Courses (Wong Tai Sin)
Children Courses
Special Courses
Modern Dance
Introductory
The course is designed for students who have never or rarely been exposed to contemporary dance. It mainly focuses on practicing basic skills and using simple and easy methods to make it easier and faster for students to accept and understand contemporary dance.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD101 | 8.07 | Thu | 6:45 – 8:05pm | Natalie Mak | 1560 | 12 | Full |
| WMD102 | 9.07 | Fri | 5:00 – 6:20pm | Char Hoi-yan | 1560 | 12 | Full |
| WMD103 | 9.07 | Fri | 8:15 – 9:35pm | Char Hoi-yan | 1560 | 12 | Full |
Elementary 1
The course focus on how to build up the imagination and develop the personality by two main parts through the lesson: Improvisation and Contemporary Dance Technique. By using different creative and interesting games or method, it will be full of exploration and challenging.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD105 | 5.07 | Mon | 6:45 – 8:05pm | Annie Au | 1560 | 12 | |
| WMD114 | 11.07 | Sun | 4:00 – 5:20pm | Annie Au | 1560 | 12 |
Elementary 2
Traditional modern dance class structure, includes: weight shifting, balancing, usage of individual body parts, sense of direction and rhythm, and floor exercises. More importantly, the class will focus upon mind and body communication and coordination.
The elementary level will focus on the theory and details of body movement.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD106 | 6.07 | Tue | 6:45 – 8:05pm | Justyne Li | 1560 | 12 |
Elementary 3
The class is constructing from a combine of imaginary and contemporary dance exercises. It stacks up to an understanding of correct alignment and focus on posture to avoid awful injury. It gradually builds up to a series of fun and physical dance combinations with a selection of great play list and ensures you to indulge in every notes of sound. The outcome of this course is student should develop essential understanding of body structure with movement, transfer of weight and increase flexibility.
Suitable for beginners of Modern Dance.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD107 | 7.07 | Wed | 5:00 – 6:20pm | Malvina Tam | 1560 | 12 | cxl |
| WMD108 | 7.07 | Wed | 6:45 – 8:05pm | Malvina Tam | 1560 | 12 | |
| WMD113 | 11.07 | Sun | 11:30am – 12:50pm | Malvina Tam | 1560 | 12 |
Elementary 4
The course focuses on the basic Modern Dance technique and simple dance combinations. It aims to enhance the student’s understanding of body and modern dance.
Suitable for anyone and beginners.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD109 | 8.07 | Thu | 5:00 – 6:20pm | Lee Ka-ki | 1560 | 12 |
Elementary 5
Apart from the basic Modern Dance technique, the course also emphasises the combinations of weight transfer such as running, jumping, sliding and rolling. This allows students to experience the freedom and sense of liberation in Modern Dance.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD110 | 9.07 | Fri | 6:45 – 8:05pm | Noel Pong | 1560 | 12 |
Elementary 6
The course focuses on the basic Modern Dance technique training for students; especially emphasizes body coordination, physical dance combinations of weight transfer and balance, ability to express different qualities of movement; comprehends spatial sense of the difference in between individual and collaborative work; sequentially stimulates students’ creativity and self-confidence.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD111 | 10.07 | Sat | 4:00 – 5:20pm | Bobo Lai | 1560 | 12 |
Elementary 7
The course focus on fun and clear movement combinations. Within a relaxing and fun atmosphere, we will start with releasing and body work, contemporary dance technique training and finishing on movement combination which emphasis body expression.
Suitable for anyone and beginners.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD112 | 11.07 | Sun | 10:00 – 11:20am | Ronny Wong | 1560 | 12 |
Elementary Progressive
Target: suitable for students who had received Modern Dance training before and half year of dance training.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD115 | 5.07 | Mon | 8:15 – 9:35pm | Annie Au | 1560 | 12 | |
| WMD116 | 6.07 | Tue | 8:15 – 9:35pm | Justyne Li | 1560 | 12 | |
| WMD117 | 8.07 | Thu | 6:45 – 8:05pm | Lee Ka-ki | 1560 | 12 | Full |
| WMD104 | 10.07 | Sat | 5:30 – 6:50pm | Bobo Lai | 1560 | 12 |
Intermediate 1
The course focus on fun and clear movement combinations. Within an relaxing and fun atmosphere, we will start with releasing technique and body work, contemporary dance technique training and finishing on movement combination which emphasis body expression.
