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Local ballet educator Margaret Lau will hold a lecture series on appreciating ballet entitled "Encounters with Choreographers" from July to September.
To explain to the audience the powerful appeal of ballet masterpieces, the series will feature both narrative and non-narrative works of more than 10 choreographers from France, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Spain, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Australia.
The lectures will take place at AC1, Level 4, Administration Building, Hong Kong Cultural Centre. They will be conducted in Cantonese and supplemented with video clips of repertoire, and will commence at 7.30pm. Details are as follows:
July 14 (Thursday): "Paquita"
Video clips: The Paris Opera Ballet, Mariinsky Theatre and American Ballet Theatre
July 21 (Thursday): "Le Jeune Homme et La Mort", "Apollo" and "Boléro"
Video clips: The New York City Ballet, the Paris Opera Ballet and the Tokyo Ballet
August 4 (Thursday): "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Video clips: Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company, the Pacific Northwest Ballet and the Hamburg Ballet
August 11 (Thursday): "Tales of Beatrix Potter", "Monotones I & II" and "Voices of Spring"
Video clips: The Royal Ballet
August 18 (Thursday): "La Fille Mal Gardée"
Video clips: The Royal Ballet and the Birmingham Royal Ballet
August 25 (Thursday): "The Prodigal Son", "Dances at a Gathering" and "Theme and Variations"
Video clips: The New York City Ballet, the Paris Opera Ballet and the Hamburg Ballet
September 1 (Thursday): "Spartacus"
Video clips: The Bolshoi Ballet
September 8 (Thursday): "5 Tangos", "In the Middle Somewhat Elevated" and "Symphony in D"
Video clips: The Dutch National Ballet, the National Ballet of China and Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company
September 22 (Thursday): "Illusions Like Swan Lake"
Video clips: The Hamburg Ballet and the Bavarian State Ballet
September 29 (Thursday): "Multiplicity", "Chroma" and "Divergence"
Video clips: The Royal Ballet, Staatsballett Berlin and the Australian Ballet
Margaret Lau holds a bachelor of arts degree as well as a postgraduate diploma in education from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and a master of arts degree from the University of Hong Kong. She is a dance critic and feature writer for various magazines and newspapers in Hong Kong, and has worked as a researcher for the ballet section of the publication "A Dance History of Hong Kong". Her other engagements include writing feature articles, conducting dance talks and translating house programmes for dance performances. She was the translator of teaching materials and prospectuses for the teaching certificate programmes of the Royal Academy of Dance. Lau has been the speaker of the Lecture Series on Appreciating Ballet since 2009.
The Lecture Series on Appreciating Ballet "Encounters with Choreographers" is presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and tickets priced at $50 for each lecture 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/dance/program_1170.html.
Ends/Tuesday, June 14, 2016
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