City Contemporary Dance Festival exciting contemporary dance productions in Hong Kong A feast of Asian dance creativity in November

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1 Press Release (29 September 2017) City Contemporary Dance Festival exciting contemporary dance productions in Hong Kong A feast of Asian dance creativity in November City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC) has been a key player and witness of the vigorous development of contemporary dance in Hong Kong for 37 years. In addition to producing new choreography and performances, CCDC is also actively exploring international platforms to help the city s contemporary dance industry. This year, CCDC is excited to launch the inaugural City Contemporary Dance Festival 2017 to showcase quality dances from East Asia and introduce leading dance artists from Hong Kong and Asia to international theatre and festival presenters. Contemporary dance companies and choreographers from China, Japan and Korea and other East Asian countries are invited to take part in the festival from 21 to 26 November Fifteen exciting contemporary dance programmes will be staged at the Kwai Tsing Theatre, Yuen Long Theatre, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity and Hong Kong Arts Centre. Tickets are available NOW at URBTIX. At City Contemporary Dance Festival s press conference, CCDC Artistic Director Willy Tsao introduced the festival and its wide-ranging programmes, together with Helen Lai, the city s leading dancemaker and choreographer of the opening programme Testimony as well as a host of upcoming choreographic stars from the festival s Focus Hong Kong programme Wayson Poon, Gabbie Chan, Pewan Chow and Lai Tak-wai. Two key regional collaborators of the festival Shinji Ono, Director of Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No.1 and Lee Jong-Ho, Artistic Director of Seoul International Dance Festival (SIDance) also introduced their festivals as well as their roles in the inaugural City Contemporary Dance Festival. Having presented overseas tours and participated in international dance festival regularly in the past decades, CCDC have built extensive networks in the dance industry internationally. In 2015, CCDC established "HOTPOT East Asia Dance Platform" with Seoul International Dance Festival (Korea) and Yokohama Dance Collection (Japan) whilst linking up with Noism1 and Daegu Contemporary Dance Company to jointly create a touring network. These experiences and connections form the foundation of City Contemporary Dance Festival 2017.

2 City Contemporary Dance Festival 2017 is comprised of two main parts. The first part are performances and showcases, including Performances of Asian Contemporary Dance Companies a series of five programmes performed by professional companies including Noism1 (Japan), Daegu Contemporary Dance Company (Korea), Beijing Dance/LDTX (Beijing) and Shanxi Huajin Dance Troupe (Shanxi) alongside CCDC; HOTPOT East Asia Dance Platform a collection of seven programmes from Japan, Korea, the Pearl River Delta, Shanghai and Taiwan; and Hong Kong Focus, which introduces seven local choreographers and their works. The second part of the festival is the DanceX International Dance Network, over a hundred influential international curators are invited to attend a diverse range of performances at the festival and to attend activities such as seminars to facilitate artistic exchanges during the festival. As the host of City Contemporary Dance Festival 2017, CCDC will present the revival of its seminal production Testimony by Hong Kong s leading choreographer Helen Lai as the festival s opening programme. Veteran stage actor Lee Chun-chow returns to this pioneering dance theatre which deciphers the music of Shostakovich. There are many Hong Kong premieres during this six-day dance festival, including Cold Arrow Game of Go (Weiqi) (Beijing), NINA materialize sacrifice (Japan), The Encounter of Confucius and the closing programme Moon-looking Dog I saw the elephant (Korea). Together with the black box programme by emerging choreographers, the festival weaves a rich and comprehensive tapestry of contemporary dance. City Contemporary Dance Festival 2017 is financially supported by the Hong Kong Special Administrative region and organised by City Contemporary Dance Company. A total of 15 programmes will be presented between 21 and 26 November 2017 and over 200 local and oversea artists and curators are invited to take part.

3 City Contemporary Dance Festival November 2017 (Tue-Sun) Performances of Asian Contemporary Dance Companies (Tue) 8PM (Thu) 7:30PM Testimony Performance: CCDC (Hong Kong) Choreography: Helen Lai Auditorium, Kwan Tsing Theatre $250, $180, $140 A Programme of The 24 th Yuen Long Arts Festival Cold Arrow-Game of Go (Weiqi) Performance: Beijing Dance/LDTX (Beijing) Choreography: Li Han-thong, Ma Bo Auditorium, Yuen Long Theatre $40 (Tickets will be available from mid-october) (Fri) 8PM NINA materialize sacrifice Performance: Noism1 (Japan) Choreography: Jo Kanamori (Sat) 8PM The Encounter of Confucius Performance: Shanxi Huajin Dance Troupe (Shanxi) Choreography: Xu Yi-ming Auditorium, Kwan Tsing Theatre $250, $180, $140 Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre $250, $ (Sun) 8PM A Programme of Festive Korea 2017 Moon-Looking Dog / I Saw the Elephant Performance: Daegu Contemporary Dance Company (Korea) Choreography: Hong Sung-yop Auditorium, Kwan Tsing Theatre $250, $180, $140

4 HOTPOT East Asia Dance Platform Multi-Media Theatre, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity (Wed) 2PM (Wed) 2PM Japan I WO CO Pearl River Delta Four legs is good, two legs is better Flux The Product Of Limb Clock (Sat) 2PM (Sun) 2PM Korea I Mind-Gobin Flight Silentium Shanghai From In Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre (Wed) 4:30PM Taiwan Jo Watcher Tschüss!! Bunny The Sacrifice of Roaring (Sun) 4:30PM Japan I one piece born somewhere, live somewhere Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre (Fri) 4:30PM Korea II Body Concert Tail Language

5 Hong Kong Focus Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre (Thu) 4:30PM Hong Kong Focus I in,visible (cities); Here is it Nook (Fri) 4:30PM Hong Kong Focus III So Low Multi-Media Theatre, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity (Fri) 2PM Hong Kong Focus II Folding Echoes The 16 th Day Xin Xiang Festival Programme Guide is available NOW at CCDC Dance Centre, URBTIX outlets, CCDF website and more than 80 locations throughout Hong Kong. Tickets NOW available at URBTIX (Except Cold Arrow-Game of Go (Weiqi)) Credit Card and Internet Booking: / Ticketing Enquiries: Programme Enquiries: / Discount Package* 10% off - Purchase standard tickets of 2 different programmes 20% off - Purchase standard tickets of 3 or more different programmes *Only applicable to the Performances of Asian Contemporary Dance Companies (Except Cold Arrow Games of Go (Weiqi)) Other Discount Offers 30% off - Holders of CCDC Dance Inspirations Card (First two tickets) 50% off - Full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and the minder and CSSA recipients 60% off - Holders of CCDC Student Dance Inspirations Card (max 2 tickets) and 10% off on purchasing standard tickets at the same time (max 2 tickets) Please refer to for details of discount scheme The above discount cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers.

6 Media Contact Dennis Chung (Marketing and Development Manager) Tel: (852) Fax: (852) Miranda Li (Project Manager) Tel: (852) Fax: (852) CCDC is financially supported by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. CCDC reserves the right to substitute artists and vary advertised programmes.