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05
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Jan
2024
19:30
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07
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Jan
2024
14:30 |
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$620, $520, $420, $320, $200 |
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Grand Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre |
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Dance
The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting by China Oriental Performing Arts Group
【Additional tickets for sale】
**Due to overwhelming response, there are a limited number of tickets (including box seats with restricted view) for each performance available for sale at URBTIX from 10am on the respective day of performances (5-7 Jan 2024). Each person can purchase a maximum of 2 tickets per transaction on a first come, first served basis.**
For enquiries, please call 2268 7323 (Cultural Presentations Section) during office hours.
An ancient scroll painting of blue-green landscape transformed into an ethereal dance epic
Poetic Dance: The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting is a “poetic drama” in seven chapters: Scroll Unfolding, Seal Tracing, Silk Reeling, Minerals Exploring, Brush Making, Ink Grinding, and Painting Alive. In the drama, together with a modern-day Palace Museum researcher, the audience unfolds a scroll in multiple perspectives, wandering in the midst of legendary-like and charming traditional Chinese aesthetics.
It tells a story closely related to “A Panorama of Mountains and Rivers”, a masterpiece of traditional Chinese landscape painting characterised by its depiction of blue and green colors, which has a history of nearly 1,000 years and is said to have been painted by the 18-year-old ‘genius’ Ximeng. By adopting a narrative structure that interweaves space and time, this drama is set at a time when the painting was to be exhibited upon Ximeng’s finishing strokes. By fully devoting himself to the study of the painting, the researcher steps into Ximeng’s inner world, accompanying him during those precious moments when the young painter was making his greatest efforts. Through this experiential journey, the researcher is able to resonate with the painter’s youthful genius, exploring the combination of chance and necessity that led to the unique emergence of “A Panorama of Mountains and Rivers”, and interpreting the sentimental bonds between national cultural relics of the past and people in modern times.
On the stage, a richly-layered picturesque scene is stretched: the moon hangs high in the sky, as it was in the past thousands of years; under the moonlight, the researcher and Xi meng gaze into the other’s eyes; the dedicated researchers of the Palace Museum, along with the craftsmen from ancient times, jointly unveil a harmonious picture where feelings and scenes mingle.
The running of each performance is approximately 2 hours including an intermission of 15 minutes.
Audience is strongly advised to arrive punctually. Latecomers and audiences who leave their seats during the performance will only be admitted at a suitable break.
The programme does not represent the views of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
The presenter reserves the right to change the programme and substitute artists.
TICKETING
DATE VENUE PRICE 05.01.2024 (Fri) - 07.01.2024 (Sun)
19:30
19:30
06.01.2024 (Sat) - 07.01.2024 (Sun)
14:30
14:30
Grand Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
$620, $520, $420, $320, $200
DATE05.01.2024 (Fri) - 07.01.2024 (Sun)
19:30
19:30
06.01.2024 (Sat) - 07.01.2024 (Sun)
14:30
14:30
PRICE
$620, $520, $420, $320, $200