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About the event
The vocabulary of dance meets the motion of rhyme in this breathtaking display of multidisciplinary improvisation. Subtitled “A Pursuit of Dance, Music and Words,” ARIKA (“Whereabouts”) features SHIMAJI Yasutake, a veteran dancer of the renowned Forsythe Company trained in ballet, hip-hop dance and martial arts, joining forces with rapper TAMAKI ROY, an award-winning master of spinning atmosphere through rapped and sung texts, in a collaboration shaking those respective genres to their core, where fluid dancing unfolds with musical grace and hip-hop rhymes propel with palpable physical force. Making their Hong Kong debut after appearances in Japan and France, SHIMAJI and TAMAKI ponder the nature of their respective fields to their very roots. If all music is simply a song and dance, which comes first?
Contemporary Dance x Rap
Direction, Choreography and Performance: SHIMAJI Yasutake
Direction, Composition and Performance: TAMAKI ROY
Date & Time: 4–5 Apr 2025, 6PM–7PM
Venue: F Hall Studio, Tai Kwun
Ticket: HK$280
In Japanese without surtitles
Ticketing
Tickets available at art-mate.net now.
Special Ticket Offers*
· 40% off for Senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and their minder, full-time students;
· Members of TK FAN are entitled to 15% off on regularly-priced tickets. Download the Tai Kwun App to get the promo-code now.
SPOTLIGHT: A Season of Performing Arts 2025 Package*
· 5% off upon single purchase of standard ticket from 2 different programmes
· 10% off upon single purchase of standard ticket from 3 different programmes
· 15% off upon single purchase of standard ticket from 4 different programmes
*Patrons may enjoy one of the above discount schemes for each purchase where applicable, available on a first-come-first-served basis:
SPOTLIGHT: A Season of Performing Arts 2025
4 Apr–17 May 2025
Site-wide, Tai Kwun
www.taikwun.hk
About the organizer
About Tai Kwun
Tai Kwun is Hong Kong’s beating cultural heart, enabled by The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) in partnership with the Hong Kong SAR Government. A vibrant, welcoming space that brings people together, Tai Kwun is committed to inspiring the community through arts, culture and heritage. Located in the heart of Central, Hong Kong, Tai Kwun brings creative energy into our city by providing the people of Hong Kong with access to a variety of immersive, world-class experiences. It is open for all members of our community to enjoy, nurturing appreciation for arts, heritage and culture.
Tai Kwun supports youth in our community with the skills and development opportunities needed to thrive in the creative industries. Together with HKJC, Tai Kwun aspires to contribute to a culturally vibrant Hong Kong, amplifying the city’s role as a thriving arts and cultural hub in the region and the global arena.
The relationship between HKJC and Tai Kwun continues HKJC’s longstanding role as a supporter of the city’s iconic arts and cultural institutions, which aligns with HKJC’s purpose of acting continuously for the betterment of our society. HKJC funded the revitalisation and continues to fund the ongoing operation of Tai Kwun, which consist of three Declared Monuments — the former Central Police Station, Central Magistracy and Victoria Prison — transforming the historic site into an accessible world-class centre for arts, culture and heritage. In 2019, Tai Kwun received the Award of Excellence in the 2019 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.
For more information, please visit our website: https://www.taikwun.hk.