tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241729352024-03-19T19:32:03.319+08:00Dick Wong 【Hong Kong】黃大徽choreograph / dance / perform / write / duet / trio / collaborations / residencies / exchange programs / B.O.B.* - The Rough Cut / B.O.B.* - The Final Cut / Encounter / 1 + 1 / Tri_K / Be Me /Dick Wonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601618104837191800noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24172935.post-35307247996903991092014-04-06T16:16:00.000+08:002015-08-22T21:58:09.011+08:00When & Where<u><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">2015</span></u><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">16 -18 Nov / The World According To Dance (Premiere) / Studio Theatre, HK Cultural Centre / HK SAR, China</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">11 - 12 Jul / Fissure (Premiere) / Theatre, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre / HK SAR, China </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">14 - 16 Nov / 0 | 2 (Premiere) / Studio Theatre, HK Cultural Centre / HK SAR, China</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">3 Apr / B.O.B.* The Rough Cut / Para Site Int'l Conference / HK SAR, China</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">1 Dec / B.O.B.* The Rough Cut / HK Taipei Dance Exchange / Taipei, Taiwan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">16 - 17 Nov / 0382 (Premiere) / Studio Theatre, HK Cultural Centre / HK SAR, China</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">16 - 17 Mar / Tri_K / SESC / Sao Paulo, Brazil</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">13 - 14 Mar / Tri_K / Funarte / Belo Horizonte, Brazil</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">18 - 19 Feb / <span style="background-color: white;">1+1 @ Kobe</span><span style="color: red;"> </span>/ Asian Contemporary Dance Festival #2 / Kobe, Japan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">14 - 15 Jan / <span style="background-color: white;">Tri_K</span> / 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art / Kanazawa, Japan</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">9 - 11 Dec / <span style="background-color: white;">U & I<span style="color: #444444;"> </span></span>(Work in Progress) / Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre / HK SAR, China</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">3 - 4 Dec / <span style="background-color: white;">B.O.B.* The Final Cut</span> / Studio Theatre, HK Cultural Centre / HK SAR, China</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">5 - 18 Sep / Matchpoint Exchange Program / Hau / Berlin, Germany</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">18 Jun / <span style="background-color: white;">Be Me </span>(Premiere) / In Transit Festival / Berlin, Germany</span><br />
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Fondation Cartier / Paris, France</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: justify;">26 - 27 Jun / Member of Jury at Danse Elargie, Theatre de la Ville / Paris, France</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: justify;">24-25 May / <span style="background-color: white;">Tri_K </span>/ Alkantara
Festival / Lisbon, Portugal</span><br />
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Studio / Tokyo, Japan</span><br />
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Body Mind / <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Warsaw</st1:city>, <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on">Poland</st1:country></st1:place></span></div>
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Now Series, Sadler’s Wells, <st1:place w:st="on">London, <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on">United Kingdom</st1:country></st1:place></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">16 - 18 Aug / 1+1 @ Bangkok / Live Art Bangkok / Bangkok, <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Thailand</st1:place></st1:country><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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100 Dessus Dessous / <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Paris</st1:city>, <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on">France</st1:country></st1:place></span></div>
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Series / <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Leuven</st1:city>, <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on">Belgium</st1:country></st1:place></span></div>
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Im August / <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Berlin</st1:city>, <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on">Germany</st1:country></st1:place></span></div>
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<st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on">France</st1:country></st1:place></span></div>
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Dick Wonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601618104837191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24172935.post-76705119568258888922012-01-25T15:29:00.001+08:002012-01-25T15:36:48.905+08:001 + 1 @ Kobe Feat. Takeshi Yazaki<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">3pm 18 - 19 February 2012 / dB Dance Box, Kobe</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">1 + 1</span></i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 115%;">is a collaborative performance project on collaboration. From knowing a name to seeing an image, meeting
the real person to sharing the stage, the project chronicles and reflects on
the journey of how two dancer-performers make exchange and work together.
