Outreach

January 2022 – December 2024

Jockey Club Dance Well Project

School of Dance students performed dance performances My Dance, Meshrep choreographed by Pasha Umer Hood at the “HKPM SHOWTIME! Celebrating the Grand Opening of the HKPM" organized by Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM) to celebrate the Grand Opening of the HKPM.

24 July 2022 

HKPM SHOWTIME! Celebrating the Grand Opening of the HKPM

School of Dance students performed dance performances My Dance, Meshrep choreographed by Pasha Umer Hood at the “HKPM SHOWTIME! Celebrating the Grand Opening of the HKPM" organized by Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM) to celebrate the Grand Opening of the HKPM. 

29 May 2022; Tuen Mun Town Hall
31 July 2022; Sha Tin Town Hall
7 August 2022; Tsuen Wan Town Hall
20 November 2022; Yuen Long Theatre
18 December 2022; Kwai Tsing Theatre 

25 · 35 Performing Arts Carnivals - My Home My Place

School of Dance students performed dance performances at the “25 · 35 Performing Arts Carnivals - My Home My Place” organized by The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), bringing mixed Ballet, Contemporary Dance and Chinese Dance to the audience.  We specially design venue specific dance performances to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Establishment of HKSAR.

31 january 2022

Internship at Akram Khan Company in London, UK

8 final year students were selected to participate in a collaborative initiative with Akram Khan Company. They completed a five-week internship in London, UK and participated one of the Company's latest productions, Jungle Book Reimagined.

6 November 2020

Global University Film Awards (GUFA) 2020

Invited by The Hong Kong Baptist University, 5 Chinese Dance students performed Chinese/Korean Dance Drum choreographed by Senior Lecturer (Chinese Dance) Yu Pik-yim at the Global University Film Awards (GUFA) 2020.

16 November 2019

Shanghai “Dance@Xintiandi”

10 Ballet students gave three performances of Zoltan Fodor’s Echo at Dance@Xintiandi in Shanghai organized by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD). This event was part of the programme of Festival Hong Kong 2019 – A Cultural Extravaganza@Shanghai.

15th - 19th October 2019

Tari ’19 ASWARA Festival

School of Dance students recently went on a fruitful cultural exchange in Malaysia, at the Tari ’19 ASWARA Festival. In the 5-day trip, students participated in a series of workshops, discussions and performances along with 12 dance institutions from Asia. They also brought a performance of Red Fan, a dance piece choreographed by Xing Liang, to the local audiences including many Dance alumni in Malaysia!

12th - 15th March 2013

Students participated in the Hong Kong Dance Company’s Outreach and Education Department’s Macau Education and Youth Affairs Bureau’s Event Apreciar a Dancca: Sentir a Beleza

At the invitation of Hong Kong Dance Company, eleven students from across all three streams (Ballet, Chinese Dance and Contemporary Dance) performed with their professional peers in the company’s Outreach and Education Department’s Macau Education and Youth Affairs Bureau’s event Apreciar a Dancca: Sentir a Beleza (in the Macau Cultural Centre’s Grand Theatre, 12-15 March). This enlightened programme introduces students from Macau’s secondary schools to a range of art forms, with dance designated for Form 5. Stella Lau (Lecturer, Ballet) took responsibility for our students (who rehearsed with the company for several weeks prior to the tour itself), and together with Dean Prof. Anita Donaldson, and Heads Prof. Ou Lu (Ballet) and Prof. Sheng Peiqi (Chinese Dance), attended one of the performances (15 March).

15th - 18th March 2013

6 Students performed in the Hong Kong Ballet’s production of The Sleeping Beauty

6 students (from Ballet and Chinese Dance) performed in the Hong Kong Ballet’s production of The Sleeping Beauty at the Shatin Town Hall (15-18 March).

22nd – 23rd June 2012

7 Dancers performed in Dam Van Huynh’s Mooring

7 dancers from the Contemporary Dance stream, together with one from Ballet) will perform in Artist-in-Residence Dam Van Huynh’s Mooring - a collaborative project between the School and local company Unlock Dancing Plaza (22-23 June).

