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AC1, 4/F, Administration Building, Hong Kong Cultural Centre |
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Dance
Lecture Series on Appreciating Ballet - Literary Texts & Fine Music in Motion
Free Seating
(Conducted in Cantonese)
About the programme
The plots of literary classics are highly compelling – they cover intertwining conflicts and depict complicated human nature, highlighting the multi-layered emotional changes of characters. The creative dance pieces of choreographers from different eras have been inspired by these well-known stories, which are matched with beautiful and touching music to underline the variations in atmospheres and to heighten the drama.
The enchanting sounds of music also invoke choreographers to create non-narrative one act ballets & short pieces to bring out the emotional exchanges between dancers and expression of their states of mind when they interact during the performance. These in turn invites the audience to use their imagination and actively associate the performance with their own ideas.
Margaret Lau, seasoned ballet freelance writer and speaker of this lecture series, holds a master of arts degree from the University of Hong Kong; she also holds a Bachelor’s degree and a postgraduate diploma in education from the Faculty of Education of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She was a dance instructor for Recreation & Sport Service and Ng Sheung Ha School of Ballet, and a business manager for the City Contemporary Dance Company. Over the years, she has written commentaries and feature articles for newspapers and magazines in Hong Kong and the ballet section of the publication A Dance History of Hong Kong.
Commissioned by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Hong Kong Arts Festival Society Limited, Macao Cultural Centre, and other organisations, she has written feature articles, conducted guided appreciation talks for dance performances, and translated house programmes for dance performances. She also translated teaching materials and prospectuses for the teaching certificate programmes of the Royal Academy of Dance. She was the instructor for the “Meet the Critics Arts Criticism Mentorship Programme” organised by the International Association of Theatre Critics (Hong Kong). Between 1995 and 1999, she was a member of the Dance Advisory Team of the former Urban Council. She has been the speaker of the Ballet Appreciation Lecture Series since 2009. Some of her published works are: Twinkle Twinkle Dance Stars, Chinese Ballet Sketches and Chinese Dancers in Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, etc. Lau has a passion for ballet. She travels extensively to appreciate and cover on dance performances. Her experience and knowledge would undoubtedly enhance the public’s understanding about ballet and add more fun in performance appreciation.
20 July - Don Quixote
3 August - Les Sylphides & Scheherazade
10 August - Lady of the Camellias
17 August - The Dream & Carmina Burana
24 August - Anna Karenina
31 August - Firebird, Afternoon of a Faun & In the Night
7 September - Taming of the Shrew
14 September - The Nutcracker
21 September - The Winter's Tale
28 September - The Merry Widow
TICKETING
DATE VENUE PRICE 20.07.2017 (Thu)
19:30
19:30
03.08.2017 (Thu)
19:30
19:30
10.08.2017 (Thu)
19:30
19:30
17.08.2017 (Thu)
19:30
19:30
24.08.2017 (Thu)
19:30
19:30
31.08.2017 (Thu)
19:30
19:30
07.09.2017 (Thu)
19:30
19:30
14.09.2017 (Thu)
19:30
19:30
21.09.2017 (Thu)
19:30
19:30
28.09.2017 (Thu)
19:30
19:30
AC1, 4/F, Administration Building, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
$50
DATE20.07.2017 (Thu)
19:30
19:30
03.08.2017 (Thu)
19:30
19:30
10.08.2017 (Thu)
19:30
19:30
17.08.2017 (Thu)
19:30
19:30
24.08.2017 (Thu)
19:30
19:30
31.08.2017 (Thu)
19:30
19:30
07.09.2017 (Thu)
19:30
19:30
14.09.2017 (Thu)
19:30
19:30
21.09.2017 (Thu)
19:30
19:30
28.09.2017 (Thu)
19:30
19:30
PRICE
$50