This course can be instructed in English. Suitable for students with at least a year of contemporary dance training.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD201 | 7.07 | Wed | 6:45 – 8:05pm | Ronny Wong | 1560 | 12 | |
| WMD203 | 11.07 | Sun | 11:30am – 12:50pm | Ronny Wong | 1560 | 12 | cxl |
Intermediate 2
Through different dance combinations, the course aims to improve coordination and sense of space, which leads to strengthening of dance flow and aesthetic presentation.
Target: suitable for students with at least one year of Modern Dance training.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD202 | 9.07 | Fri | 8:15 – 9:35pm | Noel Pong | 1560 | 12 | Full |
Intermediate 3
The class is constructing from a combine of imaginary and contemporary dance exercises. It stacks up to an understanding of correct alignment and focus on posture to avoid awful injury. It gradually builds up to a series of fun and physical dance combinations with a selection of great play list and ensures you to indulge in every notes of sound. The outcome of this course is student should develop different senses of movement dynamic, body co-ordinations, flexibility and musicality in order to find your bodily expression.
Target: suitable for students with at least one year of Modern Dance training.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD204 | 11.07 | Sun | 1:00 – 2:20pm | Malvina Tam | 1560 | 12 |
Intermediate 4
Starting from pure body movements, this course focuses on simple and continuous warm up exercises. Different kinds of dance elements will be combined in the training of dance combinations and technique, allowing students to archive their bodies’ possibilities.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD205 | 11.07 | Sun | 2:30 – 3:50pm | Bruce Wong | 1560 | 12 |
Introductory
The course is designed for students who have never or rarely been exposed to contemporary dance. It mainly focuses on practicing basic skills and using simple and easy methods to make it easier and faster for students to accept and understand contemporary dance.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD101 | 08.04 | Thu | 6:45 – 8:05pm | Natalie Mak | 1430 | 12 | Full |
| WMD102 | 09.04 | Fri | 5:00 – 6:20pm | Char Hoi-yan | 1430 | 12 | Full |
| WMD103 | 09.04 | Fri | 8:15 – 9:35pm | Char Hoi-yan | 1430 | 12 | Full |
Elementary 1
The course introduces students to the basic techniques of Modern Dance. It enhances their understanding on dance and helps them to release their potential.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD104 | 12.04 | Mon | 6:45 – 8:05pm | Annie Au | 1430 | 12 | |
| WMD113 | 11.04 | Sun | 4:00 – 5:20pm | Annie Au | 1430 | 12 |
Elementary 2
Students can explore the possibility of body movements through training focuses on simple combinations, basic dance movements and weight transfer.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD105 | 13.04 | Tue | 6:45 – 8:05pm | Justyne Li | 1430 | 12 |
Elementary 3
Through the basic contemporary dance skills, understanding of contemporary dance more, and using simple combinations and improvisation to make students understand the body and the possibility of your body. After the class, hope that every student can learn in a comfortable environment, and can learn more about their body from it.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD106 | 07.04 | Wed | 5:00 – 6:20pm | Malvina Tam | 1430 | 12 | |
| WMD107 | 07.04 | Wed | 6:45 – 8:05pm | Malvina Tam | 1430 | 12 | |
| WMD112 | 11.04 | Sun | 11:30am – 12:50pm | Malvina Tam | 1430 | 12 |
Elementary 4
The class is constructing from a combine of imaginary and contemporary dance exercises. It stacks up to an understanding of correct alignment and focus on posture to avoid awful injury. It gradually builds up to a series of fun and physical dance combinations with a selection of great play list and ensures you to indulge in every notes of sound. The outcome of this course is student should develop essential understanding of body structure with movement, transfer of weight and increase flexibility.