Comparison and competition, similarities and differences, manipulation and
accommodation, the work in itself is like a mirror, in which one sees himself
through the reflection of others.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">1+1 @ Kobe</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">is the 5th edition of the project, previous
presentations include Bangkok (L.A.B., 2007), Hong Kong (a program of Craze
Explosion, East Side Dance Company, 2009), Tokyo (a program of Encounter, 2009)
and Paris (Les Soirees Nomades, Cartier Foundation, 2010).</span></div>
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<br /></div>Dick Wonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601618104837191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24172935.post-60109132915435174472011-12-14T13:45:00.000+08:002011-12-14T13:45:16.154+08:00Tri_K @ Kanazawa, Japan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Concept and Performance: Dick Wong / Takao Kawaguchi / Imaizumi Koichi</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Synopsis: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;"><i>Tri_K</i> is a dialogue of the body, between two Japanese and one Chinese, of how a man as human being and the male gender, finds his place in the world. Based on the actual observation and exploration of what’s common and what’s not common among the three performers, and taking advantage of their different expertise, skills and knowledge, the team of Dick Wong, Takao Kawaguchi and Koichi Imaizumi wi<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">ll then make different approaches to the above theme to make a multi-dimensional collage of dance, text, drama and film.</span></span></span></span></div>
</div>Dick Wonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601618104837191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24172935.post-67636055561393505322011-12-08T01:58:00.001+08:002012-01-25T15:43:48.237+08:00U & I @ Hong Kong<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b><i>U & I </i></b>(Work in Progress)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Conceived and directed by Dick Wong </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Performed by Dick Wong</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Text of Monologue by Pamela Tsui / Dick Wong</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">9 - 11 December 2011 Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, Hong Kong.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">You are you. I am I. Together are we "we"? Do we have a future? Or is it going to be just another one-night stand?</span><br />
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<br />Dick Wonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601618104837191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24172935.post-80879505315565604142011-12-01T03:39:00.000+08:002011-12-06T03:51:35.345+08:00B.O.B.* The Final Cut @ Hong Kong<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">B.O.B.* The Final Cut </i>returns to Hong Kong after 5 year of touring, with a new reference point in language combining Mandarin, Cantonese and English in the performance.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Conceived and Directed by Dick Wong</span><br />
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I am what I want to be. I am not what I am. I am what I don't want to be. Be Me is about otherness. The me in others. The others in me.</span></div><div><br /></div>Dick Wonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601618104837191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24172935.post-30942948809407995222010-07-25T15:59:00.002+08:002011-07-21T17:48:43.640+08:001 + 1 @ Cartier Fondation<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwHzmq56NDJe9THq_JVBfXxfZ-T7keMeGXkSn3ErKT6gW9IB8SROE5AUP8kV6DjBDy3GZiYewdXPWrHH7VIk-LqtNiXpfi2a28YzTNndsCTdiLbnDxAZLvu0aiDgRHIAB4L_6t/s1600/cartier.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwHzmq56NDJe9THq_JVBfXxfZ-T7keMeGXkSn3ErKT6gW9IB8SROE5AUP8kV6DjBDy3GZiYewdXPWrHH7VIk-LqtNiXpfi2a28YzTNndsCTdiLbnDxAZLvu0aiDgRHIAB4L_6t/s320/cartier.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631713762225615890" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><i>1 + 1 </i></b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span">Concept and Direction : Dick Wong / Guest Performer : </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><em style="font-style: normal; ">Mickaël</em> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; ">Phelippeau</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;" >22 July 2010 / Les Soirees Nomades / Cartier Fondation, Paris<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;" >The work is the result of Encounter Project carried out in Bangkok, Hong Kong and Tokyo from 2007 - 2008.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">Synopsis: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">a duet about suspending or reinforcing the differences, about power-play or peace making, fairness or inequality, manipulation or accommodation. It is also a mirror in which one sees oneself through the reflection of others.