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Talented youngsters from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts School of Dance and the Shanghai Theatre Academy College of Dance will team for the first time to stage a show for World Expo 2010 Shanghai.
The Crossing Borders show on June 10 in Shanghai will see students from both schools perform five works - Once in a Secret Night, Ambuscade, the finale from Free Radicals, The Secret Bob, and Place.
Academy for Performing Arts Dean of Dance Dr Anita Donaldson said: "Crossing Borders is really a metaphor for several aspects of this project - the collaboration between the young people of our two schools, the cultural exchange of our two cities, as well as the integration of ballet, Chinese dance and contemporary dance."
The academy's second expo performance will be Arts, Travel, Two Cities, a series of site-specific dance pieces to be staged June 12 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Shanghai. Inspired by the museum's interior, the dancers will move in harmony with its architectural design to accentuate the special features of the cultural site.
"The focus is not only on the dancers and their movement, but on the location itself - in this case, some of the wonderful features of the museum - the long curved glass ramp, the outdoor deck with its silver lotus flowers, the hidden nooks and crannies. The title 'Two Cities' again refers to the cultural exchange and collaboration between Hong Kong and Shanghai," Dr Donaldson said.
Free tickets for both performances are available at the academy's box office. For details visit Hong Kong's expo website.
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