{"id":46640,"date":"2025-03-19T19:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T11:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ccdc.com.hk\/?post_type=mec-events&p=46640"},"modified":"2026-04-14T12:51:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T04:51:47","slug":"interstices","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/www.ccdc.com.hk\/en\/ccdc_events\/interstices\/","title":{"rendered":"Programme of the 54th Hong Kong Arts Festival: INterstices"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row enable_arrows_animation=”no”][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section title=”Programme” tab_id=”1742383673426-8c0da46a-fce3″][vc_column_text]Discover the pulsating\u00a0INterstices<\/i>\u2014an odyssey of contemporary dance full of tension and release<\/b><\/p>\n

Premiering at the East Kowloon Cultural Centre\u2014The Hall, City Contemporary Dance Company 2025\u20132026 Season\u2019s culminating production INterstices<\/i>, created by Artistic Director Sang Jijia, explores the hidden spaces of our hyper-dense metropolis. Combining high-voltage physicality with multimedia stagecraft, the work distils the restless pulse of urban life into a compelling exploration of body, space and psyche.<\/p>\n

In a world where towers close in and rhythms accelerate without pause,\u00a0INterstices<\/i>\u00a0deconstructs spatial density to discover fleeting moments of stillness. Physical expansion and release combine with rhythms that hasten and relent, creating a buffer zone where contemporary minds can find room for reflection and repose.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Creative Team” tab_id=”1742383673432-ed19c470-d775″][vc_column_text]Choreography: Sang Jijia<\/a>
\nDramaturgy: Melissa LEUNG
\nMusic: Dickson Dee
\nSet and Lighting Design: Lawmanray
\nVideo Design: Oliver SHING
\nCostume Design: Silvio CHAN
\nSound Design: LEUNG Po-wing*
\nRehearsal Mistress: Shirley LOK<\/p>\n

Performance:
\nAN Tzu-huan<\/a>
\nCHEN Dai-wen<\/a>
\nCHEN Jia-wen<\/a>
\nJon Henri FERRER<\/a>
\nGAO Sheng-ting<\/a>
\nSuyi HON<\/a>
\nHUANG Teng-seng<\/a>
\nJIANG Xu-ling<\/a>
\nStephanie LI<\/a>
\nSHUM Pui-yung<\/a>
\nAlliah Xandra TORTE<\/a>
\nYANG Yu<\/a>
\nSkye YAO<\/a><\/p>\n

*With support and kind permission of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Key Visual Design” tab_id=”kv-design”][vc_column_text]Graphic Design: Pengguin
\nSang Jijia\u2019s Portrait: Tung[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Acknowledgement” tab_id=”1776140224442-d69ca2a4-7319″][vc_column_text]A programme of the 54th Hong Kong Arts Festival (2026)<\/p>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”51203,51227,51215,51212,51209,51242,51224″ img_size=”large” onclick=””][vc_column_text]Photos by Ray CHEUNG, MAK Cheong Wai, Carmen SO[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Stage Highlight Video<\/h5>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1182857590\/dd1e53b70a?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci”][vc_column_text]Video by La Vene Studio[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Audience Feedback<\/h5>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_tta_tabs active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section title=”Samuel K” tab_id=”1776140478385-32aaa3e8-3c12″][vc_column_text]\u201cI love how the dancers perform through all these narrow slits and moving backdrops. On top of the fluidity which I adore, I also love the high energy and power by the performers. I felt there is an element of combat and battle as if I am watching street dance\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”chocolit_ck” tab_id=”1776140478402-afbcee95-1ea3″][vc_column_text]\u201cSpaces between, moments swell.
\nBreath, Wander, Dwell\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Cigarettes before Shows” tab_id=”1776140478437-872e4390-5421″][vc_column_text]\u201cSang Jijia\u2019s creation demonstrates a rare audacity, venturing beyond the conventions of mainstream linear narrative. Here, the body does not \u201cargue\u201d or \u201ctell stories\u201d; there are no associative dramatic plots, no familiar arcs, no music that shifts endlessly to guide emotion. Instead, the work returns to the body itself \u2014 a pure investigation of physical form. Sang reveals a particular gift for unlocking the dancer\u2019s energy and tensile strength. Through sheer corporeal presence, he propels force upward, filling even the two-story expanse of the East Kowloon Cultural Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n

(English translation of the original Chinese text)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Yip, Chi Yan” tab_id=”1776140478419-e73243a0-a3e8″][vc_column_text]\u201cThe group dance passages are particularly striking. One dancer initiates a movement, and the others follow in sequence; suddenly another shifts the gesture, spreading again like an epidemic. This replication and transfer reveal the wave-like beauty of bodily rhythm, while simultaneously reflecting the technological age of data duplication and algorithmic iteration. The collective imitation of more than ten dancers gradually engulfs individual creativity, forming a social metaphor in which group norms absorb personal free will.\u201d<\/p>\n

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