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[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row enable_arrows_animation=”no”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]HerStory<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0\u201cThe use of fans and red handkerchiefs add a fascinating visual dimension to the scene.\u201d<\/span> “\u2026 a powerful, full-length work based on the life of Dmitri Shostakovich, combined dance with theatre and video to striking effect.” “Terry Chan’s videos and Leo Cheung and David Sheekwan’s designs are excellent. The dancing is powerful while Lee’s acting is a tour de force. A triumph.”<\/strong> “\u2026 [the audience shall be] surprised by how much difference and ingenuity [Helen] she’s achieved.”<\/strong> “Testimony\u00a0is a typical Hong Kong style theatrical piece. Very illustrative and with sincere attitude.” “Testimony\u00a0of Hong Kong City Contemporary Dance Company is the most popular performance (in 4th\u00a0Guangdong Modern Dance Festival).”<\/strong> “\u2026 the works shared a vibrant sense of theatre and strong visual imagery\u2026 A bit of beauty, echoes of the past, quirkiness and a hearty dose of spectacle capped a programme in which these three elements were infrequent and alluring play.”<\/span> “City Contemporary Dance Company from Hong Kong, was the most successful, offering a dizzying program of excerpts that had been previously knit together to form an actual new piece,\u00a0Silver Rain<\/em>.”<\/span><\/strong> “It is a banquet of dance\u2026 The sophisticated modern dance language enriches the context of the traditional elements.”<\/span><\/strong> “There was a waterfall at the back of the open stage, and a fire was burning in the middle of some sand on the front stage. Three male dancers represented the Earth, the Water and the Wind respectively. Led by the Wind (Sang jijia), they started a slow and profound dance\u2026 the simple movement had quite a taste of Zen.”<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong> “365 Ways<\/em>\u00a0highlights the incredible strength of CCDC’s highly trained dancers\u2026 an action-packed show that breaks new grounds in China’s otherwise limited contemporary dance scene.”<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong> “Best twist on tradition”<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong> [vc_row enable_arrows_animation=”no”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Selected CCDC Signature Productions [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row enable_arrows_animation=”no”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]HerStory Choreographer: Helen Lai 2007[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_images_carousel images=”10921,10922,10923″ img_size=”full” speed=”3000″ autoplay=”yes”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]\u201cA powerful dance about modern women searching for their own identities\u201d \u00a0–\u00a0China Daily, China \u00a0\u201cThe use of fans and red handkerchiefs add a fascinating visual dimension to the scene.\u201d –\u00a0South China Morning Post, Hong Kong[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row enable_arrows_animation=”no”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Testimony Choreographer: Helen Lai 2006[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_images_carousel images=”10926,10927,10928″ img_size=”full” speed=”3000″ autoplay=”yes”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Testimony\u00a0was selected as one of the five TOP DANCE productions in 2006 by the\u00a0South China Morning Post, Hong Kong. “\u2026 a powerful, full-length work based on the life of Dmitri Shostakovich, combined dance with theatre and video to striking effect.” –\u00a0South China Morning Post, Hong Kong “Terry Chan’s videos and Leo Cheung and David Sheekwan’s designs are excellent. The dancing is powerful while Lee’s acting is a tour de force. A triumph.” –\u00a0South China Morning Post, Hong Kong “\u2026 [the audience shall be] surprised by how much difference and ingenuity [Helen] she’s achieved.” –\u00a0MUSE, Hong Kong “Testimony\u00a0is a typical Hong Kong style theatrical piece. Very illustrative and with sincere attitude.” –\u00a0Xinkuaibao, China “Testimony\u00a0of Hong Kong City Contemporary Dance Company is the most popular performance (in 4th\u00a0Guangdong Modern Dance Festival).” –\u00a0Xinkuaibao, China[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row enable_arrows_animation=”no”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]The Comedy of K Choreographer: Helen Lai 2004[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_images_carousel images=”15444,15447″ img_size=”full” speed=”53000″ autoplay=”yes”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]“This 100-minute ambitious work evokes the dreamlike absurdity of Kafka’s fictions\u2026 It demonstrates Helen Lai’s unique choreographic style originated from the contemporary European dance theatre. Some scenes are unforgettable: a pair of dancers in black costumes dances on the foggy stage creates an eerie and yet romantic feeling; in another fiercely powerful scene, dancers take turns to jump onto a bed; a pianist dances with a masked couple, invoking an ambiguously androgynous mood and profound meanings. On the whole, the company did a marvellous performance.” –\u00a0Hong Kong Economic Journal, Hong Kong[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9419,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_ecp_custom_2":""},"yoast_head":"\n
