The ninth New Vision Arts Festival will be held from October 19 to November 18, featuring an array of pioneering shows by overseas and local performing groups.

Organised by the Leisure & Cultural Services Department, the biennial festival showcases innovative interdisciplinary collaborations, new talents and cutting-edge commissions, offering a range of new experiences for audiences.

The opening programme Tree of Codes is a cross-boundary creative work that draws together world-class dancer Wayne McGregor, visual artist Olafur Eliasson and musician Jamie xx in a production combining literature, sculpture, architecture and space design with performing arts.

The world’s first underwater ensemble Between Music will present the Asia premiere of its underwater concert AquaSonic, a novel integration of the arts and science.

Choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan has turned Tchaikovsky’s classic work Swan Lake upside down to create the dance theatre performance Swan Lake/Loch na hEala with a searing original score by Slow Moving Clouds.

The Asia premiere of Buddha Passion is a tribute to the legends of Dunhuang, with Grammy and Academy Award-winner Tan Dun leading a group of world-class vocalists, instrumentalists, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, and the International Choir Academy Lubeck of Germany.

Early birds will enjoy a discount of 30% off all full-price tickets until September 5. Tickets for the early bird offer are available at URBTIX.

Click here or call 2370 1044 for more information.