New Vision Arts Festival
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| Country and Region | China — Hong Kong |
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| Type of Festival | Dance, Drama, Music |
| Location of Festival | Hong Kong, China |
| Festival Address Information | New Vision Arts Festival |
| Festival Description | New Vision Arts Festival introduces innovative and cross-cultural programs with an Asian focus. Apart from the commissions and world premières, leading overseas artists from dance, music and theatre circles they will also present a host of outstanding work. The program includes workshops, forums, concerts, exhibitions, lectures, and performances. |
| Festival Dates | October 2008 |
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Festival Events:
Participants 2006:
- Festival’s two commissioned projects Eclectic Tales from Mongolia featuring Li Chin Sung
- Khoomii Sound Machine will take you on an interactive journey from traditional Mongolian throat singing and long songs to the modern sounds of artists from Hong Kong, Argentina, Austria, Sweden and South Korea.
- city:zen, the new work produced from a collaboration between UK’s Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company and CCDC has enabled exchanges between choreographers and dancers from Hong Kong and the UK to generate inspiration.
- Shen Wei and his company will open the Festival with The Rite of Spring and Near the Terrace, works which integrate contemporary dance with Chinese opera, painting and sculpture.
- Ong Keng Sen will close the Festival with Geisha, a cross-cultural piece that explores the enigmatic world of the geisha in an adventurous juxtaposition of the traditional and the contemporary.
- Ryuichi Sakamoto returns with German electronic composer and visual artist Alva Noto to give one performance of insen, where two different generations meet and share the idea of electronic music as an inspiration for new musical structures.
- Roland Petit will dedicate Soirée de Danse Roland Petit to the women of Asia.
- Li Liuyi will challenge the elements of traditional Chinese opera with his new drama Mu Guiying.
- The Yoshida Brothers, playing the traditional shamisen with improvisational techniques, will transform classic Japanese sounds to energetic world music.
- Local artists—the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, JohnChen Ensemble, Class 7A Drama Group, Shu Ning Presentation Unit, Theatre Ensemble, and Theatre Fanatico
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