30th June 2012

14 Dancers performed in Leung Kowk-shing’s Qingming Riverside for the 15th Anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong

14 dancers from the Chinese Dance stream will join their Hong Kong Dance Company peers in the latter’s performance of two excerpts of Leung Kwok-shing’s Qingming Riverside for the 15th Anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong (30 June).

20th - 26th February 2012

10 Students participated in the Hong Kong Dance Company’s Annual Macau Education and Youth Affairs Arts Festival Project

10 students from across all three streams (Ballet, Chinese Dance and Contemporary Dance) participated in the Hong Kong Dance Company’s Annual Macau Education and Youth Affairs Arts Festival Project 20-26 February in the Macau Cultural Centre’s Grand Theatre. This enlightened programme is designed to introduce students from all of Macau’s secondary schools to a wide range of art forms, with each year designated for a particular art form - dance being for Form 5 students.

19th – 21st August 2011

4 Students from the Ballet stream performed in the Hong Kong Ballet’s production of Swan Lake Production

4 students from the Ballet stream performed in the Hong Kong Ballet’s production of Swan Lake production during the summer break (19-21 August) - Peggy Lai Pui-ki (BFA1), Kwuney Lo Kwun-yi (BFA3), Tsai Ting Yu (BFA2), and Natalie Chung Man-in (Ad.Cert2).

21st – 22nd May 2011

11 Dancers from Chinese Dance stream joined the Hong Kong Dance Company peers in the latter’s performance of Qingming Riverside

11 dancers from the Chinese Dance stream joined their Hong Kong Dance Company peers in the latter’s performance of Qingming Riverside (21-22 May) in the Grand Theatre. This is the third Qingming collaboration, the first being in 2007 when 22 dancers joined HKDC on its tour of the work to Beijing, Nanjing and Hangzhou.

28th March - 2 April 2011

10 Students participated in the Hong Kong Dance Company’s Macau Education and Youth Affairs Arts Festival Project

10 students from across all three streams participated in the Hong Kong Dance Company’s Macau Education and Youth Affairs Arts Festival Project 28 March - 2 April in the Macau Cultural Centre’s Grand Theatre. This enlightened programme is designed to introduce students from all of Macau’s secondary schools to a wide range of art forms, with each year designated for a particular art form - dance being for Form 5 students. As our senior students were busy with Dance 2 rehearsals, the project provided an ideal opportunity for our younger students to be involved.

29th – 31st October, 5th – 7th November 2010

16 students from the Ballet stream performed in the Hong Kong Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty Season

After several weeks of concentrated rehearsals with their professional peers, sixteen upper-level students from the Ballet stream performed in the Hong Kong Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty season (29-31 October; and 5-7 November). Several of our dancers had significant roles in the work.

24th – 26th February 2010

10 Students participated in a collaborative project with the Hong Kong Dance Company - the Macau Education and Youth Affairs Arts Festival Project

A group of ten students (four from Ballet and six from Chinese Dance) participated in a collaborative project with the Hong Kong Dance Company - the Macau Education and Youth Affairs Arts Festival Project – which saw them perform at the Cultural Centre in Macau 24-26 February.

4th – 5th December 2009

Dao Extraordinaire

Dao Extraordinaire - the collaborative project between the Contemporary Dance students and City Contemporary Dance Company - was performed at the Kwai Tsing Theatre 4-5 December.

June 2009

Ballet Students performed in Hong Kong Ballet’s production of Giselle

Ballet students Wan Po LamTonia, Lok Dzi Oi Shirley and Chung Man-in Natalie were invited to perform in Hong Kong Ballet’s production of Giselle in June, and then to join the company’s tour to Beijing in August.

17th – 21st February 2009

10 Students participated in a collaborative project with the Hong Kong Dance Company - Macau Education and Youth Affairs Bureau Arts Festival Project

A group of 10 students from across all streams (Ballet, Chinse Dance and Contemporary Dance) participated in a collaborative project with the Hong Kong Dance Company - Macau Education and Youth Affairs Bureau Arts Festival Project - which saw them perform in Macau from 17-21 February.