Programme

0845 - 0945

Registration

0945 - 1030

Opening Ceremony 

Bolero

Choreographer : Mui Cheuk-yin
Performer : Students of the School of Dance

Speeches

Professor Adrian Walter,AM, Director, HKAPA

Mrs Betty Fung Ching Suk-yee, JP, Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs

Mr William Leung Wing-cheung, BBS, JP, Chairman of HKAPA Council

Hu Family Mansion

Performer : The Young Academy Cantonese Opera Troupe

1030 - 1130

Keynote Address  and Roundtable Discussion- Creativity in a World of Popular Culture

Dr. Peggy Chiao, School of Film and New Media, Taipei National University of the Arts

Roundtable Discussion 

Chiang Ching, Film Actress, Dancer, Choreographer, Director, Writer and First Artistic Director of the Hong Kong Dance Company

Ding Yuin Shan, Senior Lecturer (Film Production), HKAPA

Kenneth Ip (Shu Kei), Chair, School of Film & TV, HKAPA

1130 - 1155

Coffee Break

1155 - 1305

Performance - Crossing Roper Bar

Professor Paul Grabowsky, Executive Director, Monash Academy of Performing Arts

Performers : Members of the Australian Art Orchestra

1430 - 1555

Performance: The Interconnected Dynamics of Two Traditions - East Meets West in Chinese Opera

Professor Sun Huizhu (William Sun), Shanghai Theatre Academy

Performers

Miss Julie

Shanghai Theatre Academy  Peking Opera Miss Julie Group

1555 - 1615

Coffee Break

1615 - 1720

Keynote Address and Roundtable Discussion - Innovation & Tradition in Chinese Opera

Professor Batu, President, National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts

Roundtable Discussion

Lai Yu Man, Maurice, Vice President, Utopia Cantonese Opera Workshop

Dr. Fredric Mao, Chair, School of Chinese Opera, HKAPA

Professor Sun Huizhu (William Sun), Shanghai Theatre Academy

Dr. Liza Wang, Chairperson, The Chinese Artists Association of Hong Kong

1720 - 1740

Performance - Line II

Performers : Clssifiable Movement Series Group 

1745 - 1930

Reception: Garden, HKAPA

0800 - 0830

Registration

0830 - 0945

Seminar - Global Composition 

Professor Bright Sheng, Leonard Bernstein Distinguished  University Professor of Music, University of Michigan

0945 - 1005

Keynote Address - New Pedagogies in Music Education

Professor Wang Cizhao, President, Central Conservatory of Music

1005 – 1025

Coffee Break

1025 - 1125

Performance - Creative Compositions, Creativity within and outside the Boundaries of Traditional Chinese Music

Professor Clarence Mak, Head of Composition and Electronic Music, HKAPA
Professor Tang Jianping, Composition Department, Central Conservatory of Music

Performers

Music Ensembles

School of Music, HKAPA

1125 – 1145

Coffee Break

1145 - 1300

Keynote Address and Roundtable Discussion - Paths to Creativity

Professor Xu Shuya, Shanghai Conservatory of Music

Roundtable Discussion

Professor Chan Hing Yan, Chairperson of Music Department, The University of Hong Kong
Professor Mak Su Yin, Department of Music, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Tang Shu Wing, Artistic Director, Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio
Wang Yuan Yuan, Artistic Director and Choreographer, Beijing Dance Theatre

Professor Yang Hon-Lun, Department of Music, Hong Kong Baptist University

1430 - 1450

Keynote Address - Taking Risks in the Creative Process

Robyn Archer AO, Strategic Advisor, Arts and Culture, Gold Coast; Deputy Chair, Australia Council for the Art ; Artistic Director, The Light in Winter ( Melbourne) 

Professor Leon Rubin, Director, East 15 Acting School, University of Essex

Performers

Drunken Zhong Kui, Happy Childhood Memories

Hong Kong Puppet and Shadow Art Center

1540 - 1610

Coffee Break

1610 - 1710

Roundtable Discussion- Building Connections, Global Creativity and the Chinese Diaspora

Dr. David Jiang, Former Dean of Drama, HKAPA

Professor Wenhai Ma, Head, Department of Theatre, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Professor Leon Rubin, Director, East 15 Acting School, University of Essex

Professor Bright Sheng, Leonard Bernstein Distinguished University Professor of Music, University of Michigan
Professor Zhang Xiao-xiong, Associate Professor of Dance, Taipei National University of the Arts

1945 - 2200

Performance : My Days in Cats Town

Performers: School of Drama, HKAPA

Venue: Drama Theatre, HKAPA

0900 - 0930

Registration

0930 - 1030

Roundtable Discussion - Contemporary Trends in Performing Arts Pedagogy

Hilary Boulding, Principal, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Gillian Choa, Chair, School of Theatre and Entertainment Arts, HKAPA

Dr. Amanda Morris, Dean, Faculty of Performing Arts,LASALLE College of the Arts

Dr. Wankwan Polachan, Assistant Professor and Lecturer, Fine and Applied Arts Division, Mahidol University International College
Dr. Emma Redding, Head of Dance Science, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance

1030 - 1100

Coffee Break

1100 - 1200

Presentation and Performance - Crossing Borders , Blurring Boundaries

Professor Anita Donaldson OAM, Dean, College of Allied Arts, HKAPA

- Li Yongjing, Lecturer (Contemporary Dance), HKAPA
- John Utans, Senior Lecturer (Contemporary Dance), HKAPA
- Wong Hin Nga, Student (Contemporary Dance), HKAPA
- Yan Xiaochang, Lecturer (Chinese Dance), HKAPA
- Yu Pikyim, Lecturer (Chinese Dance), HKAPA
- Zhao Minhua, Lecturer (Ballet), HKAPA

Pathos                          
Performers: Students of the School of Dance, HKAPA

1200 - 1230

Plenary Session

Professor Adrian Walter AM, Director, HKAPA

2000 - 2200

Performance - Que Reste t'il?

Performer : Robyn Archer AO, Helpmann Award Winner: Best Cabaret Performer 2013