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[ENG]The 2016 IADMS Conference in Hong Kong

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[ENG]Ballet in Spring

1. Serenade, Choreographer: George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust, Dancer: (Front) Tan Yuan Yuan Photo Credit: Tony Luk The Hong Kong Ballet ended the current 2015/6 season on a high note with a mixed program including two world premieres. As usual, the company’s last program of the season in spring is normally a mixed-bill instead of a full-length ballet. The program opened with Balanchine’s 1934 early masterpiece Serenade that was first staged by Judith Fugate

[中][Eng] 放眼舞林 An Eye On Dance

文 Text: 陳頌瑛 Anna CY Chan 翻譯 Translation: Scarlet Yu 最近英國脫歐成為熱話，同行在臉書張貼不同報導，紛紛推測以後英國和歐洲藝術交流計劃的種種問題、藝術家的流動去向等。因過去數月留港專注籌備和主辦下半年度西九的計劃而未有外訪，今期我借此英國「瘋」，淺談兩個在港接觸到的英國舞蹈活動吧！ Brexit has been a hot topic widely discussed on social media such as Facebook with much speculation about its effects on artistic exchange and on the situation for artists from the UK and the EU. I didn’t get a chance to travel much since my last column, so as a tangent to the Brexit discussion, in this issue I

[ENG] House on Fire! - Review of Recital Flamenco

1. Recital Flamenco, Choreographer: Manuel Liñán. Photo Credit: Ming Ng Hong Kong audiences, especially flamenco lovers, were lucky to have Manuel Liñán, one of Spain’s hottest contemporary flamenco choreographers and dancers, perform his work on 5 June 2016 at Sheung Wan Civic Centre Theatre in Hong Kong. The evening, presented by Jazz Dance Group and Academic Theatre Association of Hong Kong, with Liñán accompanied by guitarist Franciso Vinuesa and singer David Carpio, wa