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div></div></div>Dick Wonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601618104837191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24172935.post-57693530489243008202010-06-08T21:14:00.004+08:002010-06-08T21:33:38.281+08:00Recollets Artist Residency 2010 > Paris<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ab1eCO6iU4q6SJBPekarKNpWkUP3jDpAsWpQ5iGXz1ZAPoDf8JPn7KIY8Mqveq0TnqzgqtG1xeVmeVAgZ-yVmCQkrVhNRQbOhdRMEOHdVz2-GtPfpK0DtXblTvjrItFju-z1/s1600/centre.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480391287503730674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ab1eCO6iU4q6SJBPekarKNpWkUP3jDpAsWpQ5iGXz1ZAPoDf8JPn7KIY8Mqveq0TnqzgqtG1xeVmeVAgZ-yVmCQkrVhNRQbOhdRMEOHdVz2-GtPfpK0DtXblTvjrItFju-z1/s320/centre.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Dick Wong is laureate of Artist in Residency Programme 2010 at Center International des Recollets, Paris, France. During his stay from 1 April to 30 June, he will carry out research for two projects - <strong><em>U&I</em></strong>, a new solo performance to be premiered in 2011 and <strong><em>I Was There - A Hong Kong Travelogue of Paris,</em></strong> a web blog which reflects on how Paris is perceived through the memories and imaginations of people in Hong Kong.<br /></span></div>Dick Wonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601618104837191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24172935.post-47701575086728008482010-03-03T12:33:00.005+08:002010-03-03T12:59:32.612+08:00Tri_K > Journal #2<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0c0enOnxFc4Wbt-LnLP4tH9BFLT0JGCUot34riqnNFz1Q4s3WBjlXs7cgRyf7eGilJQPks2rxjP8KDlvMf_STQpNnnsMjo1frqzS6n6U8evZwB931IeyLLNU39-_s55Z00P6/s1600-h/7days.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444261669454900130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0c0enOnxFc4Wbt-LnLP4tH9BFLT0JGCUot34riqnNFz1Q4s3WBjlXs7cgRyf7eGilJQPks2rxjP8KDlvMf_STQpNnnsMjo1frqzS6n6U8evZwB931IeyLLNU39-_s55Z00P6/s320/7days.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><strong> 7 Days In January</strong></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;">(for the programme note of Hong Kong Arts Festival 2010)</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">1) When a language becomes nothing more than melody, on a good day it sings like a song, on a bad day it is like having a flu and sitting in a noisy restaurant. In the midst of a discussion, someone turned around and spoke to me in Japanese as if I knew the language. I held my breath, listened and at one point I nod. I thought I understood – not exactly a good start in collaboration.<br />2) From my head to my mouth, my mind to my body….from what I wanted to say to what I said….from what I wanted to be to what I am…..from what I said to what you wanted to hear…can what lost in translation be ever found again? Probably not. But isn’t that one of the most interesting things between you and me? Lost in translation is a must.<br />3) Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor. Judy Ong, Agnes Chan, Auyeung Fei Fei. Momoe Yamaguchi, Sakurada Junko, Masako Mori. Takao Kawaguchi. Koichi Imaizumi, Dick Wong. Who is who?<br />4) Momentary silence in a conversation while resting at the lobby of Morishita Studio. Sound of food chewing versus cigarette sucking. Stomach gas versus heartbeats. In a few hours, on the green sofa across the room, someone would be snoring. Air waved, the cleaning lady in fur coat walked by in a time stretching speed. Sitting next to me, Takao stared at the air and had his eyes focused on an empty spot. Melancholy on his face, something I could resonate with years ago. Koichi was yet to arrive. The kimonos, the white wedding dress, the sailor school uniform, the dark suits and the body bags were all waiting. So was the deadline.<br />5) Differences we have, uncertain we remain but very soon united we must be. 15 minutes to 7pm, 23 hours and 24 days since I arrived, the work is about to greet the world. Tension is mounting, adrenalin rushing and hand sweating. When in doubt, make belief. Let’s make believe that out there we will shine and inspire.<br />6) Emotional discharge. Emotional discharge. Emotional discharge. Emotional discharge. Emotional discharge. Emotional discharge. Emotional discharge. Emotional discharge. Emotional discharge. Emotional discharge. Emotional discharge. Emotional discharge.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">7) Leader or follower, choose one. Honesty or self-image, choose one. Love or respect, choose one. One against two. Three against the world. The journey of Tri_K goes on.