Suitable for beginners of Modern Dance.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD108 | 08.04 | Thu | 5:00 – 6:20pm | Lee Ka-ki | 1430 | 12 |
Elementary 5
Through learning simple exercises and combinations, to build up fundamental skills of modern dance. Also, the course will forces on using torso to improve the expression of dancing.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD109 | 09.04 | Fri | 6:45 – 8:05pm | Noel Pong | 1430 | 12 |
Elementary 6
The course focuses on the basic Modern Dance technique and simple dance combinations. It aims to enhance the student’s understanding of body and modern dance.
Suitable for anyone and beginners.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD110 | 10.04 | Sat | 4:00 – 5:20pm | Bobo Lai | 1430 | 12 |
Elementary 7
Apart from the basic Modern Dance technique, the course also emphasises the combinations of weight transfer such as running, jumping, sliding and rolling. This allows students to experience the freedom and sense of liberation in Modern Dance.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD111 | 11.04 | Sun | 10:00 – 11:20am | Ronny Wong | 1430 | 12 |
Elementary Progressive
Target: suitable for students who had received Modern Dance training before and half year of dance training.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD114 | 12.04 | Mon | 8:15 – 9:35pm | Annie Au | 1430 | 12 | |
| WMD115 | 13.04 | Tue | 8:15 – 9:35pm | Justyne Li | 1430 | 12 | |
| WMD116 | 08.04 | Thu | 6:45 – 8:05pm | Lee Ka-ki | 1430 | 12 | Full |
Intermediate 1
This course is take dances happily as the goal, explores and the experience together picks the varied movement worlds, thus makes itself to be possible to have more dialogs and the communication with the body.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD201 | 07.04 | Wed | 6:45 – 8:05pm | Ronny Wong | 1430 | 12 | |
| WMD203 | 11.04 | Sun | 11:30am – 12:50pm | Ronny Wong | 1430 | 12 |
Intermediate 2
The course focus on fun and clear movement combinations.
Within an relaxing and fun atmosphere, we will start with releasing technique and body work, contemporary dance technique training and finishing on movement combination which emphasis body expression.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD202 | 09.04 | Fri | 8:15 – 9:35pm | Noel Pong | 1430 | 12 | Full |
Intermediate 3
Through different dance combinations, the course aims to improve coordination and sense of space, which leads to strengthening of dance flow and aesthetic presentation.
Target: suitable for students with at least one year of Modern Dance training.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD204 | 11.04 | Sun | 1:00 – 2:20pm | Malvina Tam | 1430 | 12 | Full |
Intermediate 4
The class is constructing from a combine of imaginary and contemporary dance exercises. It stacks up to an understanding of correct alignment and focus on posture to avoid awful injury. It gradually builds up to a series of fun and physical dance combinations with a selection of great play list and ensures you to indulge in every notes of sound. The outcome of this course is student should develop different senses of movement dynamic, body co-ordinations, flexibility and musicality in order to find your bodily expression.
Target: suitable for students with at least one year of Modern Dance training.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD205 | 11.04 | Sun | 2:30 – 3:50pm | Bruce Wong | 1430 | 12 | Full |
Advanced
This course emphasises on the training of technique and expression through the more complicated combinations to enhance students’ ability on the use of space, body and weight. Set to beautiful music, the practice of the challenging steps further develops students’ musicality, body coordination and muscle control.
Target: suitable for students with at least three year of Modern Dance training.
| course code | Start Date | Day | Time | Instructor | Fee | Session | Remark |
| WMD301 | 08.04 | Thu | 8:15 – 9:35pm | Lam Po | 1430 | 12 | Full |
Instructors
Felix Ke graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2010 and Taipei National University of the Arts in 2016 (Master of Fine Arts). He worked with Unlock Dance Plaza and WCDance. He also worked with renowned choreographers including Zhang Xiao-xiong, Yang Ming-lung and Heather Myers. As a choreographer, Ke has created Anonymous, V, Last body and Finding Uncertain. He joined CCDC in 2017.
Born in Hong Kong, Jacko Ng is studying at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, majoring in contemporary dance. He has worked with renowned choreographers and he was awarded Gifted Youth Dance Programme Scholarship, WuDaoQingNian Scholarship, Wong Cho Lam Scholarship and Financial Assistance to Educational Exchange and Student Led Projects. Jacko joined CCDC as a dancer trainee in 2019.
