HK Ballet x M+ Live Art: Beyond Carbon: The Climate Change Project

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Artists inspiring change

Hong Kong Ballet teams up with M+, Hong Kong’s new museum of visual culture which opens this autumn, along with ADM Capital Foundation, HK2050isNOW and CWR, to present : Beyond Carbon: The Climate Change Project. This ground-breaking interdisciplinary immersive experience includes a series of thought-provoking world premieres by international and Hong Kong choreographers that explore the timely topic of climate change. An explosion of ideas and creativity, this bold fusion of inspiring dance, talks and workshops takes place throughout M+’s iconic new Herzog & de Meuron designed building in the West Kowloon Cultural District.

Dutch-based American Stephen Shropshire’s intriguing new work How to Mourn a Glacier explores the loss of one of nature’s truly remarkable phenomena by soulfully blending drama with powerful movement. With his fiercely compelling The Lost Season set to Vivaldi’s iconic The Four Seasons, re-ordered and augmented with newly-commissioned electronic music, HKB’s Choreographer-in-Residence Hu Song Wei Ricky ponders the ways in which our weather is changing due to how we are treating our planet. Septime Webre and Hong Kong-based physical theatre director Ata Wong co-curate a vibrant new Polar Cap Cabaret, inspired by Homer’s epic The Odyssey.

Beyond Carbon: The Climate Change Project will be entirely free to visitors to M+. Together we hope to inspire members of our community to take steps now to confront the threats we face and ensure a better future for us all.

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

One of Asia’s premier ballet companies, Hong Kong Ballet (HKB) is internationally recognised as a vibrant arts institution that represents Hong Kong’s unique character. Established in 1979 and led by Artistic Director Septime Webre, HKB has a dynamic repertoire performed by nearly 50 dancers from all over the globe and award-winning education and community programmes. With almost 50 international tours, HKB has won recognition from critics and fans both at home and abroad. Its diverse repertoire includes classic and modern masterpieces, original full-length ballets created for HKB, an interactive ballet series for younger fans and groundbreaking dance by today’s most sought-after choreographers, including Alexei Ratmansky, Christopher Wheeldon, Jiří Kylian, Nacho Duato and Trey McIntyre, among others. HKB maintains an active schedule of community initiatives throughout Hong Kong to ensure that ballet is accessible to people from all walks of life.