<br /></div></span></span>Dick Wonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601618104837191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24172935.post-37580960519918861792009-11-17T13:50:00.003+08:002010-03-03T12:59:32.612+08:00Tri_K > Journal #1<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7R9g45ppYTn0SIoIMz-xsVFXct-iJ0K4hOw6GaEELbHPSe00O2Lkr5hh1cDV-gh45rkiYk1yp1aRPz5qjKL24wQYZ2TEtRV3I2BD7i0WgxEobjGThsKAkEE-gJI96UefaJgYi/s1600/_DSC9334-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404946331770883986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7R9g45ppYTn0SIoIMz-xsVFXct-iJ0K4hOw6GaEELbHPSe00O2Lkr5hh1cDV-gh45rkiYk1yp1aRPz5qjKL24wQYZ2TEtRV3I2BD7i0WgxEobjGThsKAkEE-gJI96UefaJgYi/s400/_DSC9334-1.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">In autumn 2008, Dick Wong went to Japan to present <em>Encounter@Tokyo</em>. Takao Kawaguchi was his interpreter and Koichi Imaizumi was in the audience. After they met, it didn’t take long for them to agree upon doing something together. Three begets all things, as the Chinese saying goes, they were inspired by the number “3” and started to exchange emails between Hong Kong and Tokyo.<br /><br />The title <em>Tri_K</em> is derived from the common alphabets in their names. To Dick Wong, it denotes a collective identification which becomes his point of departure in the collaboration. Similarities and differences. Individuality and collectivity. Norms and nonconformity. These are the issues that he wants to talk about in the performance.<br /><br />To Takao Kawaguchi, <em>Tri_K</em> represents “trick”. It has a nuance of trap, danger, caution and is related to the question of truth or false. He also associates the word with game, tension, mischief, the number "3", issues of identity, interactions in a collaboration and manipulation of time, space and history.<br /><br />As for Koichi, after hearing the title, he pondered a little bit and then mumbled: “I think it will work.”<br /><br />To begin with, the three collaborators will take on different roles. Dick Wong is to initiate and propose. Koichi Imaizumi is to observe and document. Takao Kawaguchi is to comment and recompose. It is like when they first met - Wong presented his work, Takao was the interpreter and Koichi was in the audience.<br /><br />An initiator, an observer and a commentator, the juxtaposition resonates with the archetypical relationship among the director, the audience and the critics in a performance. Only that the three collaborators will be the creator as well, with the objective of staging a performance which is as much about the collaboration itself as it is about the world at large.<br /></span></div>Dick Wonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601618104837191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24172935.post-33960981072597443732009-10-19T02:06:00.005+08:002010-03-03T13:03:18.634+08:00Tri_K > Tokyo / Kobe / Hong Kong / Lisbon<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1SRlS3zejtzOPy2_Yf-v3yixU8I083Fv6YAykcdeQXbxGvVkOqszaPKUuJoiL3X5NystS33oe3YlMrOlBuXFerZzdnu6ICWCHNqLd8XUA3RvArE0dAWzD1WmpIsJucH8JZUHD/s1600-h/triK01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 234px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394003139255982274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1SRlS3zejtzOPy2_Yf-v3yixU8I083Fv6YAykcdeQXbxGvVkOqszaPKUuJoiL3X5NystS33oe3YlMrOlBuXFerZzdnu6ICWCHNqLd8XUA3RvArE0dAWzD1WmpIsJucH8JZUHD/s320/triK01.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>Tri_K</em> is a conversation of the body between choreographer Dick Wong, Dumb Type performance artist Takao Kawaguchi, and independent filmmaker/actor Koichi Imaizumi, investigating how a man - as human being and of the male gender - find his place in the world. Based on observations and explorations of their similarities and differences, Wong, Kawaguchi and Imaizumi employ their individual expertise, skills and knowledge to form a multi - dimensional collage of dance, text, drama and film.</span></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:78%;">Co-produced by the Hong Kong Arts Festival and Takao Kawaguchi Project with support from The Saison Foundation, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space.</span><br /></div></span></span><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Tokyo, Japan<br /><tokyo,>23 Jan 6pm Morishita Studio<br />24 Jan 3pm Morishita Studio<br />25 Jan 7:30pm Morishita Studio<br />26 Jan 7:30pm Morishita Studio<br /><br /><kobe,>Kobe, Japan<br />30 Jan 7pm Art Theatre dB<br />31 Jan 3pm Art Theatre dB<br /><br /><hong>Hong Kong<br />13 Mar 7:30pm Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre, Hong Kong<br />14 Mar 2:30pm Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre, Hong Kong<br /></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Lisbon</span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br />24 May 9:30pm Museu do Oriente, Lisbon, Portugal</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">25 May 7pm Museu do Oriente, Lisbon, Portugal</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">POSTAL BOOKING FOR HONG KONG DATES STARTS NOW UNTIL 27/11 : http://www.hk.artsfestival.org/en/prog/34 </span></span></div>Dick Wonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601618104837191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24172935.post-84485562259997408972009-01-28T21:21:00.004+08:002010-03-03T13:08:10.822+08:00B.O.B.