To avoid undue disturbance to the performers and other members of the audience, please switch off your mobile phones and any other sound and light emitting devices before the performance. We also forbid eating and drinking, as well as unauthorized photography, audio and video recordings in the auditorium. Thank you for your co-operation.
i-Dance Festival (HK) 2019
i-Dance Festival (HK) was first organised by a group of independent contemporary dance artists in 2004. 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) 2019 is small in scale due to lack of resources but still we hope to create a dance festival with Hong Kong identity. We hope to dance out the voice of Hong Kong ……!
Y-Space was founded in 1995 by Victor Choi-wo Ma and Mandy Ming-yin Yim in Hong Kong, with the mission of exploring the infinite possibilities of dance, and searching for new dance idioms and new artistic directions.
Y-Space has been invited by international arts festivals and arts organizations to perform and conduct artistic exchange. To date, its Improvisation Land series has reached its 42nd series, while its Dancing All Around series has gone beyond the 10th mark. Since 2009, Y-Space has been hosting the i-Dance HK festival.
Now in its 18th year, Y-Space has become an important arts group on the Hong Kong contemporary dance through creating new work, promoting dance and providing training, education and research work through activities conducted at community level and at the Y-Space Dance Studio.
Improvisation Land
Since 1998, Y-Space created a platform named “Improvisation Land” for artists of different media to meet and have an improvisational jamming from time to time. Improvisation Land gathers artists around the world, and across the areas of dance, installation art, music, lighting design and visual art. Breaking away from the structured, rehearsed performance mode, these artists interact spontaneously; responding to new situations from moment to moment, digging deep to manifest their freshest creative impulse, choreograph instantly at the moment of the moment. Being unpredictable could be risky, but could also bring surprise and delight. Improvisation Land had already created more then 70 series with more then 90 performances since 1988.
Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre Performance Series: Dance and Improv
Programme 1
Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre
Ticket Price: HK$220
A stage performance featuring two choreographed dance by artists from different regions. One of the dance works Human created by Mainland choreographer XIAO Zhiren, he travelled and preformed for more than 20 countries. His recent work awarded 2nd prize in the International Choreographic Competition Hannover 2018.
This time he will bring us a new work Human. Another dance work is Dare to Dream? which will be perform by two experienced dance artists Victor Choi-wo Ma and Mandy Ming-yin Yim with live music by Edmund Leung.
In this same evening together with other artists they will create Improvisation Land 73. All works will only perform once in i-Dance (HK) 2019, you simply can’t miss it!
Dance 1: Dare to Dream?
Each brick imprinted each one’s dream and memories, are you dare to dream?
Choreographer and Performer: Victor Choi-wo MA, Mandy Ming-yin YIM
Live Music: Edmund LEUNG
Dance 2:《Human》
The work aims to explore communication between people, through remodelling the physical behaviours and different kind of expression of human to investigate into the meaning behind.
Choreographer and Performer: XIAO Zhiren
Composer and LIVE music : Paul YIP
Improvisation Land 73
Since 1998, Y-Space created a platform named “Improvisation Land” for artists of different media to meet and have an improvisational jamming from time to time. Improvisation Land gathers artists around the world, and across the areas of dance, installation art, music, lighting design and visual art. Breaking away from the structured, rehearsed performance mode, these artists interact spontaneously; responding to new situations from moment to moment, digging deep to manifest their freshest creative impulse, choreograph instantly at the moment of the moment. Being unpredictable could be risky, but could also bring surprise and delight. Improvisation Land had already created more then 70 series with more then 90 performances since 1988.
Dance: Force FONG, Christine He, Victor Choi-wo MA, Tracy WONG, Mandy Ming-yin YIM, XIAO Zhiren
Live Music: Hakgwai, Edmund LEUNG, Paul YIP
Video Artists: KOO siu hang, Terry WU
Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre Performance Series: Dance and Improv
Programme 2
Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre
Ticket Price: HK$220
A stage performance featuring two choreographed dance works and Improvisation Land 74. One of the works What We Need is Here created by two experienced dance artists from the U.S.A Chris Aiken &Angie HAUSER, the other dance work Hello Goodbye and Now will be perform by local dance artist Victor Choi-wo Ma and Mandy Ming-yin Yim with live music by Nelson Hui. They will also create and perform Improvisation Land 74 together with other artists. Such a cast in the same evening will only perform once. How could you miss it!
Dance 3: Hello, Goodbye Now!
The work is based on Nelson HIU's creation. The two creative dancers responded to the sound and the inspiration of the text in response to the dance.
Hello
We meet
Not even able to say thank you and then Good bye…
This moment will soon become history
Breath and Smile
Not yesterday not tomorrow
Now
Dance as we still could…
Choreographer and Performer: Victor Choi-wo MA, Mandy Ming-yin Yim
Live music & Text: Nelson HIU
Dance 4: What We Need is Here
This piece is a new improvised work that is informed by Aiken and Hauser's curiosity about the dynamics of perception, action, and the poetic imagination. How do we use our senses to be in touch with ourselves, others and our surroundings? How can our imagination deepen and connect us with the world and ourselves.
