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27 Oct

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Y-Space was invited to the Opening Ceremony of the 11th China Cup International Regatta. The dance entitled Moved by the Wind were performed on a stage with water tanks, kick-starting the races.   Production Team Moved by the Wind A dance inspired...

06 Dec

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[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]Y-Space was invited to perform at the opening ceremony of Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture 2013 at the former Guangdong Float Glass Factory.   Production Team Artistic Director and Choreographer: Victor Choi-wo Ma Co-Producer & Dancer: Mandy Ming-yin Yim Composer: Allard van Hoorn Video Designer: Adrian Yeung Lighting Designer: Lawmanray Sound Designer: Him Law Dancers: Ivan Chan, Pang Yu Hai, Kenneth Sze, Iris Tang, KT Yau, Rainbow...

26 Apr

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[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]The makeshift stage is a familiar Hong Kong tradition: during festivals, Cantonese opera is performed alongside rituals and celebrations. These bamboo scaffoldings were transformed through this project into a site for the meeting of tradition and modern art. Through a series of site-specific theatre and dance performances, happenings, workshops, parades and...

27 Jul

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[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]In its 13th year, Y-Space received its first invitation by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department’s Cultural Presentations Section to create a stage work. Air and Breath II was created on this occasion. Martial arts like Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong connect breath to spirit and to life …...

20 Jan

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[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]This work explored the concept of “landscape” in contemporary Hong Kong. The Pound Lane area around Tai Ping Shan Street in Sheung Wan is a typical Hong Kong landscape of steep streets and stairways. This was the site for a gathering of independent artists in Hong Kong, working in...

10 Oct

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[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text] In 2000, while others celebrated the millennium, Victor and Mandy’s homestead in Kam Tin, New Territories was torn down, the land reclaimed by the government. The next day, without a home, they performed Dance “In” Possible II – Dark Corner, followed by performances in Norway. While there, the Oktoberdans festival...

26 Apr

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[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]Breaking boundaries, crossing currents, mixing cultures. An invitation from Zimbabwe led to a work specifically created for the Charter House in Harare. Local actors, dancers and musicians worked together with Y-Space for a two-week rehearsal period and six performances. Chop Suey is a Chinese stir fry mixing different ingredients in one...

13 Nov

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[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]To help celebrate the Cultural Centre’s 10th anniversary, Y-Space created a site-specific performance based on the Centre’s unique architectural characteristics, its historical background and the city life so distinctive to the site. Three groups of performers, in costumes both modern and historically inspired, traversed the Cultural Centre and its piazza, water...

07 Mar

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[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]Y-Space was one of the first organizations chosen by the Provisional Regional Council as a Cultural Ambassador, and the Dance & Drum project brought site-specific dance to the public. Against the perception of modern dance being obscure and remote, Y-Space aimed to broaden participation in dance and to cultivate more...

15 Mar

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Victor Ma and Mandy Yim received the Lee Hysan Foundation Fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council to conduct research on dance and theatre in New York, USA. The Manipulation of D.N.A. – Metamorphosis under the skin arose from meeting and collaborating with Chinese-Japanese artist Wang Xin Ping. It was performed...