* > The Rough Cut > Hong Kong<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3SEWwm8eumCaHVAKnpMaJ1-4lWXsIYwq1IZcb3p9H4szo3BUjVPKq8NRAP4LpjFMkqyXeEj9Lo3nXZzNL9qEvpJljn7xeaKK1fVjL9WetbznoUFzklZ5BJE08clkYJWGz8li3/s1600-h/testshot01002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296336955749149938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 186px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3SEWwm8eumCaHVAKnpMaJ1-4lWXsIYwq1IZcb3p9H4szo3BUjVPKq8NRAP4LpjFMkqyXeEj9Lo3nXZzNL9qEvpJljn7xeaKK1fVjL9WetbznoUFzklZ5BJE08clkYJWGz8li3/s320/testshot01002.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">In 2009, B.O.B.* returns to Hong Kong, the place where it was first conceived. As part of the Asia Pacific Dance Platform in the Hong Kong Arts Festival 2009, B.O.B.* - The Rough Cut will be presented from 27(3pm) - 28(6pm) February at the Fringe Theatre, sharing a dance marathon program with 5 other teams coming from Tokyo, Seoul, Jakarta, Beijing and New Zealand. Tickets for both dates have already been sold out but there will be a post performance talk at 6:30 pm, 27 Feb which is open to the public. For more information please check out the website : </span><a href="http://www.hk.artsfestival.org/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">http://www.hk.artsfestival.org/</span></a></div>Dick Wonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601618104837191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24172935.post-22232276156716073142008-09-11T16:04:00.000+08:002010-03-03T13:07:00.136+08:00Encounter @ Tokyo<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0axl2p4LlErsRvmNGkd8zgDL1LFunrJZsbJHHjwQl4A-Opqpq-KL6e0St4qTwKQLPigLlYK49pQsLt3oyz6Fbza_cjc75xRvVQiWx-0mnk3WWBGLV-EJoMd_owFXElF5oUs1w/s1600-h/testshot01004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244674350518746258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0axl2p4LlErsRvmNGkd8zgDL1LFunrJZsbJHHjwQl4A-Opqpq-KL6e0St4qTwKQLPigLlYK49pQsLt3oyz6Fbza_cjc75xRvVQiWx-0mnk3WWBGLV-EJoMd_owFXElF5oUs1w/s200/testshot01004.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">After Bangkok last August, the Encounter Series marches on to Tokyo this month. Presented by the newly formed Dance Asia, Encounter @ Tokyo will be a collaboration of Dick Wong and Japanese artist Neji Pijin. It will be a further investigation into the idea of exchange, of suspending or reinforcing the differences, of power play or peace making, fairness or inequality, manipulation or accommodation. The dates are 19 - 21 September, venue Morishita Studio. There will also be a workshop and a talk, for more information please go to: </span><a href="http://danceasia.jugem.jp/?eid=27" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">http://danceasia.jugem.jp/?eid=27</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> and </span><a href="http://danceasia.jugem.jp/?eid=28" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">http://danceasia.jugem.jp/?eid=28</span></a></div>Dick Wonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601618104837191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24172935.post-45862091714685585062008-02-18T14:52:00.003+08:002008-02-18T15:15:57.349+08:00B.O.B.* - The Final Cut > Europe '08<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiee1gG6ltZpC5Qkrfo_-U6GLfYzw6QNfXCPAcIrRJG7MzOgbwa_sA2JBpiRw4lkfYHGwhcxEb42eKs1SxcVQsUNbjfC7DIIyTGYL5OrcaSZ8cX40LZcnXMHaUGhHIFZ_ZcZwaS/s1600-h/testshot01001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168212993408964722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiee1gG6ltZpC5Qkrfo_-U6GLfYzw6QNfXCPAcIrRJG7MzOgbwa_sA2JBpiRw4lkfYHGwhcxEb42eKs1SxcVQsUNbjfC7DIIyTGYL5OrcaSZ8cX40LZcnXMHaUGhHIFZ_ZcZwaS/s320/testshot01001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><em>B.O.B.* - The Final Cut</em> is part of Sadler's Wells' China Now series in 2008 and will be played in Lilian Baylis Theatre on Friday, 30th May. Following London will be the Body/Mind Festival in Warsaw, Poland from 7th - 8th June, and then the Belluard Bollwerk International, Fribourg, Switzerland, in early July.</span></p>Dick Wonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601618104837191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24172935.post-61339723378449777362008-02-18T14:10:00.007+08:002010-03-03T13:07:00.137+08:00Encounter #1 > Hong Kong > 1 + 1 ≠ 2<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCLfz725Q5jcloM0xUMg6wuOPd8TyATThlQjGsVwEyBDTmu_rNuOI3fuUjEu5DNtpSbShsJ23UjDqgCz_15swFKvHAjaMGX4gaayy6zZDzfyduUhBAErJuJA7Jno68JfDwYQL/s1600-h/D2X_9553.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168200619608184930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCLfz725Q5jcloM0xUMg6wuOPd8TyATThlQjGsVwEyBDTmu_rNuOI3fuUjEu5DNtpSbShsJ23UjDqgCz_15swFKvHAjaMGX4gaayy6zZDzfyduUhBAErJuJA7Jno68JfDwYQL/s320/D2X_9553.