Hongkongin tanssiteatterin suuri tanssidraama "Wudao"

• 2026 Greater Bay Area Dance Arts Season HSBC Life Proudly Presents Hong Kong Dance Company Large-Scale Dance Drama “Wu Dao” - Bruce Lee’s Method and Infinity
• "In fact, although martial arts and philosophy seem opposed at first glance, I believe that the boundaries between the theory of Chinese martial arts and philosophy have become blurred... I hope to integrate philosophical spirit into martial arts, which is why I persist in studying philosophy." -- Bruce Lee, "Artist of Life"
• Meticulously crafted by the Hong Kong Dance Company, paying tribute to the legendary martial arts master Bruce Lee! Professional dancers with years of profound martial arts training will use a body language that combines hardness and softness, accompanied by a live jazz band, to interpret Bruce Lee’s martial arts philosophy and artistic charm
• Premiered last year at the Grand Theatre of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, and toured last month at the Grand Theatre of the Shanghai International Dance Center, attracting nearly 10,000 spectators and drawing widespread attention!

[Recommended Reasons] Bring together local Hong Kong artistic elites Star-studded creative lineup featuring Artistic Director Yang Yuntao, jointly with Hong Kong Film Award Best Art Director Man Lim-chung, and renowned jazz composer Anson Wong Cross-border innovation blending martial arts and dance, multimedia stage design, and jazz elements Showcasing the unique charm of Hong Kong where Chinese and Western cultures converge Inheriting and promoting Bruce Lee’s martial arts spirit

• Founded in 1981, the Hong Kong Dance Company is one of Hong Kong's most representative professional dance art groups. For over forty years, the company has remained rooted in Chinese culture, continuously exploring the dialogue between tradition and the contemporary. From the classical film adaptation "A Chinese Ghost Story" to the Hong Kong comic-inspired "Storm Riders"; from reproducing the spirit of calligraphy in "Lanting Jijiu" to exploring the integration of martial arts and dance in "Shan Shui", successive works have continuously broken through the creative boundaries of traditional dance, gradually forming an artistic style that combines Hong Kong cultural characteristics with an international vision. Born on the occasion of the Hong Kong Dance Company's 45th anniversary, "Wu Dao" continues this creative lineage. Inspired by Bruce Lee's martial arts philosophy, the work uses dance to rethink the relationship between "wu" (martial) and "dao" (way), strength and freedom, tradition and the contemporary, allowing martial arts and dance to meet within the same body.
• Hong Kong Dance Company Artistic Director Yang Yuntao spent years conceptualizing “Wu Dao”, deeply influenced by Bruce Lee’s view that “martial arts are the best way to help us understand ourselves.” Therefore, he leads the dancers in continuous martial arts training, internalizing martial arts concepts such as Wing Chun and Jeet Kune Do into bodily language, making the “unity of martial arts and dance” a genuine expression happening within the dancers. Art direction and costume design are crafted by Hong Kong Film Award Best Art Director Man Lim-chung. He brings the spatial narrative of film and Bruce Lee’s philosophical core of “having no form as form, having no limitation as limitation” into the theatre: flowing ink washes, multimedia calligraphy special effects, and intertwined layers of light and shadow construct a stage landscape of extreme oriental aesthetic, making the audience feel as if they are in a flowing film. Music is composed by Hong Kong jazz pianist and film score composer Anson Wong. Traditional drumbeats, electronic sounds, and jazz idioms intertwine, building the bodily rhythm of “Wu Dao” together with the dancers’ breathing, force application, and tempo. In addition to music that matches the story, plot, and characters, Anson Wong also improvises based on the live atmosphere, much like Jeet Kune Do which is not restricted by established moves.

[Choreographer Introduction]

