Across the boundaries between language, body and music
Four forces spin up the high brick ward

Wild grass, over the boundless wasteland, in between the concrete's fissures, through the obscure moments, grows all in a sudden.
Wild grass, as a metaphor, reaches out to its own space regardless of physical constraints.

Four sets of distinctive creation quarterly parted to examine the experience and reflection of life in multifaceted conditions.

Based on first-hand experience of the artist, a bombardment of everyday struggle and identity crisis unfolds upon collective anxiety and insecurity at our complicated time, over reflexes and sensibilities of how we, as human beings, ceaselessly survive and progress for the inevitable self-discovery and the baffling future against the end of the world.

Powerless yet potent, discouraged yet hopeful, the contradicting feelings call for the four dynamics of assorted intensity unrolling to series of cross-boundary exploration of content and form. Slightly dislocated from the habitual zone and boldly catalyzed by original collaborators, fresh ideas and unexpected experiments are going to sparkle.

翻越語言身體音樂界限
高牆下醞釀的四種躁動

野草，在自由曠野、在石屎隙縫之間、在不以為然之際，總會驟然成長。
野草，作為一種喻象，總在規範之中找到空間。

四組完全不同路向的創作，探視對於生存空間在不同層面、狀態的體會與體現。
從藝術家自身經驗，展露關於生活財政身份文化等的境況；面對當下社會狀況的憂心不安；感思作為人在不斷覓存的演進；以至末世想像未來的感懷⋯⋯

似是無力卻又隱含著一股能量，是絕望又同時祈望的複雜情感，形成四種強度不一的躁動。衍生四種不同界限的翻越，是內容亦是形式上的試探。稍稍跳出慣常的本位，結合新伙伴碰撞出新意念新嘗試。

 

Legend of Hao Hao
浩浩傳奇
Yang Hao楊浩 / Wu King-yeung 胡境陽

Paradise: Epilogue
樂園 (終章)
Jabin Law / Chan Kwun-fee 陳冠而

Report i - Which I am I
報告 1
Ivanhoe Lam 林俊浩 / Santayana Li 李穎蕾
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Fe + C... ➡ Steel?
恨鐵不成鋼
Ata Wong 黃俊達 / Théâtre de la Feuille 綠葉劇團

 

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Before, there was Stephen Chow's Shaolin Soccer.
Today, here's Yang Hao and his contemporary dance-up comedy!

Yang Hao and Alice Rensy blazed a new trail in 2018, fusing stand up comedy with contemporary dance theatre to create a new breed of theatre— dance-up comedy!

Legend of Hao Hao combines Yang Hao's critique of his own identity as an artist and sudden inspirations that come of boredom life. In collaboration with a free-spirited theatre playwright - Wu King-yeung, a new character full of Quixotic pathos is born: Hao Hao.

Hao Hao finds himself in the tide of history, caught in the midst of clashing Eastern and Western cultures. His soul is torn apart by artistic ideals and the reality of a low-income life, and with nothing left to lose, he takes a risk and attempts to duct-tape his split selves back together. In a fusion of dance and laughs, he rebels against the common crowd, and lets loose his truest ideals!

* Together with awfully hilarious short videos. 100% satisfaction guaranteed. No refund though.


當代舞 x 棟篤笑 ！
昨有星爺少林功夫加足球
今有楊浩當代舞乘棟篤笑！

楊浩與 Alice Rensy 在2018年展開的新方向，將「棟篤」（Stand-up Comedy）融入當代舞蹈劇場，泡製出全新品種 — Dance-up comedy！

《浩浩傳奇》關於楊浩對自己作為藝術家這身分的批判思考，及他平時無聊時候的忽發奇想，加上無業遊民胡境陽協力，共同創作了一個不切實際、悲喜交雜的角色 － 浩浩。

浩浩身處歷史洪流之中，身心受中西文化所衝擊，靈魂被藝術理想與低收入現實撕裂，無計可施，唯有放手一搏，實行替裂開兩半的自己黐膠紙，黏連舞與笑話，對抗下流氣候，舞出理想人生！

*同場加映攞命短片，識笑好好笑，唔好笑唔准叫。



Yang Hao 楊浩
A dedicated artist kickstarted an endless journey with dancing.
從舞蹈出發開始一場没有終點的旅程，一心一意為人民服務的藝術家。

Wu King-yeung 胡境陽
A Hong Kong playwright.
香港編劇。



Concept, choreographer & performer 概念/ 編舞/ 演出
Yang Hao 楊浩

Concept 概念
Alice Rensy

Co-writer 聯合創作
Wu King-yeung 胡境陽

Choreography & Performance 編舞及演出
Li Tuo-kun 李拓坤

Special Appearance in video 影片客串演出
Jonathan G Spigner
Chistopher Pang 彭俊傑
Bryan Bentley
Luis Cabrera