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><em>Encounter No.1</em> was further developed and renamed <em>1 + 1 ≠ 2, </em>a short piece of around 28 minutes and staged in a mixed bill program titled <em>Craze Explosion</em> presented by the E-Side Dance Company in January. With Abby Chan as the partner this time, gender issue is inevitably blended into the performance. Click </span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.ballet.co.uk/magazines/yr_08/mar08/nr_rev_e-side_0208.htm">HERE</a> for a review of the full program in ballet.co.uk.</span></div>Dick Wonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601618104837191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24172935.post-66705907756948477742007-09-01T15:26:00.001+08:002010-03-03T13:07:00.137+08:00Encounter #1<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsIzy-F0JsDWDXjlkWC6eJxuCdOLtSp5UL1bwuChHnlHJYJcsByVLV76c16756zMGvNjHo7tiqdAnhRxzzsIs2MY2kuGrR-UYq_E_g7rcZnWn1xCdb9MS7oUKIioi5S7kkW_m5/s1600-h/JUL_2693.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170941324139108482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsIzy-F0JsDWDXjlkWC6eJxuCdOLtSp5UL1bwuChHnlHJYJcsByVLV76c16756zMGvNjHo7tiqdAnhRxzzsIs2MY2kuGrR-UYq_E_g7rcZnWn1xCdb9MS7oUKIioi5S7kkW_m5/s320/JUL_2693.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Before <em>B.O.B.* The Final Cut</em> returns to Europe next summer, I have recently initiated a performance project titled <em>Encounter Series</em>. The concept is to get to know a person of a different culture within a limited period of time and then reflect the process in the context of a performance. <em>Encounter #1</em> was recently presented in Bangkok with Thai performing artist Kuck, under the umbrella of Live Arts Bangkok. After the premiere, <em>Encounter #1</em> will be subtitled <em>1+1≠2</em> and presented in Hong Kong in Jan 08 in a shared evening program. Details to follow.</span></span>Dick Wonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601618104837191800noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24172935.post-54463684100819776512007-04-27T13:48:00.000+08:002010-03-03T13:08:10.822+08:00B.O.B.* > Paris > Festival 100 Dessus Dessous<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZlORErgnxyiY2EQFmvM5um37hhCPKyi8_zdNkLjvTSsU4fT6afW7M9JDbH5aAVmjoI55i5qLUYDjc1kA4l9qCPSOyk-xOEDttM1yKaN3DvDv3vjenQXJyCrNwMi3t53SULzx/s1600-h/Imgp2209.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057982744039996818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZlORErgnxyiY2EQFmvM5um37hhCPKyi8_zdNkLjvTSsU4fT6afW7M9JDbH5aAVmjoI55i5qLUYDjc1kA4l9qCPSOyk-xOEDttM1yKaN3DvDv3vjenQXJyCrNwMi3t53SULzx/s320/Imgp2209.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Paris was burning. During the ten days I was there, not a single drop of rain and sunshine everyday. At some afternoons temperature rose to 29 degrees and felt lik mid summer in Europe. Can't complain but may be what they said in <em>An Inconvinient Truth</em> is true. Met interesting people, Cuqui Jerez, Bettina Kogler, Michikazu Matsune etc.And Maria Jerez and Mihai Mihalcea, who joined <em>B.O.B.* - The Final Cut</em> this time, were just divine to work with. First time to go straight into the performance without a proper dress rehearsal. Intense but fun.<br /></span></div>Dick Wonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601618104837191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24172935.post-43163359881012000372007-04-15T12:11:00.000+08:002010-03-03T13:08:10.823+08:00B.O.B.* > Singapore > Guest Performers<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYRr5DVOeMeLKfldNBx6QfRssZ96DEkC5ayk8ZfY630sG-ZZTZbmKrvzF3wDseiZtVtgD3ZPeCt7hOjYE3hiLHbtvz5oYJhH5KBL4ULchGCFg-svlkdDtae5JXbxfNDhFVLyUL/s1600-h/yuri.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053503163512873714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYRr5DVOeMeLKfldNBx6QfRssZ96DEkC5ayk8ZfY630sG-ZZTZbmKrvzF3wDseiZtVtgD3ZPeCt7hOjYE3hiLHbtvz5oYJhH5KBL4ULchGCFg-svlkdDtae5JXbxfNDhFVLyUL/s320/yuri.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <strong>Yuri Ng</strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">As a curator, Yuri initiated <em>Body Talk</em>, a dance project funded by the City Contemporary Dance Company in 2002. I was invited to present a piece in the series and that gave birth to <em>Body/Language (Version 2.0),</em> the prototype of <em>B.O.B.*.</em> Coming from a very solid background in ballet, Yuri is very precise when he works, no matter as curator, choreographer or dancer. We have worked together in quite a few projects since we first met in ’97 and the latest one being <em>B.O.B.* - The Final Cut</em> in Singapore. Recently, Yuri is keen to develop his interest in digital photography and we will work together again soon in Zuni’s new production in June.<br /></span></div>Dick Wonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601618104837191800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24172935.post-88340461078615599142007-04-13T15:58:00.000+08:002010-03-03T13:08:10.823+08:00B.O.B.* > Singapore > Review > The Straits Times<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggFLvRRc0pLOGYxchPwAbiHXm7Vh1GnsTtrmcFTN0TnglE91HixXyBzFVbq-Qa9veDLuCHHfAraa1mw-LY4rAZSYeCfOP-Xnz_RY9KV73L3_c7mmxNZ-a3zfUKw5-1OTFQQhnX/s1600-h/Imgp2149.