Born in Shanghai, Shirley Lok graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2009 majoring in Ballet.
During her studies she was awarded several scholarships. She has performed widely in Hong Kong and toured with various professional dance companies including The Hong Kong Ballet. In 2007 she joined CCDC’s youth dance ensemble WuDaoQinNian, when her interest in modern dance was sprouted.
She joined CCDC in 2010.
Born in Hong Kong.
Bruce Wong was admitted to The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 1995 and joined the City Contemporary Dance Company in 2000. In 2009, Wong was the recipient of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund, a full scholarship to attend the Hollins University/American Dance Festival MFA program in the United State of American.
Besides involving in the performances of CCDC, he also participated in various productions, dancing in the concerts of Aaron Kwok and Shirley Kwan, preformed in the musical Luv70% with HOOK Dance Theathre and choreographing (with other eminent dance artists) for the dance productions keep in touch, Venusian, Oh Venusian!, Little Men’s Blue, BSP2006 and Dust.
Bruce is also passionate in martial arts, in 2006, he was the Bagwa champion at the 2nd Hong Kong Open Wushu Championship.
Bruce is CCDC dancer.
Lam Po studied at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts since 1997.
During his study at the Academy, he was awarded several scholarships, participated in the Tokyo International Dance Festival and performed with variety of dance groups.
He was awarded a scholarship from the Asian Cultural Council to participate in the American Dance Festival in 2000 and joined City Contemporary Dance Company from 2001 to 2014.
His choreography includes Self-obsession in CCDC’s 2003 programme All of A Sudden, Dialogue at the 7 Guangdong Modern Dance Festival, The moment I saw it in Hong Kong Dance Alliance’s Perfect Pair and Odd Couples and Reflections in CCDC’s 2011 programme Talk To Him. The Voice Inside in CCDC’s 2013 Programme It’s My Turn. Lam received 2012 Hong Kong Dance Award “Outstanding Independent Dance” and “Outstanding Performance by Male Dancer” for his performance in The Moment I Saw It.
Now he is a freelance
Ronny gained a BFA (Hons) degree at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) in 2007, majoring in contemporary dance.
He performed a solo called ‘dialogue’ by Lam Po, presented in Hong Kong as part of an Asian choreographic collaboration in 2007. He represented HKAPA in performance tours to Berlin and Brussels with a piece called ‘Memory’ by Tsung-Lung Cheng in 2007, and has also been on tour to Perth, Malaysia in 2004 and Paris in 2005. In 2006, he joined Expression Dance Company in Brisbane, Australia on a short term internship. In 2007, he received a grant from HK Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund and joined Transitions Dance Company 07 where he toured England, Ireland and Norway and gained his MA in dance performance. He then worked with Caroline Bridge, Jean Abreu Dance, Luca Silvestrini’s Protein, Tempered Body Dance Company, Iratik Dance Theatre, Candoco Dance Company, Claire Cunningham, Marc Brew, Maresa Von Stockert’s Tilted Production and also Lea Anderson’s The Featherstonehaughs as a London bases dancer.
He recently joined the part time teaching staff at HKAPA.
Graduate of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (Modern Dance); CCDC dancer
Born in Hong Kong, Lee Ka-ki received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) Degree, majoring in contemporary dance, from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts where he was the recipient of several scholarships. In 2009, he was awarded a scholarship to participate in the American Dance Festival. He has performed in various local and overseas dance performances and joined CCDC in 2012.
Malvina is the co-founder of Fellow Dancers. Her works includes dance teaching, performing and making choreography.
She obtained a BFA (Hons) in contemporary dance at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2008. She was awarded a full grant from the Hong Kong Jockey Club for her studies at the HKAPA. Malvina received her MA in Intercultural Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2014.
Malvina pursued her performing career in London between 2009 and 2011. She had worked with company of different styles that opened up her vision in art and lead her to always stay curious. Malvina joined City Contemporary Dance Company in Hong Kong from 2013 to 2018 as a full-time dancer. During her time at the company, she has worked with many renowned choreographers and toured oversea. She performed as a dancer in the Opera
“Beauty and Sadness” under the direction of Carolyn Chao in April 2019.
