Jockey Club "In Search of Voice in a Cramped City" Dance Education Programme

Jockey Club "In Search of Voice in a Cramped City" Dance Education Programme

Commenced in July 2019, Jockey Club "In Search of Voice in a Cramped City" Dance Education Programme is a 3-year dance education project funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. This Programme fuses contemporary dance with other art disciplines: drama, music, text-image and visual arts as media, to create a series of innovative programme activities for youths to explore communication.

The Workshop comprises three 3-hour sessions totally 9 hours. Each session will be led by one professional dance instructor and one artist in other arts discipline. 

Objectives:
- To arouse the interest of tertiary students to experience dance/ body creativity across various arts modalities.
- To express themselves and exchange ideas with peers through creative process in which they can also develop their communication skills.

Date: 2022.2.28 (Mon), 2022.3.7 (Mon), 2022.3.14 (Mon)*
Time: 7-10pm
Venue: Sir Run Run Shaw Hall
Tutors: Sarah Lo Sze-long, Jo Leung Sau Yin
* Depending on the Covid-19 outbreak situation, we shall provide participants with either Face-to-face or Online workshops. If the situation allows, we incline to adopt Face-to-face format. Small group learning approach will be adopted in the online workshop.

 

Workshop Instructors

Sarah Lo Sze-long | Choreographer

Born in Hong Kong, Sarah Lo Sze-long began her ballet training at the age of four, and later took up contemporary dance. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) from the HKAPA. While studying at the HKAPA, Lo was awarded several scholarships including The Disney Scholarship, the Society of the Academy for Performing Arts Scholarship, and the Carl Wolz Scholarship. In 2007, she received a scholarship to participate in the American Dance Festival in North Carolina in the US. In 2008, she was chosen by the World Dance Alliance to represent Hong Kong in an exchange programme at the Taipei International Dance Elite Academy (TAIPEIDEA). She has been a visiting lecturer at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University since 2016. Lo is a registered ballet teacher of The Royal Academy of Dance (UK).

Jo Leung Sau Yin | Visual Art

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Jo LEUNG Sau Yin is a multi-discipline dance artist who began her creative career with graphic design, costume design, videography, dance education and dance choreography in Hong Kong. Jo received her Diploma in Design (Visual Communication), and BFA (Hons) in Dance, from Lee Wai Lee Technical Institute in 1996 and The Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts in 2004 respectively. In 2008, Jo was awarded a scholarship from The Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund to support her to pursue her MFA in Dance at Hollins University/ADF.

 

Passoverdance

Established in 1993, Passoverdance is a local non-profit dance organisation, which later underwent a restructuring led by Pewan Chow, Antoinette Mak and a group of young artists in 2008. Passoverdance has been a recipient of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council Year Grant since 2016. The company is dedicated to fostering and developing local dance culture, as well as discovering and nurturing new talents in the community. In recent years, the company has toured to Beijing, Guangzhou, Singapore, Bahrain, Taiwan and Malaysia. With its endeavour to explore the infinite possibilities in the art of dance, Passoverdance strives to reveal the purity and uniqueness in each work, creating a deeper dialogue and interaction between the audience and the work.
The mission of Passoverdance is centred around two dimensions:​

1) To foster the development of arts and culture in Hong Kong through
the exploration and creation of works of performing arts, with a focus on contemporary dance. We seek to instill positive messages into our works and illuminate art as a part of everyday life, inspiring the audience to reflect on and experience the power of art.​

2) By offering dance courses, workshops, choreographic opportunities and platforms for dance exchange, we hope to motivate the younger generation to develop their self-awareness, confidence, creativity and a sense of appreciation for the arts.

Details

Date and Time:

2022.2.28 (Mon)
2022.3.7 (Mon)
2022.3.14 (Mon)
7pm - 10pm

Venue: Sir Run Run Shaw Hall
Presenter / Co-presenter:

Presented by: Passoverdance (Passoverdance is financially supported by the HKADC)
Funded by: The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
University Partner: The Office of the Arts Administrator, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Artist: Sarah Lo Sze-long, Jo Leung Sau Yin
Target Audience: Tertiary students or youth aged around 18-25
Quota: 20
Fee: Free
Enquiries: 5407 6047 / 3943 7851

Images

Sarah Lo Sze-long
Sarah Lo Sze-long
Jo Leung Sau Yin
Jo Leung Sau Yin