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Italy's Teatro di Piazza o d'Occasione will return to Hong Kong to stage the interactive theatre production "Farfalle" in January.
Teatro di Piazza o d'Occasione's shows are renowned for using large-scale visual scenery which transforms into interactive theatrical space through the use of light sensors and digital technology.
On the stage of "Farfalle" a butterfly house made of gauze will be erected. Colourful images are projected onto a white carpet with two huge butterfly wings filling the space. Two dancers move, play and paint in the air, depicting the light movements of the butterflies, through which the audience can discover the slow but fascinating process of metamorphosis as a chrysalis is transformed into a butterfly.
Teatro di Piazza o d'Occasione specialises in visual, emotional and immersive theatre. Space is the protagonist in Teatro di Piazza o d'Occasione's shows with its unique images, colours and sounds. The performance makes use of interactive technology to turn the theatre into a playground, allowing the audience to experience the thin borderline between art and play. Dancers and the audience interact as they explore new expressive forms that go beyond language and cultural barriers.
Details of the performances are as follows:
January 8, 2016 (Friday) 8pm
January 9, 2016 (Saturday) 2.30pm, 5pm and 8pm
January 10, 2016 (Sunday) 2.30pm and 5pm
Studio Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Tickets: $260
Presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, "Farfalle" (in English) is one of the attractions of the "Cheers!" Series. Tickets are now available at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For telephone credit card bookings, please call 2111 5999. For programme enquiries and concessionary schemes, please call 2268 7323 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/f_entertainment/program_986.html .
Ends/Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Issued at HKT 10:55
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