Presented by CCDC Dance Centre
After professional training and intensive rehearsals, a group of young dancers from different districts go beyond the theatre to perform in wide open spaces for the public. Revealing various visions of today’s modern dance, we hope to introduce the charm of dance to the community and reflect the artistic concept of “From the mass, for the mass.”
“WuDaoQingNian” is a modern dance training program dedicated to local young people. In the past few years, CCDC Dance Center successfully nurtured a group of enthusiastic young dancers. Many of them are still active in the art and cultural industry and have become the backbone amoung the young generation.
Over the previous years, WuDaoQingNian – Podium Dance Performance has been presented in the Hong Kong Cultural Center Piazza, the Peak Galleria, Wong Tai Sin Temple Square, Stanley Plaza and Langham Place. Participants were also invited to perform in Guangzhou, Taiwan and Bangkok for cultural exchange. “WuDaoQingNian” received the Hong Kong Dance Award in 2010.
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Choreographers Ronly Kong, Melissa Leung
Performers Kobe Cheung, Felix Chun *, Janice Ho, Sophia Lam, Ailsa Li, Herman Lui *, Senses Ng, Meki Shum, Sun Wing-sze, To Chun-yiu, Wong Sze-ki, Wong Sze-wing *, Minnie Yau, Sandy Yip
Vapour
“Life is both sad and solemn. We are led into a wonderful world, we meet one another here, greet each other – and wander together for a brief moment. Then we lose each other and disappear as suddenly and unreasonably as we arrived.”
Choreographer Tsang Wing-fai
Performers Choi Kwan-yee, Elaine Lam, Lau Yin, Kelly Man, Mo Yung Sin-yi, Wendy Tang, Tsoi Ka-king *, Wong Hei-yiu, Wong Sin-ki, Clarice Yu
Happy Birthday?
Birthday is an unexceptional celebration, is blissful solitude, is the beginning of the end
Choreographer Noel Pong
Performers WDQN 2019 Members
Happy Birthday? premiered in 2015 and performed by CCDC
Ronly Kong
Being a dancer with the University of Utah’s Performing Dance Company from 1989 to 1992, she received the Orchesis Award for Outstanding Performance in 1990. From 1994 to 1996, she danced with City Contemporary Dance Company 2.
Kong has been the artistic coordinator and choreographer of Young Sky and WuDaoQingNian. Kong graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 1989. After that, she received the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music Fund Scholarship (1989-1992), B. F. A. magna cum laude in modern dance from the University of Utah in the United States (1992), PIP School Certificate in Performing Arts (2006-2008) and Philippe Gaulier Master Workshop Certificate of Melodrama and Clown (2007 and 2008). Greek Tragedy (2009), Neutral Mask, Burlesque & Vaudeville (2010). She has been a dancer, choreographer, and instructor in various productions in Hong Kong and overseas.
From 1992 until now, Kong has choreographed over 120 dance pieces. Her choreographies have attained the Choreography Award in the Schools Dance Festival. In August 2006, she was invited to Malaysia to be an instructor for the Malaysia National Dance Training Camp. She created her first solo performance r language in January 2009. In the same year, she was invited by the English National Ballet to be the dance artist of Swanning Around – Dance & Cultural Exchange Project held in Shanghai World Expo 2010. In 2016, she has been invited by Korea Arts and Cultural Educational Services (KACES) to be the guest speaker and instructor for the Arts Education Exchange Programme 2016.
Currently, she is the Manager (Outreach Affairs) of CCDC Dance Centre and the Centre’s instructor of Dance Training Scholarship Scheme “Teens of Colours”. She plays the roles of dance administrator, instructor, choreographer and master of ceremony.
Noel Pong
Noel Pong graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with First Class Honors in modern dance and joined CCDC in 1997. She is a homegrown choreographer celebrated for combining elements of dance and drama. Faces of Love for Theater Ulm in Germany is her most recent choreography work. Her choreography Crime Scene was selected by South China Morning Post (SCMP) as one of the Best Dances of 2009 and Off Screen won “Outstanding Choreography” at 2012 Hong Kong Dance Awards. Happy Birthday? was selected as The Hecklers” Best Dance Show” by HKELD. Pong is regarded as one of “Hong Kong’s most promising choreographer” by SCMP. Pong becomes the Resident Artist in 2019.
Melissa Leung
Melissa Leung graduated from the Department of Sports Science and Physical Education of the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Education and Postgraduate Diploma in Education.
Melissa also pursued her professional development in theatre in Singapore. She was the 2nd batch of graduate in “The Theatre Training and Research Programme” (TTRP, now known as Intercultural Theatre Institute, ITI). She was trained in four classical Asian theatre forms – the Indian dance Bharatanatyam, the Indonesian court dance Wayang Wong, Beijing opera and Japanese Noh – as well as Stanislavski and post-Stanislavki acting techniques.
After graduating from TTRP, Melissa returned to Hong Kong and chalked up experience in various aspects of theatre – acting, directing, education and arts administration. A very all rounded theatre practitioners, Melissa is known for her intense and exquisite physical acting. As a trained PE teacher and with a wide range experiences in education around the world, Melissa developed her global and far-reaching vision in education.
At 2013-2014, Melissa joined RCE Tongyeong, Korea, an international network acknowledged by the UNU, as program designer and international cooperation. She planned Asia-Pacific education programs, networking international all disciplinary talents and educators. For 4 years, Melissa was the Director of Education and Outreach of The Theatre Practice in Singapore.
She is currently the Assistant Artistic Director(Outreach) of City Contemporary Dance Company, CCDC Dance Centre.
Tsang Wing-fai
Tsang Wing-fai is a freelance dance artist from Hong Kong, graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Architectural Studies. She started dancing at young age, from Chinese to street dance, contemporary to any dance forms. She is active in choreographing for universities, high schools and youth performances, including Summer Courses Finale Performances by E-Side Dance Company, Passoverdance x PassingOn Youth Performance and HKAPA Education Centre Applied Learning Course Taking A Chance on Dance Student Performance. In June 2018, Tsang collaborated with Ho Ming Yan to release their first full length performance FIT in WHAT in CCDC Dance Centre REAL Showcase platform. In 2019, her first choreography Infiltrated was showcased at ‘New Force in Motion’ Series presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and Hong Kong Dance Alliance.
Recent performances/projects
2019 ‘New Force in Motion’ Series – Infiltrated
2019 Springboard Showcase 2019: I.I.I choreographed by KT Yau Ka Hei
2018 Tai Kwun Dance Season – ‘The Message Behind The Wall by 198491’: CONFINE choreographed by KT Yau Ka Hei
2017 Art Central – Fair Gestures choreographed by Enoch Cheng
2017 Hong Kong Dance Alliance Collaborative Creative Lab I & II
Recent dance awards:
2017 “Joint University Battle Session(JBS)” Open Side 4 on 4 Champion
2015 “Endless Rolling” Female Funk Style 1 on 1 Battle Champion
2015 “Dancing King” Funk Style 2 on 2 Battle Champion
2015 “HKBDC” Hong Kong Best Dance Crew (All Style category) (Fe-Style Ranger) Champion
Kobe Cheung
Choi Kwan-yee
Felix Chun
Janice Ho
Elaine Lam
Sophia Lam
Lau Yin
Ailsa Li
Herman Lui
Kelly Man
Mo Yung Sin-yi
Senses Ng
Meki Shum
Sun Wing-sze
Wendy Tang
To Chun-yiu
Tsoi Ka-king
Wong Hei-yiu
Wong Sin-ki
Wong Sze-ki
Wong Sze-wing
Minnie Yau
Sandy Yip