We are interested in how dance-making can support a return to sustainable ways of living. The title of this piece is borrowed from the poem "What We Need is Here" by Wendall Berry, where he says, "...we pray, not for new earth or heaven, but to be quiet in heart, and in eye, clear. What we need is here."
Choreographer and Performer: Chris AIKEN & Angie HAUSER
Music :Alva Noto Opto File 1 Max Richter Horizon Variations
Improvisation Land 74
Since 1998, Y-Space created a platform named “Improvisation Land” for artists of different media to meet and have an improvisational jamming from time to time. Improvisation Land gathers artists around the world, and across the areas of dance, installation art, music, lighting design and visual art. Breaking away from the structured, rehearsed performance mode, these artists interact spontaneously; responding to new situations from moment to moment, digging deep to manifest their freshest creative impulse, choreograph instantly at the moment of the moment. Being unpredictable could be risky, but could also bring surprise and delight. Improvisation Land had already created more then 70 series with more then 90 performances since 1988.
Dance: Chris AIKEN & Angie HAUSER, Jasper LAI, Allen LAM, Mimi LO, Victor Choi-wo MA, Mandy Ming-yin YIM
Live Music: Nelson HIU, Wilson TSANG
Video Artists: KOO siu hang,Terry WU
Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre Performance Series: Dance and Improv
Programme 3
Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre
Ticket Price: HK$220
Improvisation Land 75 is an unpredictable and unrehearsed performance which breaks the usual practice. Local and overseas outstanding dancers, video artists and musicians gather for a Dance, Multi-media and Improvisation. Most of the artists take part in the Improvisation Land 75 - i-Dance Improv Gala 2019 have been working together in the 3 days research sessions . During the research , the artist shared their different artistic ideas through interactive creations of body, music, projection and lighting. Research and surprise you with their creative results.
Please come and participate in to witness the dance incident together!
Participating Artists:
Dance: Chris AIKEN, Force FONG, Angie HAUSER, Christine HE, Jasper LAI, Allen LAM, Mimi LO, Victor Choi-wo MA, Tracy WONG, Mandy Ming-yin YIM, XIAO Zhiren
Movement: Alex CHEUNG
Live Music: Hakgwai, Nelson HIU, Edmund LEUNG, Wilson TSANG, Paul
Video Artists: KOO siu hang, Terry WU
XIAO Zhiren
Dancer, Instructor
Mimi Lo
Dancer, Instructor
Jasper Lai
Dancer, Instructor
Tracy WONG
Dancer
Hakgwai
Musician
Victor cho-wo MA
Curator, dancer and Instructor
Wilson TSANG
Musician
Terry WU
Video Artist
Mandy ming-yin YIM
Producer, dancer and Instructor
Paul YIP
Musician
Edmund @Interzone
Musician
KOO siu hang
Video Artist
Alex CHEUNG
Body movement, Instructor
Nelson HIU
Musician
Allen LAM
Dancer
Force FONG
Dancer, Instructor
Christine He
Dancer, Instructor
Chris Aiken
Dancer, Instructor
Angie HAUSER
Dancer, Instructor
Billy Siu Kit CHAN
Judge
PC Sei
Lighting Designer
CHAN Lok Sze
Stage Manager and Deputy Stage Manager
David KA- NANG LEUNG
Dancer
i-Dance Festival (HK) 2019 Production Team
Presenter: i-Dance (HK)Producted by: Y-Space
Artistic Director and Curator : Victor Choi-wo MA
Producer : Mandy Ming-yin YIM
Assistant Programme Coordinator: Dora LAI , Eric YIM
Lighting Designer : PC Sei
Stage Manager and Deputy Stage Manager : CHAN Lok Sze
Assistant Stage Manaer : Ng Ka Chun, Justin Chak-Yu WONG
Graphic Design: Passion Core
Videographer Maximillian CHENG
Photographer :CHEUNG Chi Wai
Acknowledgement :
Billy Siu Kit CHANLEUNG Ka Lok
Joe CHENG
LO Hoi yan
CHAN wing sze
Kit SUEN
Agnes CHUNG
Ma Po Po & To Yau
Chasing Culture
City Contemporary Dance Company
Tai Kwun
TwoMouthRice
E-Side Dance Company
Hong Kong Dance Alliance
The presenter reserves the right to alter the programme and the artists.
To Yau & Ma Po Po @ Ma Shi Po, Fanling
HK$600 (14:00-22:00)
HK$300 (14:00-18:00) Excludes meal coupon
Activities include guided tours, dance and music performances, workshops and dinner.
Dancers, musicians and artists who work in different media will gather at Ma Shi Po (a place will be demolish soon) 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 at TOYAU! (All materials and food that serve on the day are all made and growth local in Hong Kong)
Participating Artists:
Chris AIKEN, Hakgwai, Angie HAUSER, Christine HE, Jasper LAI, Allen LAM, David Leung, Edmund LEUNG, Mimi LO, Victor Choi-wo MA, Wilson TSANG, Tracy WONG, Mandy Ming-yin YIM, Paul YIP, XIAO Zhiren
Tour Guide:
Becky (Ma Po Po) / Mr KO (To Yau)