2008 Hong Kong Arts Festival Commissions, Asian and World Premiere Programmes

October 16th, 2007

NEW WORKS

 

 

1.

Music:

ExxonMobil Vision: Pius Cheung Marimba Recital – Zhou Tian’s new work

2.

Music:

Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra – Music About China 2 (new works by Zhang Haofu, Bongani Ndodana-Breen and Tang Lok-yin)

3.

Musical:

Hong Kong Repertory Theatre – Family Protection Unit (FPU)

4.

Theatre:

The Shape of Things*

5.

Theatre:

Titus Andronicus*

6.

Theatre:

Danny Yung Experimental Theatre – Tears of Barren Hills**

*Commissioned by the Hong Kong Arts Festival
**Co-commissioned by the Hong Kong Arts Festival and Zuni Icosahedron

WORLD PREMIERE TOUR

1.

Dance:

Marie Chouinard – Ode to Joy L.I.V.E. (provisional title)

ASIAN PREMIERES

 

1.

Opera:

Teatro Regio di Parma – Rigoletto

2.

Theatre:

Fragments

3.

Theatre:

National Theatre of Great Britain – Chatroom + Citizenship

4.

Theatre:

American Repertory Theatre – Orpheus X

5.

Dance Theatre:

Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal – Vollmond

6.

Dance:

Hungarian State Folk Ensemble – Hungarian Concerto


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