The Artists

Dominic WONG

Associate Artistic Director

Dominic Wong was a TV artist for Asia Television Company from 1990 to 1992. He studied modern dance in The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. He joined City Contemporary Dance Company after his graduation in 1996 and was promoted as Associate Artistic Director in 2016. He received 2001 and 2013 Hong Kong Dance Awards “Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer” for his performance in Plaza X and The Comedy of K respectively. He is one of the founding members of the Zero Zero Ensemble. Wong’s choreographic work Men’s Chop Suey (All of A Sudden, 2003) was invited to rerun in the 1st Guangdong Modern Dance Festival. He also choreographed widely for other dance companies including Zero Zero Ensemble, BiLiBaLa Physical Theatre and E-Side Modern Dance Company.Other choreographic works include The Odyssey of Little Dragon (2019), Day After Day in Season(s) (2018), The Little Prince (2017), and Travelogue (2016) (previously titled Little Pieces). Earlier creations feature Second Thoughts (2014), Blind Chance (2012), Punk Side Story (2010), What’s Next? (2009), Xtremely Four Seasons (2008), and E.Y.T. (2007). Xtremely Four Seasons and Blind Chance were invited to rerun in the 6th and 9th Guangdong Modern Dance Festival. Xtremely Four Seasons and What’s Next? were both hailed by South China Morning Post as one of the “Best Dances” in 2008 and 2009 respectively. Travelogue was awarded the Outstanding Medium Venue Production at The 19th Hong Kong Dance Awards.

QIAO Yang

Artist in Residence

Qiao Yang, Artist in Residence of City Contemporary Dance Company , joined the company for 30 years and debuted her full-length solo performance Almost 55 in 2019.

Born in Shaanxi, Qiao started learning Chinese dance at the age of 12. She received the Gold Award in the Modern Dance Duet Class at the Paris International Dance Competition in 1990 and became a founding member of Guangdong Modern Dance Company in 1992, where she performed extensively in major international arts festivals in Hong Kong, France, India, Singapore, the US, etc. She joined City Contemporary Dance Company in 1996, received the 2003 Hong Kong Dance Award for her outstanding performance in The Tragedy of Mr O, and was listed in the “Hong Kong Dance Hall of Fame”. Qiao received “Outstanding Performance by a Female Dancer” at the Hong Kong Dance Awards in 2011 for her performance in Tales of Two Cities – Hong Kong, Shanghai, Eileen Chang, and received a nomination for the same prize at the Hong Kong Dance Awards in 2016 for Soledad. Qiao was awarded “Artist of the Year(Dance)” at the 14th Hong Kong Arts Development Awards in 2020 and “Secretary for Home Affairs Commendation Scheme (Arts and Culture)” in 2021.

Almost 55 received great acclaim after its premiere. Qiao was awarded the “Outstanding Performance by a Female Dancer” at the Hong Kong Dance Awards in 2020 and launched a world tour to Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Xi’an and Singapore.