As a choreographer and director, Malvina had created a solo dance ‘At that time’ in 2016.She explored time-lapse in her dance video ‘Move with the cloud’. Her commissioned work “Where is Romance Placed?” was being selected as part of Screen.Dance 2019, Scotland’s Festival of Dance.
Malvina is also a certified yoga instructor and gained her qualification from the International Yoga Academy (200 hours) and Creative Yogis (95 Hours) in 2020.
Graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, School of Dance, Ballet and Modern Dance Stream.
She is a former member of the Hong Kong Ballet and Tanz Graz (Austria), and was a soloist with Ballett Bremerhaven (Germany). Currently working as an independent dancer and choreographer. Her recent choreographies include: My Shadow and Me presented by the Hong Kong Art Festival 2011, Galatea & Passenger presented by LCSD’s “New Force in Motion” Series (2010), Galatea &Pygmalion at the Hong Kong Dance Festival 2010. Other works includes, Toy Story with Ballett Bremerhaven; Symphonic Magic with Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra; Narcissus and Echo at “Emerging Choreographers 2007 – Taking Off”; A Serpent Eating Its Own Tail at the Fringe Festival 2007; Angel #666 vs Demon #999 at the Hong Kong Dance Festival 2006; and Studio Storm. Other recent performances include: Andy Lau Unforgettable Concert 2010; B. O. B. (choreographed by Dick Wong); Spooool & Nocturnal Vista (produced by Theatre du Pif); The Story of Island and Boat (produced by Y-Space).
<<Galatea & Pygmalion>> received the Hong Kong Dance Award 2011.
Natalie graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) with Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) Degree, major in Chinese Dance. During her study, she was awarded The Spring Time Stage Productions Scholarship and twice-awarded Disney Scholarship.She was the representative of HKAPA to perform in Italy and Taiwan .
Natalie has been a full-time dancer with the City Contemporary Dance Company since 2014 to 2020.She has worked with a number of emerging choreographers and arts organisations and has performed in a wide range of dance performances in Hong Kong. Her new work “Wandering Stone” premiered at 2016 Dancers’ Homework by CCDC. In 2017 The Hong Kong Dance Award nominated her for “Outstanding Performance by a Female Dancer” with her performance in “Travelogue”.
With experience of being a professional dancer in many years.Natalie understands the sensation of getting injuries.Luckily, she met yoga in 2018, she finds it is a new way to heal her body pain. Practicing yoga helps her to reconnect with herself bothmentally and physically, she determined to share and help those who also suffer in different injuries
Natalie is now actively involved in dance teaching and related work. She is also a 200 hours Yoga Teacher (RYT®) with Yoga Alliance and Certified Flyoga® Teacher. She is now studying 300YTT in yoga therapy.
Graduate of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (Modern Dance) and Conservatoire de Paris
CCDC Dancer (2008-2014)
He is now a Choreographer and Dancer.
Annie Au Hoi Wa is currently the Teaching Artist from City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC), freelance dancer, choreographer and dance teacher (contemporary dance, ballet and creative movement). She graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, majoring in contemporary dance. She also performed in The 4th HK Butoh Festival, HK Dance Award and HSBC Community Festival. During her study, Annie was invited to cooperate with international choreographers, including Gabrielle Nankivell, Dam Van Huynh, Jaime Redfern, Christine Gouzelis, John Utans, Cho Yi and Li Yongjing.
She cooperates with local dance companies and organisations over the last few years, including E-Side Dance Company, City Contemporary Dance Company CCDC Dance Centre Outreach Department, TWGHs, Caritas Hong Kong.
Her recent performances included The Rite of Spring by CCDC, The Rose Of The Name by Trinity Theatre. She finished the teacher training course from Moving Playground in 2018.
Graduate of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (Modern Dance)
After graduating from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2008, Bobo Lai joined the Guangdong Modern Dance Company (GMDC) as a fulltime dancer after working a year as a freelance dancer. Her early performances at GMDC including works by renowned choreographers, such as Liu Qi’s Upon Calligraphy and Sang Jijia’s Sticks. She also showcased her own works One Plus One Ant and X -85213 at GMDC. She joined CCDC in 2015.