Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui｜Zuni Icosahedron - Danny Yung Experimental Theatre Meeting of Gods: The School

Description

The Danny Yung Experimental Theatre — Meeting of the Gods: The School is a further development of the experimental traditional theatre series Meeting of the Gods, initiated by Danny Yung in the early 2000s. During the three-week Danny Yung Young Artist Academy, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary artists will lead students from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore, along with local young actors, showcasing the results of their collaborative exchanges in the performance. Through dialogue on traditional performing arts, participants will ignite inspiration in the theatre, embarking on a learning journey of dialectical thinking to explore the “future” of artistic development.

Exploration will take place through learning, using the stage as a tool for accumulating records. Creators will continuously analyse, critique, and reflect on the edges, insides and outsides, patterns, behaviours, and structures of the stage. In collaboration, they will inspire one another and stimulate thought, responding to their shared aspirations to be “cross-disciplinary,” marking the beginning of their preparation to “step out” of established theatre.

Artistic Director, Director, Designer: Danny Yung

Associate Director: Liu Xiaoyi (Singapore / Cross-Cultural Theatre Director)

Cross-Cultural Performing Artists: Makoto Matsushima (Tokyo / Contemporary Theatre Performance Artist), Rady Nget (Phnom Penh / Cambodian Classical And Contemporary Dance Artist), Ren Jiale (Beijing / Young Wusheng)

Sound: Yu Yat-yiu (Hong Kong / Music Creator)

Video: Vanessa Lee