Past Events
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Traditional Music Notation in Kunqu and Cantonese Opera
14.01.2020 to 28.10.2020, Seminar Hall, Xiqu Centre and live-streaming
Talk 2 Literati Manuscripts due to take place on 28 October (Wednesday) has been cancelled
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21.12.2019 to 22.12.2019, The Room, Freespace
Take centre stage in a communicative art experience that brings together hearing and hearing-impaired participants and encourages new perspectives on inclusivity. A participatory art experience created by local interdisciplinary artist Kingsley Ng and graduate students of the Hong Kong Baptist University
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Freespace Little Stage Managers
14.12.2019 to 22.12.2019, Freespace, West Kowloon
This interactive role-play workshop introduces children to the behind-the-scenes world of performing arts production at Freespace. Acting as mini assistant stage managers, participants explore the Freespace venue and learn fun facts about performing arts
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14.12.2019 to 15.12.2019, The Studio, Freespace
Boh Boh's New Friends is an interactive bi-lingual performance that takes children on an intergalactic space adventure with Boh Boh the alien puppet. Dancing and singing songs in Cantonese and English, the audience accompany Boh Boh on his journey through space, and helping him make new friends
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POP-UP Duets (fragments of love)
14.12.2019 to 15.12.2019, Parade Ground, Tai Kwun
POP-UP Duets (fragments of love) brings together the talents of award-winning UK choreographer Janis Claxton and four world-class dancers. The eight dynamic stand-alone duets evolve from simple everyday interactions and draw on the theme of love. Presented at the Parade Ground, Tai Kwun
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13.12.2019 to 15.12.2019, Freespace and Art Park, West Kowloon
Freespace Fest on 13-15 December 2019 (Friday-Sunday) will be rescheduled. Details will be announced on the West Kowloon Cultural District website www.westkowloon.hk in due course
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Community Engagement at the Core: Rethinking Museums for the Twenty-First Century
13.12.2019, Hotel Stage
In this talk, Kelly McKinley explores the ways in which museums are evolving in order to remain relevant and sustainable community resources in an increasingly divided and technology-driven world
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Global Museums in Shifting Times
07.12.2019, JC Cube Auditorium, Tai Kwun
In this M+ Matters | Keynote, Maria Balshaw, Director of Tate, discusses the significance of these projects and the institution’s overall strategy in the context of a global sociopolitical climate that is shifting more rapidly than ever
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Arts and Cultural Management: A Series of Three Talks
29.10.2019 to 26.11.2019, VTC Tower
In this series of three talks, practitioners from a range of local cultural industries share the requirements and unique functions of their areas of expertise, present case studies on successful execution of projects, and explore and compare Hong Kong’s current landscape with the international art scene
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Contemporary Classical Music Exchange Programme
31.10.2019 to 01.11.2019, The Room, Freespace
Six composers from Taiwan and Hong Kong join us for a two-day artistic exchange. The event includes a free public seminar on current developments in contemporary classical music in the region and free concert and sharing session on the process of composing
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SHOWTIME! West Kowloon’s Artistic Strategy for Performing Arts
15.10.2019, Jockey Club Innovation Tower, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Alison M Friedman, West Kowloon’s Acting Executive Director and Artistic Director, Performing Arts shares the artistic vision and strategies for our two major performing arts venues – the Xiqu Centre, a contemporary gateway to the ancient art form of Chinese traditional theatre, and Freespace, Hong Kong’s new centre for contemporary performance
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Hong Kong Palace Museum Preview @ Fine Art Asia 2019
04.10.2019 to 07.10.2019, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Hong Kong Palace Museum’s first pre-opening programme features a lively dialogue between traditional art and technology and between the past and the present. Accompanying programmes include talks, performance and workshops
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What is Stage: Space as Poetry
01.07.2019 to 27.09.2019, The Box & The Room, Freespace
This September, renowned German stage and costume designer Anna Viebrock joins us for a public seminar and five-day artist workshop on how stage design goes beyond space. In preparation for the workshop, Edward Lam introduces Viebrock’s work with a public talk and series of professional screenings exploring the aesthetics of some of her most important opera and stage productions
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Shirley Tse: Stakeholders, Hong Kong in Venice|Hong Kong Talk Series
30.08.2019 to 31.08.2019
In conjunction with ‘Shirley Tse: Stakeholders, Hong Kong in Venice’, and in anticipation of the response exhibition at the M+ Pavilion in May 2020, M+ is hosting two panel discussions in Hong Kong this summer
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