'New Force in Motion' Series: Chan Wai Lok, Sudhee Liao, Alice Ma [Programme Cancelled]

【Programme Cancellation and Refund Arrangement】

In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the performing venues were closed. 'New Force in Motion' Series: Chan Wai Lok, Sudhee Liao, Alice Ma scheduled on 31 Dec 2020 – 2 Jan 2021 at Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre has been cancelled. Please keep the original tickets intact (with stubs) and cash refund to ticket holders will be available at the box office of Kwai Tsing Theatre from 4 - 21 Mar 2021 and at the box office of Tsuen Wan Town Hall from 22 Mar - 28 Apr 2021. For enquiries, please email cp2@lcsd.gov.hk or call 2268 7323 during office hours.

'New Force in Motion' Series presents new dance works of emerging choreographers, aims to provide a professional platform for young choreographers to showcase choreography, encourage development and stimulate choreography through artistic mentoring.

Click by Chan Wai Lok

Dance, in a room, with a computer. Click to open a space, or close. I am not certain whether the space we are now here is my body or somewhere you do not expect. Delete, copy, return... The absence of something is the rise of something, leave a blank space to enter or to be entered.

A choreographer and performer based in Hong Kong and Brussels, completed his studies in P.A.R.T.S. - Performing Arts Research and Training Studios (Belgium) in 2019 upon receiving scholarships from the [DNA] network supported by Creative Europe under the European Commission (2016-2018) and the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund (2018-2019). He previously studied in SEAD - Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (Austria) after graduating from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Architecture Studies. Democratic interpretation and emancipation in audience is the major genre he has been exploring in his recent solo Everyone knows what it means to think (2019) and his collaboration with Mariana Miranda, /bI'twi:n/ (2019). He performed in Let it all out (2018) created by Cristian Duarte and worked with Meytal Blanaru in We were the future (2019) which was toured in Europe and South America in 2019. His latest collaboration with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Somnia was also premiered in Belgium in 2019. In 2020, he, together with his fellows, established an independent art space, ngau4 gat1 dei6, which is an art project exploring how to operate and sustain such art space in local art scene, and sharing spatial resources with fellow artists.

Interconnectivity by Sudhee Liao

A multi-layered performance that explores the state of connection. With a confined and structured costume design, the work delves into the significance of movement and how the body can react within a restrictive space. By weaving physicality and movement, we play with the idea of equilibrium between body and space. The work takes the audience through a visceral and surreal journey by interweaving between performance and the body. It translates as a sculpture that evokes a paradoxical sense of intimacy. This gives new meaning to the idea of movement and showcases the inherent awkwardness that echoes our own vulnerabilities.

Born and raised in Singapore. She graduated from The Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honors) majoring in Contemporary Dance. She is an experienced dancer and has worked extensively with a range of international choreographers. She has travelled and performed internationally in various productions and dance festivals. Her works include performances in theatres, galleries and site-specific spaces as well as video works. As a choreographer, her more recent works includes Going live: dancing with enigmatic perception which was shown in Power Station of Art (Shanghai) and Tai Kwun (Hong Kong); Haptic Compression Hermetic Diode by Hong Kong Arts Festival The Hong Kong Jockey Club Contemporary Dance Series 2017 and 2018 respectively; White Cell, a 2 month residency programme at WING Platform; and Not Yet / To Forget, co-choreographed with Ivan Chan was supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council, presented both in Hong Kong and Malaysia. She also co-directed a dance film, Faraway My Shadow Wandered with filmmaker, Liao Jie Kai that will premier in Singapore International Film Festival 2020. She is currently an independent dance artist, choreographer and dance educator.

I don't mean it by Alice Ma

“We know that they are lying, they know that they are lying, they even know that we know they are lying, we also know that they know we know they are lying too, they of course know that we certainly know they know we know they are lying too as well, but they are still lying.” Russian writer and Nobel Prize winner, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

We don’t even know whether the words from us are as intended, or simply lies. 

In a time like now, can people still be able to speak freely or at their own will? 

If speech is essentially a power game, probably we have to learn how to speak and express properly so as to be able to harness the game.

Graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honors) Degree from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA), majoring in Contemporary Dance and Choreography. In 2020, she received ‘Tom Brown Emerging Choreographer’ in the 22^nd Hong Kong Dance Awards. After graduation, she has actively involved in stage performances and explore in different media. She has also collaborated with other artists and arts groups including the Hong Kong Arts Festival (HKAF), New Vision Arts Festival, West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, Musica Viva, Music Lab and more. She has been a part-time instructor at City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC) Dance Centre and HKAPA School of Dance since 2009 and 2016 respectively. Recent works include Wu and Over-master by HKAF The Hong Kong Jockey Club Contemporary Dance Series, Soulless by E-Side Dance Company, WuDaoQingNian 2015 by CCDC and Upstairs Downstairs by Y-Space. In 2019, Wu was selected for the New Dance for Asia – NDA International Festival in Seoul. In 2020, Over-master was invited to perform in Japan and Singapore, and nominated as ‘Outstanding Choreography’ for the 22^nd Hong Kong Dance Awards.

Recommended for ages 6 or above.

The running time of each performance is approximately 1 hour 30 minutes including one 15-minute intermission.

Audience is strongly advised to arrive punctually. Late comers and audiences who leave their seats during the performance will only be admitted to their own seats during the intermission.