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The academy is governed under the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Ordinance, passed in 1984 by the Legislative Council. Under the legislation the academy is mandated to "foster and provide for training, education and research in the performing arts and related technical arts". [12]
Sunny Wong Kwok-wing (born November 4, 1967) is a Hong Kong choreographer from the 1980s to the present. He has been in the dancing industry for over 30 years. He then started Sunny Wong Dance School in 2007 in order to train new age dancers. As the principal of the school, he put much effort on organizing courses for the teenagers and kids.
Faye Leung (Chinese: 梁菲; born 18 March 1979) is the former senior principal dancer of the Hong Kong Ballet (HKB), from 1996 to 2008. She speaks fluent English , Cantonese and Mandarin . She appeared in many leading roles, in such classic works as Swan Lake , The Nutcracker , Cinderella , Romeo and Juliet and The Merry Widow .
Up-and-coming Hong Kong filmmaker Anselm Chan has the answer in “The Last Dance,” in which a cash-strapped former wedding planner and a stern old Taoist priest become unlikely partners in the ...
The Company performs a repertoire that combines 19th to 21st century classical, contemporary works and newly commissioned ballets. This repertoire reflects both the heritage and origin of ballet in Europe as well as contemporary influences, and includes commissions focused on Hong Kong's culture and history, such as Firecracker by local choreographer Yuri Ng.
He was a senior principal dancer for The Royal Ballet and The National Ballet of Canada. Jefferies was named artistic director of the Hong Kong Ballet in 1996 [1] and the Suzhou Ballet Theatre in 2006, before becoming a Governor of The Royal Ballet, [2] Birmingham Royal Ballet and the Royal Ballet School [3] in 2017.
Lau Kar-leung (28 July 1934 – 25 June 2013) was a Hong Kong martial artist, filmmaker, actor, and fight choreographer.He is best known for the films he made in the 1970s and 1980s for the Shaw Brothers Studio.
Norbert Meisel (Kwan's husband), Chairwoman of the Hong Kong Ballet Cissy Pao-Watari, Nancy Kwan, and Jackie Chan at the Sha Tin Town Hall at the Hong Kong Ballet's premiere gala of the ballet Suzie Wong on 17 March 2006. The film was shot in multiple countries. [3]