSON (the UK), Jasmin WONG, Mandy Ming-yin YIM, Paul YIP and ZHENG Lingmin (China)
28 Oct 2017 .:. SAT .:. 20:00
Dance Studio, Kwai Tsing Theatre
HK$180 / HK$90 (discount ticket check here)
Improvisation Land 70: Dance Under the Sky
29 Oct 2017 .:. SUN .:. 14:00
To Yau
HK$500 / HK$300 (Excludes meal coupon)
Dancers, musicians and artists who work in different media gather in a farm in the New Territories, improvising a performance under the sky together! Regain your acute senses and have a fruitful day by enjoying the fresh artistic appeal and the dinner with the performers!
Activities include guided tours, dance and music performances, workshops and dinner.
Participating Dancers：
Crystal CHUNG
Garlic Jam
Mimi LO
Christy MA
Victor Choi-wo MA
yuenjie MARU
Cybil POON
Kirstie SIMSON (the UK)
Jasmin WONG
Mandy Ming-yin YIM
Participating Musicians：
Hakgwai
Edmund LEUNG
Wilson TSANG
WONG Yankwai
Paul YIP
Exploring Dance and Movement Workshop
Xiao Ke and ZHOU Zihan from Shanghai, Katie DUCK from the Netherlands and Kirstie SIMSON from the UK are joining i-Dance Festival (HK) 2017. They have been learning the philosophy of life through body and will share their experience of and insights about dance, movement, theatre, performance and choreography. Participants can explore independent and unique movements of your own styles with the artists! The workshops are open to the public on a first come, first served basis.
Workshop 1
Real Time Performance
17 Sept (SUN)
10:00-13:00; 14:30-17:30
Y-Space
Instructor:
Katie DUCK (the Netherlands)
Conducted in English
Workshop 2
Creation Out of Nothing
18 Sept (Mon)
19:00-22:00
Y-Space
Instructors:
Xiao Ke (China) and ZHOU Zihan (China)
Conducted in Putonghua
Workshop 3
Move, Touch and Be Moved
23-24, 26-27 Oct (MON-TUE, THU-FRI)
19:00-22:00
Y-Space
Instructor:
Kirstie SIMSON (the UK)
Conducted in English
Research, Development and Archives
i-independent
i-identity
i-improvisatory
i-innovative
i-international
i-interactive
i-interlinking
i-Dance Festival (HK) was first organised by a group of independent contemporary dance artists in 2004. Y-Space took over the festival in 2009. Taiwan, South Korea and Japan have also founded their own i-Dance Festivals in 2011, 2012 and 2013 respectively, forming an i-Dance Festival network in Asia.
This year’s i-Dance Festival (HK) is not as large-scale as the previous ones due to lack of resources. We would like to focus on the theme of Research, Development and Archives in response to the live issues and needs of Hong Kong dance industry in order to raise Hongkongers’ awareness of the status quo of dance research, development and recorded information management in the city and explore the future of the local dance world together!
Research, Development and Archives
i-independent
i-identity
i-improvisatory
i-innovative
i-international
i-interactive
i-interlinking
i-Dance Festival (HK) was first organised by a group of independent contemporary dance artists in 2004. Y-Space took over the festival in 2009. Taiwan, South Korea and Japan have also founded their own i-Dance Festivals in 2011, 2012 and 2013 respectively, forming an i-Dance Festival network in Asia.
This year’s i-Dance Festival (HK) is not as large-scale as the previous ones due to lack of resources. We would like to focus on the theme of Research, Development and Archives in response to the live issues and needs of Hong Kong dance industry in order to raise Hongkongers’ awareness of the status quo of dance research, development and recorded information management in the city and explore the future of the local dance world together!
Opening Activity: Open Improvisation
Dutch dance artist Katie DUCK will lead an open improvisation session for a group of artists and you, kick-starting i-Dance Festival (HK) 2017!
Leader:
Katie DUCK (the Netherlands)
Participating:
Artists: Victor Choi-wo MA, Wilson TSANG, Jasmin WONG, Terry WU, Xiao Ke (China), Mandy Ming-yin YIM, Paul YIP, ZHENG Lingmin (China), ZHOU Zihan (China) etc.
