About the event
On the Wings of Hermès | Show Introduction
A Poetic and Cinematic Performance
Hermès invites the audience to travel to an imaginary universe created for the house by Belgian duo, director Jaco Van Dormael and choreographer Michèle Anne De Mey, together with the Astragales dance company. The performance is an invitation to take flight and see your dreams take shape in an ode to oneirism.
In the darkness of a vast space that resembles a film studio, seven sketches reveal, one after another, the fable of Pegasus, the mythical winged horse, and his seven foals. In a performance which blends together dance, a theatre of objects, music and cinema, visitors discover a tale through seven performances, each with its own backdrop; landscapes and utopic worlds where poetic figurines and Hermès objects come alive, like graceful puppets, in a choreography of twirling hands.
Dancers, choreographers, lighting and image technicians work together in a joyous magical extravaganza. A mini circus; a humorous opera sung by a cast of Hermès “Kelly” bags; a lyrical flight of interlacing gloves; a dance sequence depicting two entwined lovers, carried away by the wind into a bright blue sky... Captured in real time by Jaco Van Dormael, the scenes are projected onto a giant screen, recreating the magic of the illusion.
Show Details
- On the Wings of Hermès
- Date: 11–12, 17–19, 21–22 November 2023
- Sessions: 12:45pm, 2:30pm, 4:45pm, 6:30pm
- Date: 13 November 2023
- Session: 5:30pm
- Date: 15–16 November 2023
- Sessions: 1:30pm, 3:30pm, 6:30pm
- Venue: Great Lawn, Art Park, West Kowloon Cultural District
- Approximately 1 hour and 23 minutes, no intermission
- Free Admission By Registration at HERMES.COM/WINGS.
Source of the above information: West Kowloon Cultural District official website