Diary VII • The Story Of......

September 2021 premiered in Hong Kong (awarded by the 23rd Hong Kong Dance Awards in 2022 with the outstanding choreography and the best small venue production awards) 
August-September 2023 performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (selected as the top 50 shows that must see in the festival and it awarded the best dance performance by the DarkChat Awards of Edinburgh Festival)

“Diary VII • The Story Of......” created by the Hong Kong renowned choreographer Mui Cheuk Yin and accompanied by a young talented lighting designer Lee Chi Wai for this award winning production.  It combines with text, shadow, sound and elegant movement.  It begins with a story of stray cats, from which we see a family history and the social concerns.  This work is full of passion and with deep reflective performance.   

Speakers:
Mui Cheuk-yin
International Renowned Choreographer and Solo Artist
Lee Chi-wai
Lighting Designer

Moderator:
Prof. Anna CY Chan, Dean of the School of Dance, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

About Mui Cheuk-yin
Mui Cheuk-yin received training in Chinese classical and ethnic dance in Hong Kong. She joined the Hong Kong Dance Company from 1981 to 1990 as the principle dancer. In 1985, she won the Hong Kong Young Choreographer Competition and received a scholarship to study modern dance in New York. Mui became an independent choreographer / dancer / teacher in the 90s. Under the auspices of Asian Cultural Council, she took part in the International Choreographer’s Programme at the American Dance Festival and performed at the East & West Center, University of Hawaii.  Mui was frequently commissioned by CCDC, the Hong Kong Dance Company and The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts to create new works.

Mui is an internationally renowned solo artist and dance ambassador for Hong Kong. Her work focuses on exploring human emotions and relationships. Her choreography has a distinctive aesthetic voice and, while contemporary, often incorporates Chinese elements. Her unwavering commitment and passion to strive for the best in dance has earned her numerous honors from the Hong Kong community, including five Hong Kong Dance Awards (2000, 2001, 2009, 2013, 2022) and the Distinguished Achievement Award (2012) presented by the Hong Kong Dance Alliance and the award of Artist of the Year by The Hong Kong Arts Development Council (2021) for her dedication and long-standing commitment to developing dance in Hong Kong.   

Her major works include Awakening in a Dream, Cursive Script, Fragrant Garden, Water Music, E-motion, As Quick as Silver, Stories about Certain Women, Eulogy, la grace, Between Bow and String, Of Grandeur and Desolation, Kinetic Body Operatics, Pink Lily, October Red, Duet 3X, The Enigma of Desire – Dali vs Gala, Lot˙us, Shui in Feng˙Shui, Desperately Seeking Miss Blossom, Season N in Seasonal Syndromes, Love Accidentally, The Tales of Miles in Triptych and Diary VI – Applause…,  Diary VII – the story of ….. and Double Happiness – the promise of red etc.

She has been invited to many international arts festivals including Hong Kong Arts Festival (1994, 2001), Belgium International Arts Festival (1994), Lisbon Culturgest (1995), Re:Orient Dance Festival in London (1995), Hong Kong Festival at the Berlin Tacheles (1996), la Biennale du danse de Val-de-Marne (1997), Ein Fest in Wuppertal 25th & 35th (1998, 2008), Venice Biennial Dance Festival (1999), Dancing-World Festival in Copenhagen (2000), the Lyon Biennale de la Danse (2000), Beijing Modern Dance Festival 2001, Dance Biennale Tokyo (2002) and the Images of Asia Festival in Copenhagen (2003). In 2000, Mui was invited by Pina Bausch & Folkwang Tanzstudio to choreograph Whispering Colour and to perform as a guest dancer in The Rite of Spring with Tanztheatre Wuppertal.  

About Lee Chi-wai (Lighting Designer)
Born in Hong Kong in 1977.

Active in the Hong Kong dance community as a stage designer.

At the beginning of his career, he was fortunate enough to work in the technical department of the City Contemporary Dance Company.  During that period of time, he met many people and things that had a far-reaching impact on the future.

Now in a passive but concentrated stage of creation, I hope to keep my head clear in this big era and insist on making works that I will remember later.

Past productions of Lighting Design. Design works included:
The Center by Chou Shu-yi & Cheng Chih-chung 
After the Deluge by Kingsley Ng
Almost 55 choreographed by Chou Shu-Yi
On View : Hong Kong - West Kowloon Freespace by Sue Haley  
So Low choreographed by Lai Tak-wai
Diary VII • The Story Of......by Mui Cheuk-yin
Double Happiness: The Promise of Red by Mui Cheuk-yin

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Production Unit: MuiMui Production