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Under the Venue Partnership Scheme soon to be implemented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), 18 groups and organisations representing different art forms will be Venue Partners at 10 performing arts venues.
The three-year Venue Partnership Scheme will run from April 2009. To facilitate smooth implementation of the scheme, various Venue Partners have started to phase in gradually since the latter half of 2008 and begun co-ordinating with the partnering venue in working out their activity plans.
The groups/organisations and the corresponding performing arts venues are:
Hong Kong City Hall
Concert Hall Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Theatre Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Concert Hall Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra;
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
Grand Theatre Hong Kong Ballet; Zuni Icosahedron
Kwai Tsing Theatre
Auditorium Chung Ying Theatre Company; W Theatre
and Windmill Grass Theatre
Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre
Theatre Whole Theatre; E-Side Dance Company
North District Town Hall
Auditorium Harmonic Theatre
Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre
Theatre The Absolutely Fabulous Theatre Connection
(a consortium of arts groups comprising
Shakespeare 4All, Seals Players and
Eduarts)
Sha Tin Town Hall
Auditorium The Cantonese Opera Advancement
and Cultural Association (a consortium of
Activities Hall Cantonese opera troupes comprising
Glory Chinese Opera Institute,
Golden Blossom Opera Troupe, Ming
Chee Sing Chinese Opera, Kim Sun
Sing Cantonese Opera Troupe, Dragon
Art Society, Kam Yuk Tong Cantonese
Opera Troupe, The Hong Kong Youth
Cantonese Opera Troupe and Eurana
Operatic Arts Assembly); Hong Kong
Children's Arts Alliance (a
consortium of arts groups
comprising Jumbo Kids Theatre, Hong
Kong Children And Juvenile Chinese
Opera Troupe, Hong Kong Children's
Musical Theatre, Make Friends With
Puppet and Millennium Youth
Orchestra)
Sheung Wan Civic Centre
Theatre Perry Chiu Experimental Theatre
Tsuen Wan Town Hall
Auditorium Hong Kong Dance Company
Cultural Activities Hall Ming Ri Institute for Arts
Education
Tuen Mun Town Hall
Auditorium Spring-Time Chinese Opera and Hon Fung
Creative Chinese Opera
The Venue Partnership Scheme is an arts development initiative recommended for implementation in the Committee on Performing Arts Recommendation Report (I) published in 2006. It aims to foster a partnership between venues and performing arts groups and organisations with the objectives of building up the artistic image and character of individual venues, enlarging their audience base, optimising the usage of the venue facilities, developing venue-based marketing strategies, encouraging community involvement in the development of the arts in Hong Kong and thus strengthening the sustained development of the local arts scene, echoing the broad vision of the West Kowloon Cultural District project. Thirty-seven proposals were received at the close of the invitation for proposals.
Ends/Thursday, November 27, 2008
Issued at HKT 20:31
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