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[vc_row enable_arrows_animation=”no”][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section title=”Programme” tab_id=”1774329910989-d3652c08-5578″][vc_column_text]Two distinct matters, shaped by lives across cultures. This double bill turns to the essentials that define us \u2014 the body and the mind \u2014 as Chen Wukang from Taiwan and Bruce Wong, now journeying in the UK, each reveal their subtle tension in overlap and shift. As we hurry from place to place, what remains when we finally stop is often the most difficult to ignore: the body\u2019s stored memories and weight, and the mind\u2019s ceaseless drift between clarity and unrest.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Creative Team” tab_id=”1774329910996-1dfd06b6-9f29″][vc_column_text]Restory
\n<\/em>Choreography: CHEN Wu-kang
\nDramaturgy: TANG Fu Kuen<\/p>\n

Nowhere to Land<\/em>
\nChoreography: Bruce WONG<\/p>\n

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Set and Lighting Design: Lawmanray
\nCostume Design: Cheryl CHING
\nSound Design: LEUNG Po-wing#
\nRehearsal Mistress: Shirley LOK<\/p>\n

#With support and kind permission of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts<\/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>
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\nEric HONG
\nMAK Cheong-wai
\nCarmen SO<\/p>\n

Performance Photography
\nEric HONG
\nCarmen SO<\/p>\n

Rehearsal and Performance Videography
\nLa Vene Studio<\/p>\n

Graphic Design
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Restory<\/em><\/h5>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Taking \u201crest\u201d as its pivot, Restory<\/em> re\u2011maps the coordinates between body and history.<\/p>\n

Bypassing sentimental embellishment, it looks directly at the body in its raw state:
\nthe wrestling of limbs, the drift of movement, the layering and shifting of weight.<\/p>\n

Drawing on classic Cantopop songs as its starting point, familiar tones seep into the body and awaken deeply buried collective memories.<\/p>\n

Between each breath, traces of movement and stillness come into view.<\/p>\n

Choreography: CHEN Wu-kang<\/p>\n

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Choreographer Interview<\/h5>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/m53C525R9aM”][vc_column_text]Video by La Vene Studio[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Nowhere to Land<\/em><\/h5>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]A lucid struggle unfolds between order and imbalance.<\/p>\n

There is no point of landing \u2013 only a continual cycle of collapse and re\u2011formation.
\nThoughts, ceaselessly arising and vanishing, drift and heave in mid\u2011air.<\/p>\n

Formless, imageless, colourless \u2013 and yet, always in flux.
\nIn the midst of extreme chaos, how do we find proof that clarity still exists?<\/p>\n

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Choreography: Bruce Wong<\/p>\n

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Choreographer Interview<\/h5>\n

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Nowhere to Land<\/em>\u00a0 Stage Photo<\/strong><\/h5>\n

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Restory\u00a0<\/em> Stage Photo<\/strong><\/h5>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_gallery type=”flexslider_slide” interval=”3″ images=”52415,52409,52412,52418,52421″ img_size=”large”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Photos by Eric HONG and Carmen SO[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Audience Feedback<\/h5>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row enable_arrows_animation=”no”][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section title=”San Chak” tab_id=”1780650618378-c4f6bc31-8ac8″][vc_column_text]The most refreshing and pleasant pieces in recent seasons, energetic and enchating with zeitgeist touching to the present![\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Edward Lam” tab_id=”1780650618394-44a03d01-5e24″][vc_column_text]The dancers appeared in dazzling colors, each with their own combinations. At times they formed a single line, then dissolved into vertical streams moving downward. At other moments, most lay flat to create layered blocks, contrasted against the lone figure still standing. Pairs scattered across the stage, while two alone crawled low along the central path from back to front. Every shift unfolded like paint flowing across a black canvas.<\/p>\n

Light and shadow deepened the contrasts\u2014brightness grew more vivid, darkness more profound\u2014so that each image carried a shared weight. Yet it was the choreographer\u2019s command of movement and visual force that gave the work its unmistakable \u201cChen Wu\u2011kang\u201d power: the hardness of diamond transformed into the suppleness of silk.<\/p>\n

\uff08Translated from Chinese originals\uff09[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”gablhy404″ tab_id=”1780651474826-5131b3f3-3af5″][vc_column_text]Beginning from the idea of \u201crest\u201d\u2014a concept furthest from Hong Kong\u2014the work rebuilds and reimagines \u201cHong Kong\u201d through Cantonese pop songs, massage, and shifting scenes. Images, language, popular culture, human connections\u2014what feels most \u201cHong Kong\u201d? What defines \u201cHong Kong\u201d?<\/p>\n

Through structured improvisation, a group of vibrant, distinctive dancers dissect and reassemble Hong Kong culture, generating new energy until the whole stage seems to breathe. It is a rare work.<\/p>\n

Few pieces could bring together three phrases at once: warmly political , freshly energetic, unreally fun Restory<\/em> is precisely such a creation.<\/p>\n

\uff08Translated from Chinese originals\uff09[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Diatoms fifi” tab_id=”1780651625359-c2dbcb36-df56″][vc_column_text]Both works weave choreography full of playfulness and narrative hints, together creating an \u201cin\u2011between\u201d everyday reality. Suspension does not mean pause, and rest is more than stillness. Through varied bodily gestures, the dancers step into the world\u2014uncovering connections with people, with place, with the era, and with time itself.<\/p>\n

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Media Coverage<\/h5>\n

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Media Coverage<\/h5>\n

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