• Yang Yuntao, Artistic Director of Hong Kong Dance Company
• Yang Yuntao graduated from the Dance Department of the Central University for Nationalities (now Minzu University of China), and has successively joined the Guangdong Modern Dance Company, Beijing Modern Dance Company, and City Contemporary Dance Company. He joined the Hong Kong Dance Company as principal dancer in 2002, became assistant artistic director in 2007, and assumed the role of artistic director in 2013.
• Mr. Yang has choreographed numerous works for the Hong Kong Dance Company, including "Lanting Jijiu" (awarded "Most Commendable Dance Production" at the 2013 Hong Kong Dance Awards; toured Beijing and Taipei in 2013), "Mulan" (awarded "Most Commendable Dance Production" and "Most Commendable Ensemble Dance Performance" at the 2014 Hong Kong Dance Awards, toured New York, Sydney, London, and Minsk in 2015, 2017, and 2019 respectively), "Storm Riders" (awarded three prizes at the 2015 Hong Kong Dance Awards), "The Butterfly Lovers Legend" (performed in Seoul in 2016), "A Chinese Ghost Story" (awarded three prizes at the 2016 Hong Kong Dance Awards, performed in Beijing and Guangzhou in 2017, Taipei in 2018, and Shanghai and Hangzhou in 2019), "The Legend of the Purple Hairpin" (awarded "Outstanding Medium-Scale Venue Dance Production" at the 2019 Hong Kong Dance Awards), and "Consonance" (awarded "Outstanding Online Production" at the 2022 Hong Kong Dance Awards, with the excerpt "Listening to the Wind in the Pines" winning the contemporary dance award at the 13th China Dance Lotus Awards national dance criticism in 2023). Other works include "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "In That Distant Place", "Red Chamber Dreams - Three Movements: White", "Chinese Hero", "Contemplation: Original Intention", "White Snake", "String Dance", "Shan Shui", and "Nezha: A Child's Play", among others. He also led a three-year "Interactive Research and Outcome Presentation Project on Chinese Dance and Chinese Martial Arts".
• Mr. Yang was twice awarded the Hong Kong Dance Awards in 2003 and 2006, and received the "Artist of the Year (Dance)" award at the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards 2009 from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. In 2023, he was awarded the Medal of Honour by the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in recognition of his many contributions to dance creation, the promotion of Chinese dance, and the cultivation of dance talents over the years.

[Hong Kong Dance Company]

• "Blending East and West, Dancing Hong Kong"
• Mission Statement
• We draw nourishment from excellent traditional Chinese culture, combine it with contemporary artistic creativity, and touch the world with Chinese dance possessing Hong Kong characteristics.
• Established in 1981, the Hong Kong Dance Company is committed to promoting Chinese dance with contemporary artistic creativity and Hong Kong characteristics. Over the years, it has staged over three hundred popular and critically acclaimed productions, including renowned dance works such as: "Mulan", "Bai Yulian" (Dust to Dust), "Lanting Jijiu", "The Butterfly Lovers Legend", "Storm Riders", "A Chinese Ghost Story", "Tage Xing", "Red Chamber Dreams - Three Movements", "Chinese Hero", "Contemplation", "White Snake", "Three Cities Diary", "The Legend of the Purple Hairpin", "Liu Sanjie", "A Poem of Silk Road", "String Dance", "One River, Southern Song", "Mazu", "Qingyi", "Nine Songs", "Nezha: A Child's Play", "Beauties", "Twenty-Four Solar Terms", and "Clear Sky after Snow".
• The company is dedicated to cross-disciplinary creation, deeply researching the fusion of Chinese dance and Chinese martial arts since 2018. Original new ventures include: the large-scale dance poem "Shan Shui"; National Arts Fund selected works "Wu Dao", "Lanling Enters Battle", and "Listening to the Wind in the Pines"; "Listening to the Wind in the Pines" was further recognized at the 13th China Dance Lotus Awards national dance criticism in 2023; in addition, "Art Technology - Hong Kong Comic Martial Arts Dance Drama 'Storm Riders: Infinity Realm'" was selected into the Hong Kong Government's Signature Performing Arts Projects Scheme.
• The company possesses extensive international networks, having performed in more than ten countries and regions including the United States, Europe, South Korea, Thailand, Japan, and the Chinese mainland, promoting cultural exchanges. In recent years, it has toured to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, USA, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York, USA, the Southbank Centre in London, UK, the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, Canada, The Concourse Chatswood in Sydney, Australia, the Seymour Centre in Sydney, Australia, the Belarusian State Academic Musical Theater in Minsk, the Arko Arts Theater in Seoul, South Korea, the Aksra Theatre in Bangkok, Thailand, Tokyo FM Hall in Japan, Ishikawa Ongakudo in Kanazawa, Japan, One Theatre Hall in Penang, Malaysia, the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center, Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shanghai International Dance Center, Hangzhou Grand Theatre, Guangzhou Opera House, Suzhou Kaiming Grand Theatre, Xinjiang Art Theatre, New Stage in Taipei, and the Taiwan Traditional Theatre Center, performing award-winning original dance dramas with Hong Kong characteristics such as "Mulan", "A Chinese Ghost Story", "The Butterfly Lovers Legend", "Lanting Jijiu", and "Consonance", bringing new cultural and artistic experiences to audiences both at home and abroad.
• The Hong Kong Dance Company is a government-subsidized major performing arts group and has been a charitable and non-profit organization since 2001.