Cinematographer 錄像攝影​​​​
Andreas Guzman

Composer 作曲
Christopher Ross Ewart (Canada 加拿大)

Image Designer 形象設計
Trista Ma 馬嘉裕
Stage Manager 舞台監督
Zita Lo 盧子晴

Assistant Stage Manager 助理舞台監督
Zac Wong 黃子晉
Jaime Ho 何沅穎

 

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Gazing at the kaleidoscopic world, we dare to despair,
Let's open a concert thirty minutes before the doomsday,
Trading music as drug, trading off ourselves meanwhile.
When the day ends, we too become forgeries;
The pseudo-sun rises tomorrow, and we celebrate.
It's too late for reality, farewell.

Jabin Law and Chan Kwun-fee collaborate to initiate a creative piece combining music and body work. Looking up the fantasyland of the outside world from the prison, the duo brings out original scores to converse with the filth on the loose mud and sprawling weeds, and illustrates the decadence and mirage for a soon-approaching downfall of the real world. The prelude comes as the epilogue. Live music corresponds with body movements.


目睹浮華盛世，決心頹靡，
於世界終結前三十分鐘開一場音樂會，
以音樂作為販賣的藥品，同時販賣自己。
現實完結之時，我們也將成為贋品；
假的太陽將在明日升起，而我們歡呼。
It's too late for reality, farewell.

Jabin Law 將聯同陳冠而攜手創作一個音樂與身體的碰撞習作，在監獄操場裡仰望外面更華麗的現實樂園，於泥土與雜草上以原創樂曲直面污穢，娓娓關於現實即將終結的靡幻，一開始便已經是終章。樂隊現場演奏與表演者以身體協奏。



Jabin Law
A Hong Kong-based singer-songwriter. His music bears the weight of urbanism.
香港民謠唱作人，歌曲承載現代城市的荒涼和壓抑。


Chan Kwun-fee 陳冠而
A theatre creator, director, performer and traveller. She takes body as subject and medium, creating space and experience.
以身體為主體及媒介，形塑空間與經驗，劇場創作者、導演、表演者、旅人。


Concept / Composer / Musician 概念/作曲/演奏
Jabin Law (guitar 結他)

Concept / Director 概念/導演
Chan Kwun-fee 陳冠而

Musicians 演奏
Vic Tsui 徐正威 (percussion 敲擊)
Issac So 蘇諾臨 (guitar 結他)
Lui Ngao-yuen 呂奡元 (bass 低音結他)

Performers 演出​​
Melissa Leung 梁曉端 *
Emily Ng 伍美宜

Rehearsal Assistant 排練助理
Maze Chan 陳旻禧

Costume Designer 服裝設計
Leung Tsz-wai 梁子蔚

Stage Manager 舞台監督
Chan Lok-sze 陳樂詩

Assistant Stage Manager 助理舞台監督
Zac Wong 黃子晉
Jaime Ho 何沅穎

* Participating in the project with the support of CCDC承蒙城市當代舞蹈團批准參與演出

 

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A report on one side of me
Am I the I you decide I will be?

A Movement Theatre Piece inspired by F. Kafka's A Report to an Academy
in dialogue with the Prison Yard in Tai Kwun.

This is the place where the new ones are nurtured to run the world.
When a non-human transforms into a human,
Something like language starts to flash across the animal's mind:

"My eyes follow your eyes follow me
Is it the only side you can see?
Am I the I you decide
Or the side I conceal?
Rules dividing right from wrong
Could I perform myself as I want?"


報告中的那個我
是你所塑造的哪個？

靈感來自卡夫卡的短篇小說《為某科學院寫的一份報告》，
以肢體、音樂、文字編作的劇場作品，
與大館監獄操場展開一段平衡時空對話。

這裡是一個培育牠們的地方。
當牠正被塑造成他，
他的語言逐步衝擊牠的思緒：

「目目忘我相隨，
是否你可見的唯一？
我的那個我是你所揀選
或是我心有所藏？
制度界定對錯
已然表演自我？」


Chun-ho Ivanhoe LAM 林俊浩
32 years old. Choreographer / Movement Director. He sets the darkness dancing out under the beam of the spotlight.
編舞及形體導演，三十二話不說，喜於聚光燈下舞動人心黑暗深處。

Santayana Li 李穎蕾
Hong Kong actress and playwright, depicting the intrinsicality of human which cannot be told.
香港演員與編劇，刻劃人物最不能言說的一面。