\nChoreographer: Helen Lai
\n2007[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_images_carousel images=”10921,10922,10923″ img_size=”full” speed=”3000″ autoplay=”yes”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]\u201cA powerful dance about modern women searching for their own identities\u201d
\n<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>–\u00a0China Daily<\/em>, China<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>–\u00a0South China Morning Post<\/em>, Hong Kong[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row enable_arrows_animation=”no”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Testimony<\/strong><\/span>
\nChoreographer: Helen Lai
\n2006[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_images_carousel images=”10926,10927,10928″ img_size=”full” speed=”3000″ autoplay=”yes”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Testimony\u00a0<\/em>was selected as one of the five TOP DANCE productions in 2006 by the\u00a0South China Morning Post<\/em>, Hong Kong.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>–\u00a0South China Morning Post<\/em>, Hong Kong<\/p>\n
\n–\u00a0South China Morning Post<\/em>, Hong Kong<\/p>\n
\n–\u00a0MUSE<\/em>, Hong Kong<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>–\u00a0Xinkuaibao<\/em>, China<\/p>\n
\n–\u00a0Xinkuaibao<\/em>, China[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row enable_arrows_animation=”no”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]The Comedy of K<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nChoreographer: Helen Lai
\n2004[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_images_carousel images=”15444,15447″ img_size=”full” speed=”53000″ autoplay=”yes”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]“This 100-minute ambitious work evokes the dreamlike absurdity of Kafka’s fictions\u2026 It demonstrates Helen Lai’s unique choreographic style originated from the contemporary European dance theatre. Some scenes are unforgettable: a pair of dancers in black costumes dances on the foggy stage creates an eerie and yet romantic feeling; in another fiercely powerful scene, dancers take turns to jump onto a bed; a pianist dances with a masked couple, invoking an ambiguously androgynous mood and profound meanings. On the whole, the company did a marvellous performance.”<\/span><\/strong>
\n–\u00a0Hong Kong Economic Journal<\/em>, Hong Kong[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row enable_arrows_animation=”no”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Silver Rain<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nChoreographers: Willy Tsao, Helen Lai, Mui Cheuk-yin, Pun Siu-fai, Xing Liang, Yuri Ng
\n2004[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_images_carousel images=”15451,15454″ img_size=”full” speed=”3000″ autoplay=”yes”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]“\u2026 CCDC’s 2004\u00a0Silver Rain<\/em>\u00a0rose much above the realm of professionally crafted theatrics to an expressive world of its own.\u00a0Silver Rain<\/em>\u00a0unfolds as an array of contrasting theatrical visions from China’s past and present.”<\/span><\/strong>
\n–\u00a0The Asian Wall Street Journal<\/em>, USA<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>–\u00a0Washington Post<\/em>, USA<\/p>\n
\n–\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>, USA<\/p>\n
\n–\u00a0Beijing Daily<\/em>, China[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row enable_arrows_animation=”no”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]365 Ways of Doing and Undoing Orientalism<\/strong><\/span>
\nChoreographers: Willy Tsao, Sang Jijia, Xing Liang<\/span><\/span>
\n2004[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_images_carousel images=”15458,15461″ img_size=”full” speed=”3000″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]“Two female dancers stood on a table, constantly fluttering their long white sleeves which dropped vertically onto the white floor. Simultaneously they turned their bodies to the right in a mechanical movement. It was a moment where the eastern aesthetics clashed with the western\u2026 it was both delicate and impressive.”<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>
\n– Jasper (Dance Critics), Hong Kong<\/p>\n
\n–\u00a0Dance Journal<\/em>, Hong Kong<\/p>\n
\n– Xiao Cang, Hong Kong<\/div>\n
\n–\u00a0Courier Mail<\/em>, Australia<\/p>\n
\n–\u00a0The Australian<\/em>, Australia<\/div>\n
\n–\u00a0Houston Chronicle<\/em>, USA[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row enable_arrows_animation=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"