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The dance drama "Private Landscape" by Manna Dance is a hybrid of realism and surrealism with soundscape, video, monologue, physical expression, singing, light and shadows; a tapestry of an eccentric world with tension and suspense.
Dancers Aaron Wan, Sheng Peiqi and vocalist Owen Wong will take audiences through the passage of love and share the experience of overcoming challenges throughout one's life.
Manna Dance was founded by Aaron Wan in 1994. The company works to reveal the significance of dance and its value as a means of human expression within a culture and society.
The title of Manna Dance is taken from the word "manna" which means a miraculous food, or a situation in which some fortuitous event occurs. In this case the metaphor can be seen as both dance and art being a food that feeds and nourishes the human spirit, and dance being a fortuitous event. Manna Dance's philosophy is to be a generative catalyst for the growth and nurturing of choreography in Hong Kong.
Presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, "Private Landscape" by Manna Dance will be staged at 8pm, November 9 and 10 (Friday and Saturday) at the Theatre, Hong Kong City Hall. Tickets priced at $160 and $100 are now available at all URBTIX outlets. Half-price concessions will be granted to senior citizens, people with disabilities, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients. (Limited tickets for Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients are available on a first-come, first-served basis.)
For programme enquiries, call 2268 7323; for ticketing enquiries and reservations call 2734 9009. Internet bookings are available at www.urbtix.hk. For credit card telephone bookings, call 2111 5999. Visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/cp for more information on the programme.
A dance workshop conducted in Cantonese, hosted by Aaron Wan will be held at 3pm, on October 27 (Saturday) at 8/F, Backstage, Grand Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre. Tickets priced at $50 are also available at URBTIX outlets.
Ends/Tuesday, October 9, 2007
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