Concept / Director 概念/ 導演
Ivanhoe Lam 林俊浩

Creative Text 文字創作
Santayana Li 李穎蕾、Kent Foran

Composer / Performer 作曲/ 演出
Shane Aspegren

Creator / Performer 創作/ 演出
Chester Wong 黃譜誠
Aaron Martin

Image Designer 形象設計
Kary Kwok 郭家賜

Image Design Assistant 形象設計助理
Brian Hin

Stage Manager 舞台監督
Luk Wo-ping 陸和平

Assistant Stage Manager 助理舞台監督
Zac Wong 黃子晉
Jaime Ho 何沅穎

 

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Steel is a composite of iron and other elements such as carbon; an alloy.
Acclaimed for high density and anti-corrosion power, steel surpasses iron,
and out-performs pure iron.
But if carbon or other substances are missing during the conversion process,
it ends in rust.
Which is, a piece of scrap.

Obviously lack of value, scrap iron can only be dumped or recycled.
No one wants a dysfunctional metal.
We all fear to have a life like that.

Therefore, those who want to survive in the opposite, must be absolutely determined to get through the way just like the making of steel,
Beating each game.

How many of them do voluntarily undergo the harsh refinement,
and how many of them can eventually succeed to be steel?

鋼，是鐵與其他元素，如碳，結合而成的合金。
鋼的優點是 — 硬度比鐵高，抗腐蝕性比鐵強，甚至比純鐵更硬更強。但若果轉化過程中碳的成份不足或缺乏了其它物質，它就變成生銹的鐵。
即是廢鐵。

廢鐵沒有價值，只能被無情丟棄或重新回收。沒有人需要廢鐵，大家都恐懼成為廢鐵。
因此，恐懼成為廢鐵的它們，抱著必須成鋼的決心，在一重又一重頑固的牆壁內拼命掙扎。
它們有多少是自願經歷千錘百鍊，又有多少最後能成鋼？



Ata Wong 黃俊達 @ Théâtre de la Feuille 綠葉劇團
An independent artist. Retold stories through the arts of bodies.
自由創作人，以身體爲主導說故事，談談生活，論論生存。


Concept / Director 概念/導演
Ata Wong 黃俊達

Producer 監製
Lei Yuen-hung 李宛虹

Costume Designers 服裝設計
Stephen Fan 范進鵬
Sin Chun-kit 冼俊傑

Composer & performer 作曲及演出
Heidi Law 羅鎧欣
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Performers 演出
Cheung Ka-man 張䕒文
Chong Cheuk-lam 莊芍琳
Chung Cho-yu 鍾楚瑜
Fong Ka-nam 方迦南
Ho Ching-man 何靖文
Ho Yuen-shan 何宛珊
Helen Kwok 郭凱盈
Lam Ka-ting 林嘉婷
Lam Lok-yee 林樂兒
Lee Ching-yan 李澄昕
Jovita Siu 蕭芷芊
Summer Tai 戴天晴
Adrianna Tang 鄧曉晴
Lorraine Yu 余蔚誼
Tse Mei-fung 謝美鳳
Law Yuk-yin 羅鈺賢

Rehearsal Assistant 排練助理
Summer Tai 戴天晴

Production Assistant 製作助理
Jovita Siu 蕭芷芊

 

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Curatorial & Production Team 策劃及製作團隊

Curator & Producer 策劃及監製
Orlean Lai 黎蘊賢 / orleanlaiproject

Creative & Production Partner 創作及製作伙伴
Ng Tsz-kwan 吳子昆/ yU+Co.[lab}

Production Manager 製作經理
Mousey Tse 謝徵燊

Assistant Production Manager 助理製作經理
Bonita Ho 何詠心

Project Coordinators 計劃統籌
Haze Cheng 鄭惠森
Kobe Ho 何比

Lighting Designer 燈光設計
Zoe Cheung 張素宜

Assistant Lighting Designer & Lighting Programmer 助理燈光設計及燈光程
Dikky Ng 吳家慧

Production Electrician 製作電機師
Adonic Lo 羅兆鏵
Yau Ngar-yuk 邱雅玉

Sound Coordinator 音響統籌
Neville Li 李文俊
Stage Technicians 舞台技術
Chan Wing-kin 陳永健
Chik Chun-ho 戚俊豪
Heung Cheuk-fai 向卓輝
Liu Sze-wai 廖詩韋

Key Art Photographer 主題攝影
Bobby Sham 沈嘉豪

Graphic Design 視覺設計
Pollux Kwok 郭健超

Presented by 主辦機構
Hong Kong Arts Development Council 香港藝術發展局

捐助機構 Funded by
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust 香港賽馬會慈善信託基金

Programme Partner 節目伙伴
Tai Kwun 大館

Curated & Produced by 策劃及監製
orleanlaiproject