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052820332432286434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggFLvRRc0pLOGYxchPwAbiHXm7Vh1GnsTtrmcFTN0TnglE91HixXyBzFVbq-Qa9veDLuCHHfAraa1mw-LY4rAZSYeCfOP-Xnz_RY9KV73L3_c7mmxNZ-a3zfUKw5-1OTFQQhnX/s320/Imgp2149.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><strong>Gag Reflexes</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">by June Cheong</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The Straits Times, Singapore</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">March 06, 2007</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">If Hong Kong funnyman Stephen Chow were a dancer, he might have been like this compatriot Dick Wong.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The creator of <em>B.O.B.* - The Final Cut</em>, Wong had his audience in stitches throughout the evening.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The one-hour performance was a prescient commentary on the intangible quality of dance and the near-impossibility of translating bodily expression into verbal language. To make his message more palatable, the performance was peppered with slapstick gags and gentle humour.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">In the first half, Wong, Hong Kong dancer Yuri Ng and singapore choreographer and dancer Ricky Sim appear onstage, arranging themselves in a line with Ng between Sim and Wong. Wong then strikes a pose, jutting his limbs out in an awkward position. Ng describes it to Sim, Who tries to re-create Wong's pose.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">His rendition is so off the mark that the audience burst into laughter. After every few poses, the trio switch places. Every dancer falls to mimic the original pose, as the language of the body is lost when rendered in speech.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The second half was just as spot-on in its perspectives on dance. Singapore-based theatre performer Paul Rae plays a dance schoolmaster, with Wong as a dance student. To test Wong, Rae has him stike poses to convey emotions like happiness and sadness. Next he asks Wong to string the poses into a dance, and then to repeat the sequence but in the style of feminine and masculine Chinese dance. The message: Dance is movement in context.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The steps may have been the same but every interpretation was a fresh take. Perphaps with this witty performance, Wong wanted to silence all naysayers of dance who decry it as in impenetrable art form.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">In his view, one dances every day, albeit off the stage and minus a spotlight.<br /></div></span>Dick Wonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601618104837191800noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24172935.post-45188533128687142912007-04-11T14:19:00.000+08:002010-03-03T13:08:10.823+08:00B.O.B.* > Leuven > Guest Performers<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXgaOxrrB0YMX5cb7Vi3o9fB4V8pVCZkXab9kaOq4dbXfd8dmMX_SHBqIYeCcHbfiDrDDEN37tHZ3rRf2Yq2Xm4mEDtOmQE3kCH-9rrUAeopR9g8e1JFdV7gAtO13_TuuCzMDf/s1600-h/stephen.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052051430207087314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXgaOxrrB0YMX5cb7Vi3o9fB4V8pVCZkXab9kaOq4dbXfd8dmMX_SHBqIYeCcHbfiDrDDEN37tHZ3rRf2Yq2Xm4mEDtOmQE3kCH-9rrUAeopR9g8e1JFdV7gAtO13_TuuCzMDf/s320/stephen.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><strong>Stephen Thompson</strong><br />First met Stephen when I brought <em>B.O.B*</em> to Berlin’s Tanz Im August last year. He was performing with Benoit Lachambre in the same festival. Though he looks completely like a Caucasian to me, he is in fact a Eurasian with a Chinese mother originally from Hong Kong. The first time I talked to him I felt like I knew him. He reminded me of quite a few good friends that I have. Born and raised in Calgary, Stephen now split his time between Canada and Europe, working for different choreographers while developing his own creations. What is amazing to me about him is that he can always come up with a name for almost every color he sees. And when he moves, it is like he is walking on the fine line between dance and non-dance.<br /></span><br /></div>Dick Wonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601618104837191800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24172935.post-33349878547718093142007-04-11T14:10:00.000+08:002010-03-03T13:08:10.824+08:00B.O.B.* > Leuven > Guest Performers<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxlClXZ9RGOKW58jsvTKdfr9WZjgS5iJpE3nMlf4abEGlaJPpxjmn11lh8JbacF2-hKOFkK6zepjYwtbOEyh6F6LO-5QcepiFEHP36UOkXzkHT5vjaPP2HNDG7oIIGuUUdm6o/s1600-h/palle.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052050060112519874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxlClXZ9RGOKW58jsvTKdfr9WZjgS5iJpE3nMlf4abEGlaJPpxjmn11lh8JbacF2-hKOFkK6zepjYwtbOEyh6F6LO-5QcepiFEHP36UOkXzkHT5vjaPP2HNDG7oIIGuUUdm6o/s320/palle.