Tales of two cities: The City Contemporary Dance Company will present two dynamic productions at Shanghai Expo.

The City Contemporary Dance Company will tell the stories of Hong Kong and Shanghai in two glittering productions at Shanghai Expo.

In the first production, DELT, the company's Artistic Director Willy Tsao will team up with young Hong Kong choreographers Daniel Yeung and Ong Yong Lock to present the site-specific dance gala on June 19 and 20.

Performances will take place at Shanghai's two leading shopping malls - Shanghai Times Square and PLAZA 353. Admission is free.

Performed jointly by the company and BeijingDance/LDTX, DELT celebrates the vibrancy of Hong Kong's unique culture and its influence on the lifestyles of Chinese people.

Mr Tsao said DELT is an acronym for "Dressing, Eating, Living, Travelling" which is a commonly used Chinese phrase to describe the four essential elements of everyday life.

"Shopping malls are adopted as performing venues to depict vividly contemporary lifestyles and experiences in metropolises like Hong Kong and Shanghai.

"Dancers will incorporate improvisation in the piece. They will perform in different corners of the shopping malls before converging in a centre point at the end of the dance to conclude in a climax."

Cities tales

Another work is Tales of Two Cities - Hong Kong, Shanghai, Eileen Chang by the company's resident choreographer Helen Lai. It will be staged on June 25 at the Shanghai Grand Theatre's Drama Theatre.

In celebration of legendary author Eileen Chang's 90th birthday, Ms Lai reconstructs Ms Chang's life and times in her twilight years, with intriguing flashbacks to her golden days and the characters she created in her masterpieces.