DONG Xianliang (Yan) obtained his PhD from the Department of Chinese and History at City University of Hong Kong, and currently serves as a Research Associate at Hong Kong Baptist University. His ongoing projects include the curation of an open-access digital repository titled “Helen Lai Dance Archive” in collaboration with the Chinese University of Hong Kong Library, as well as a critical reassessment of the historiography and legacy of dance disciplines in Hong Kong. Forthcoming publications encompass the co-edited anthology Still Jumping: Mediated Performance and the Moving Image Across Asia and the Global Stages 2000–2024 (Typesetter, 2025) and the chapter entitled “Dramaturgy and Reform during Social Crisis in Hong Kong’s City Contemporary Dance Company” (Bloomsbury, 2025). His article, “From Tu-feng-wu to Western Folk Dance: Civic Engagement, Translocal Knowledge, and Institutionalized Amateurism in Cold War Hong Kong (1949 to 1970s),” is presently under review. Additionally, Dong is actively engaged in theatre-making as a dramaturg, collaborating with local artists and institutions.