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Flowers fade, good days pass
Hong Kong Dance Company joins hands with acclaimed choreographer Mui Cheuk Yin to premiere her much-anticipated new work The Last Dance in Feb 2022. Adapted from preeminent author Pai Hsien-yung’s short story The Last Night of Madam Chin from his Taipei People series, the long-awaited dance theatre The Last Dance will be presented at Kwai Tsing Theatre Auditorium from 18 to 20 Feb 2022. Tickets are available at URBTIX from 3 Dec 2021.
Pai’s 1971 literary work narrates the events of Chin Zhao Li at her last night working as a dance hostess, as she reminisces about the memories of love she has experienced in the past twenty years.
Hong Kong dance doyenne Mui Cheuk Yin is a four-time winner of the Hong Kong Dance Awards. She is famous for her choreographic style of ‘Travelling between traditional and contemporary, between East and West’. As the concept creator and choreographer of The Last Dance, Mui portrays Madam Chin’s three unforgettable love stories against the backdrop of a glitzy dance hall. Led by principal dancer Hua Chi-yu, Hong Kong Dance Company’s versatile dancers will indulge the audience with elegant movements in the dance hall, taking you back to the dazzling days of the 1960s.
Tonight is an ending to a past; while glamour and melancholy dance together, Madam Chin takes her final glimpses and murmurs. One’s life lessons are witnessed in one’s fate—is this salvation, or is this destiny?
Dance x Literature ‘The Last Dance’ |
Programme Summary (86 words) The Hong Kong Dance Company joins hands with acclaimed choreographer Mui Cheuk Yin to stage her much-anticipated new work The Last Dance in Feb 2022. The work is adapted from preeminent author Pai Hsien-yung’s literary work The Last Night of Madam Chin from his 1971 ‘Taipei People’ series, the tale of an aged dance hostess Chin Zhao Li who, in her last dance, reminisces about her glorious days and lost love, and reflects on the cycle of life. 18 – 20 Feb 2022; Auditorium, Kwai Tsing Theatre |
Venue |
Auditorium, Kwai Tsing Theatre |
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Date/Time |
18 – 19 Feb 2022 (Fri – Sat) 7:45pm19* –20 Feb 2022 (Sat – Sun) 3:00pm(*Meet the Artists) |
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Price |
$320, $220, $140 |
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Duration |
Approx. 1 hour 30 minutes without an intermission |
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Ticketing |
Tickets available from 3 Dec 2021 at URBTIX https://ticket.urbtix.hk/internet/ |
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Age Range |
Suitable for aged 6 or above |
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Programme Enquiries |
3103 1819 / www.hkdance.com |
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Discounted tickets(Limited quota) |
50% off |
Full-time students, People with disabilities and the minder, senior citizens aged 60 or above and CSSA recipients |
20% off |
Prestige Member of “Friends of Hong Kong Dance Company” |
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10% off |
Classic Member of “Friends of Hong Kong Dance Company” |
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Please refer to URBTIX for other discount offers |
Concept/ Choreographer |
Mui Cheuk Yin |
Main Cast |
Hua Chi-yu, (Principal Dancer) |
Choreographer Assistant |
Huang Lei (Principal Dancer) |
Music Director/ Composer |
Kung Chi Shing |
Costume Designer |
Edmond Wong |
Lighting Designer |
Lee Chi Wai |
Set Designer |
Jan Wong |
Sound Designer |
Anthony Yeung |
Pre-show Talk: Literature in dance |
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Speakers |
Ms Mui Cheuk Yin (Concept & choreographer)Dr Yip Ka Wing (Lecturer from Department of Chinese Language and Literature of The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
Moderator |
Ms Li Meng (Columnist, Art Critic, Founder of “HeyArt”) |
Date & Time |
8 Jan 2022 (Sat) 14:30-16:30 |
Venue |
the HUB @The Commercial Press, Tsim Sha Tsui Book Centre1/F, Tsim Sha Tsui Mansion, 83-97 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon |
Remark |
Talk conducted in Cantonese |
Pre-show Conversation: Madam Chin’s love and passion |
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Speakers |
Ms Mui Cheuk Yin (Concept & choreographer)Ms Bernice Chan (General Manager, International Association of TheatreCritics (HK)) |
Moderator |
Ms Li Meng (Columnist, Art Critic, Founder of “HeyArt”) |
Date & Time |
8 Jan 2022 (Sat) 17:00-18:30 |
Venue |
the HUB @The Commercial Press, Tsim Sha Tsui Book Centre1/F, Tsim Sha Tsui Mansion, 83-97 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon |
Remark |
Talk conducted in Cantonese |
Programme Exhibition (1) |
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Date |
3-31 Jan 2022 |
Venue |
Eslite Causeway Bay 9F Forum |
Programme Exhibition (2) |
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Date |
15-27 Jan 2022 |
Venue |
Foyer, Hong Kong Cultural Centre |
Meet the Artists |
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Date |
19 Feb 2022 (Sat) |
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To be held after the performanceFor valid ticket holders of this performance session only |
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