《Trajectory 》Final Presentation
Trajectory is a one-year research program for Unlock's resident artists. Each resident artist initiated researches from their own fields of interest, and received feedback through extended discussion, practice, and sharing. Their researches and works were enriched through exploration, and presented at different stages. The focus of creation and artistic development has been shifted to the process instead, just as suggested in the word "Trajectory": the path or track of an object's movement; where the creative process and performance are documented and manifested. Suitable forms of presentation are explored through organization without being limited by any default production frameworks. It creates an organic space for interaction, influence, and further development. Artists are supported to create their own independent works in the company in this programme, and gradually establishing a critical learning community in the field of contemporary performance.
The first edition of Trajectory commenced last September. After the work-in-progress presentation during the Open Research Week at the end of March this year, the four resident artists, Andy Lee, Paula Wong, Hoi-ling Keung and Manna Cheng collected feedbacks from the audience and continued to develop their works, which will be showcased in two programmes in the same weekend this August.
The first programme consists of the works presented by Andy Lee and Paula Wong, of which each explore the interchangeability between human bodies and objects, traversing between subjects and objects with physical images. "The Greatest Apple" by Andy combines movements, objects, and the body to question different forms of stillness and movement in space in the form of game, investigating the imagination between "immobility" and "perpetual motion". “Paula & You" by Paula explores the tension between the physical experience of female bodies and the act of gazing from stretching exercises, evoking audience's imagination of the body through performance, inviting everyone to feel the pain, pleasure, tension, and composure brought by different postures, and how these postures carry the viewers' gaze. A warm reminder: watch with ease.
The second group, Manna Cheng and Hoi-ling Keung, look back and excavate themselves, explore the individual experiences within dance, examining their own training and experiences, to reinterpret the relationship between the individual and the system through language, images, and physical movements. "Salt & Tequila" by Manna reflects on the disciplines of the body from the dance training she received in the past, struggles and grapples between the rigidity of the system and her personal experiences, rethinking the instrumentalized principles and aesthetics of dance training. "I Saw a Ping-Pong. I Crushed It. It Was an Egg" by Hoi-ling approaches from the perspective of a performer, inviting the audience to enter her sensation and consciousness while dancing, wandering between rational, systematized analysis and ambiguous and chaotic streams of consciousness, juxtaposing the thoughts and the body.
Sessions:
2024-8-9 [Fri] ( 8:00PM ) 【Programme A】
2024-8-10 [Sat] ( 8:00PM )【Programme A】
2024-8-11 [Sun] ( 3:00PM ) 【Programme B】
2024-8-11 [Sun] ( 8:00PM ) 【Programme B】
Performance Venue:
Unlock Dancing Plaza
Ticket Price:
$100
• Free Seating: The presenter reserves the right to assign seats to the audience.
• Performance will be conducted in Cantonese.
• Programmes are subject to change without prior notice. The presenter reserves the right to make the final decision regarding the arrangements.
Presented by: Unlock Dancing Plaza
Curator: Joseph Lee
Artists: Paula Wong*, Hoiling Keung+, Manna Cheng*, Andy Lee
Producer: Hin Hon
Coordinator: Hayley Li+
Production Assistant: Stephanie Ng#
*The 'Artistic Internship Scheme' is supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council
# The 'Arts Administration Internship Scheme' and The 'Arts Production Internship Scheme' are supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council
+The 'Arts Talents Internship Matching Programme' is supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council