16 Sept 2017 .:. SAT .:. 19:00 – 22:00
Y-Space
Open Jam
British master of contact improvisation Kirstie SIMSON invites you to our Open Jam! Move your body until you cannot breathe and stand!
Leader:
Kirstie SIMSON (the UK)
Participating Artists:
Victor Choi-wo MA, Mandy Ming-yin YIM, Paul YIP etc.
22 Oct 2017 .:. SUN .:. 18:00 – 21:00
Y-Space
Dance, Multi-media and Improvisation Research Week
Local and overseas artists spend days on artistic exchange and exploring dance improvisation, senses, body, movement and the relationship between individuals and groups. Engaging in different art forms, participants will be able to broaden their horizons and inspire each other in discussions and interactions.
The whole Research Week will conclude with an improvisatory theatre performance Improvisation Land by multi-media artists and be documented in text, photos and videos for further reference in the future.
Research Workshop 1
18-21 Sept (MON-THU)(SUN)
09:30-12:30
Y-Space
Artist:
Katie DUCK (the Netherlands)
Fee: HK$1,200
4-day workshop
3 hours a day
Research Workshop 2
18-21 Sept (MON-THU)
14:00-17:00
Y-Space
Artist:
Victor Choi-wo MA, Terry WU, Xiao Ke, Mandy Ming-yin YIM, Paul YIP, ZHENG Lingmin, ZHOU Zihan etc.
Fee: HK$1,200
4-day workshop
3 hours a day
Research Workshop 3
23-26 Oct (MON-THU)
13:00-17:00
Y-Space
Artist:
Kirstie SIMSON (the UK)
Fee: HK$1,600
4-day workshop
4 hours a day
Conference: Research Studies in Dance and Dance Archives in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a cosmopolitan city with a relatively short history of dance. How is our relevant recorded information management compared to other regions? Without enough archives, how can we study and recreate the time art?
It is difficult for the local academy to maintain its status on the global stage and unhealthy for the development of Hong Kong Dance in the long run when the research findings on dance remain inadequate and unpublished. This year’s i-Dance Festival (HK) Conference might stimulate discussion and provide a prospective.
Moderator:
Victor Choi-wo MA
Guests:
Kevin WONG (Director of CCDC Dance Centre)
Bernice CHAN (the Manager of International Association of Theatre Critics)
21 Oct 2017 .:. SAT .:. 14:00-17:00
Y-Space
FREE
Dance Practitioners’ Book Club
Dance is beyond a form of performance. Relevant research and books are essential. Our guests will share research and books about dance to integrate theory with practice. (List of guests will be announced in due course.)
CLUB 1: 22 Oct 2017 .:. SUN .:. 10:00-12:00
CLUB 2: 28 Oct 2017 .:. SAT .:. 10:00-12:00
Y-Space
FREE
Artist Face 2 Face
Artists from different countries and generations share and discuss their individual creations and insights about use of body, body aesthetics and how to embody the present with body.
Programme 1
Host: Victor Choi-wo MA
Guests: Katie DUCK (the Netherlands) + Xiao Ke (China) and ZHOU Zihan (China)
Programme 2
Host: Victor Choi-wo MA
Guest: Kirstie SIMSON (UK)
Programme 1: 16 Sept 2017 .:. SAT .:. 19:00-21:00
Programme 2: 22 Oct 2017 .:. SUN .:. 14:00-16:00
Y-Space
FREE
Recall of Classics
Classic independent choreography, performances and forgotten ones by Hong Kong artists and dance companies selected by i-Dance Festival (HK) 2017 will be on display through installations for everyone to look back on the local history of dance.
21-28 Oct 2017 .:. SAT-SAT .:. 10:00-18:00
Y-Space
FREE
Ticketing and Application
Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre Performance Series
Solo & Improv
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Booking Discount
Half-price tickets are available for full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and the minder and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients on a first-come-first-served basis.
Group Booking Discount
10% discount for each purchase of 4-9 full-price tickets;
15% discount for each purchase of 10-19 full-price tickets;
20% discount for each purchase of 20 full-price tickets or more.
Package Booking Discount
15% discount on full-price tickets for each purchase of 2 different performances.
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Artists
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