[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]A multimedia modern dance performance created at the invitation from the LCSD (International Arts Carnival 2007), combined with live music, songs, text and video. It toured for 30 performances at 26 schools, with a message of environmental awareness.Angel Emily was fascinated by a series of beautiful photos of Earth...
[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]Body I.D. Space I, II & IIIFrom Y-Space’s base in a factory in Kwai Fong, to the Art Zone in the Dashanzi industrial area in Beijing, and then to the OCT Contemporary Art Terminal (OCAT) in Shenzhen. Bodies, Spaces and Identities …...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]The Story of Island and Boat – Hong Kong was conceived in 2003, when SARS and the economic downturn weighed on people’s minds. This dance theatre piece recalled the history of Hong Kong, evoking the collective memories of different generations. The narrated stories and danced images revealed the Hong Kong...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]At the invitation from Interface 2004 Arts Festival, Y-Space created a new work, Four Corners, using collaboration and devising as method. The “four” in the title refers to the four collaborating artists and performers: Victor Ma, Mandy Yim and two dancers from India, Priyadarshini Ghosh Shome and Raka Maitra.The work...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]Because of studies in the UK, Victor Ma and Mandy Yim lived continents apart in 2002-3. This work was created when Victor returned to Hong Kong after his studies. The work was invited to Interface 2004 in Kolkata, India, and Beyond Butoh 04, at the Fringe Festival in Melbourne, Australia....
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]Y-Space was invited to perform Air and Breath I for the “Wishful Thinking Project” at the 10th Tanzwoche festival. Two other works were created in Dresden: Fragile, presented in a public space, and Meeting at the Wunshdenken Night Club.Fragile Site-Specific PerformanceIn Public Space Dresden was heavily bombed during World War...
[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...
[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...
[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...
[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...