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><strong>Palle Dyrall</strong><br />Palle is a Swedish choreographer dancer working in Brussels for the last eleven years. He was linked up to do <em>B.O.B.*</em> via Arco Renz, the curator of the Monsoon Project in Leuven, Belgium. We joked that he is the Scandinavian version of Jim Carrey. To me, all successful comedians in fact have a very serious side deep down, only that they might not want to hang it all out. Palle fits in this description very well. And he has everything I see in an Aries – impetuous and an activist par excellence.</span><br /><br /></div>Dick Wonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601618104837191800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24172935.post-45776753019540421172007-04-11T14:04:00.000+08:002010-03-03T13:08:10.824+08:00B.O.B.* > Berlin > Guest Performers<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJTeVKEiXQw0e0Pv5MTIVN2epU3zaRoVEpgH7rviYOzdxM8dmS0Sl2KGfPNzaOoPEBRMHgy6uKK_xrjsP2RRWR4XSHgj1nAlr3t74AI21m7s8mNr62iouzYKPxTp1snItA5hQB/s1600-h/benoit.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052047775189918386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJTeVKEiXQw0e0Pv5MTIVN2epU3zaRoVEpgH7rviYOzdxM8dmS0Sl2KGfPNzaOoPEBRMHgy6uKK_xrjsP2RRWR4XSHgj1nAlr3t74AI21m7s8mNr62iouzYKPxTp1snItA5hQB/s320/benoit.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><strong>Benoit Lachambre<br /></strong>Way back in year 2000, Benoit went to Hong Kong to take part in a cultural exchange project called Berlin-In-HongKong. I saw him performed in the Video Circle Installation and was deeply moved. Five years later when I went to CND to present B.O.B.*, he was in the same symposium so I invited him to work with me. He kindly agreed and then we went on to work together once more in Tanz Im August the next year. To me Benoit is always relaxed and to-the-point. Looking at his pair of pale blue eyes sometimes I would get lost in my own thoughts, like going on a journey out of this space.</span><br /><br /></div>Dick Wonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601618104837191800noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24172935.post-63418206815044939432007-04-11T12:11:00.001+08:002010-03-03T13:08:10.824+08:00B.O.B.* > Singapore > Review<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">A review of <em>B.O.B.* - The Final Cut</em> in the Huayi Festival was recently published in the website of US 《Dance Magazine》:</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">B.O.B.* – The Final Cut<br />By Malcolm Tay<br /><br />In the opening segment of B.O.B.* – The Final Cut, three casually dressed men stand in a row facing us. The first strikes a classical Indian pose; the second verbally describes this pose as best as he can: “Think of squeezing your nipples.” The third, with his back to the others, folds himself into shape according to the description he hears. The results are hilariously off the mark.<br /></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">There’s never a dull moment in this 55-minute show led by Hong Kong dance artist Dick Wong, who devised its current form after the 2002 premiere in Hong Kong. While its tone and content shifts with the roster of guest performers, it remains a cannily creative process where the choreographer turns critic, showing us a different way to view dance and contesting our expectations.<br /></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">For its Singapore debut at the Esplanade’s Huayi festival, B.O.B.* featured Hong Kong ballet-maker Yuri Ng and Singaporean dance artist Ricky Sim. With Wong they played the three-person game that begins the piece, switching roles after every few rounds. The game gets harder when the first dancer starts moving in between poses. Sim scurried sideways like a crab, his hands shaking above his head, while listening to Ng’s running account of Wong waving his arms Odette-style and bourréeing on tiptoe. Our flaws in naming movement couldn’t look any funnier than this.<br /></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Wong finds dance a complex mode of expression and in B.O.B.*, he frames parts of it for scrutiny, questioning the cultural attitudes that color how we see dance and dancers. In one pointedly droll scene, an offstage rehearsal leader, voiced by British-born theatre director Paul Rae, asks Wong to physically enact different feelings. Then Wong has to perform an eight-part phrase in the manner of Chinese dance. “It’s very feminine,” notes the director afterward. “I’m thinking, Jackie Chan, any manly warrior.” Wong repeats his solo with a manic edge and thumping feet, his youthful face crumpling with manly effort.<br /></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">By the end, as Wong recounts all that happened from the beginning, we confront our memories in pitch darkness. What stays in the mind is our own mental tango with movement and words.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></div><div align="justify"><br /></div></span>Dick Wonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601618104837191800noreply@blogger.com0