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• 2026 Bay Area Dance Art Season Proudly presented by HSBC Life Hong Kong Dance Company Large-Scale Dance Drama “Wudao” – The Form and the Infinite of Bruce Lee
• "Actually, martial arts and philosophy might seem opposed at first glance, but I believe the boundaries between the theory of Chinese martial arts and philosophy have already become blurred... I hope to integrate the spirit of philosophy into martial arts, which is why I persist in studying philosophy." -- Bruce Lee, "Artist of Life"
• Elaborately crafted by the Hong Kong Dance Company, paying tribute to the legendary martial arts master Bruce Lee! Professional dancers with years of deep cultivation in martial arts training will interpret Bruce Lee’s martial arts philosophy and artistic charm through a body language that combines hardness and softness, accompanied by a live jazz band performance.
• 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 audience members and receiving widespread attention!

[Recommendation Reasons] Bring together local artistic elites of Hong Kong An all-star creative lineup composed of Artistic Director Yip Wing-hong (Yang Yuntao), Hong Kong Film Award Best Art Director Man Lim-chung, and famous jazz composer Ted Lo Crossover 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 the martial arts spirit of Bruce Lee

• Founded in 1981, the Hong Kong Dance Company is one of the most representative professional dance art organizations in Hong Kong. For over forty years, the company has always rooted itself in Chinese culture, continuously exploring the dialogue between tradition and the contemporary. From adapting the classic film "A Chinese Ghost Story" to drawing inspiration from Hong Kong manhua in "Storm Riders"; from reproducing the spirit of calligraphy in "Lanting Ritual Ji" to exploring the integration of martial arts and dance in "Shanshui", piece after piece of work constantly breaks through the creative boundaries of traditional dance, gradually forming an artistic style that possesses both Hong Kong cultural characteristics and an international vision. Born on the occasion of the Hong Kong Dance Company's 45th anniversary, "Wudao" continues this creative lineage. Taking Bruce Lee's martial arts philosophy as inspiration, the work uses dance to rethink the relationship between "martial arts" (Wu) and "the Way" (Dao), power and freedom, tradition and the contemporary, allowing martial arts and dance to meet within the same body.
• Hong Kong Dance Company Artistic Director Yip Wing-hong spent many years conceiving “Wudao”, deeply influenced by Bruce Lee’s view that “martial arts is the best way to help us understand ourselves.” Therefore, he led the dancers in continuous martial arts training, internalizing martial arts concepts such as Wing Chun and Jeet Kune Do into bodily language, making “martial arts and dance as one” a true 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 limit as limit” into the theater: flowing ink washes, multimedia calligraphy special effects, and intertwined light and shadow construct a stage landscape with a strong oriental aesthetic, making the audience feel as if they are inside a flowing film. Music is composed by Hong Kong jazz pianist and film score composer Ted Lo. Traditional drumbeats, electronic sounds, and jazz vocabulary intertwine with the dancers’ breath, exertion, and rhythm to collectively build the bodily rhythm of “Wudao”. Beyond the music that matches the story, plot, and characters, Ted Lo also improvises based on the live atmosphere, just like Jeet Kune Do which is unrestricted by established moves. [Director Introduction]
• Yip Wing-hong, Artistic Director of the Hong Kong Dance Company
• Yip Wing-hong graduated from the Dance Department of the Central University for Nationalities (now Minzu University of China) and has joined the Guangdong Modern Dance Company, Beijing Modern Dance Company, and City Contemporary Dance Company. He joined the Hong Kong Dance Company in 2002 as a Principal Dancer, became Assistant Artistic Director in 2007, and assumed the role of Artistic Director in 2013.
• Yip has choreographed multiple works for the Hong Kong Dance Company, including "Lanting Ritual Ji" (awarded the 2013 Hong Kong Dance Award for "Outstanding Dance Production"; toured Beijing and Taipei in 2013), "Mulan" (awarded the 2014 Hong Kong Dance Awards for "Outstanding Dance Production" and "Outstanding Ensemble Performance", toured New York, Sydney, London, and Minsk in 2015, 2017, and 2019 respectively), "Storm Riders" (awarded three 2015 Hong Kong Dance Awards), "The Butterfly Lovers Legend" (performed in Seoul in 2016), "A Chinese Ghost Story" (awarded three 2016 Hong Kong Dance Awards, toured Beijing and Guangzhou in 2017, Taipei in 2018, and Shanghai and Hangzhou in 2019), "The Legend of Napv" (awarded the 2019 Hong Kong Dance Award for "Outstanding Medium-Scale Venue Dance Production"), and "Numinous" (awarded the 2022 Hong Kong Dance Award for "Outstanding Online Production", with its excerpt "Listening to the Wind in the Pines" winning the national dance review award, the 13th China Dance "Lotus Awards" Contemporary Dance Award in 2023). Other works include "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "In That Distant Place", "Red Rooms - Three Trilogies of Dreams: White", "Chinese Hero", "Contemplation: Beginner's Mind", "White Snake", "String Dance", "Shanshui", and "Nezha: A Boy's Play", and he led a three-year "Interactive Research and Outcome Presentation Project of Chinese Dance and Chinese Martial Arts".
• Yip was twice awarded the Hong Kong Dance Award in 2003 and 2006, and received the Hong Kong Arts Development Award 2009 “Artist of the Year (Dance)” from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. In 2003, 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, promotion of Chinese dance, and 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 Chinese cultural traditions, combine contemporary artistic creativity, and move the world with Chinese dance featuring 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 more than 300 popular and critically acclaimed works, with renowned dance productions including: "Mulan", "Bai Yulian / Dust to Dust", "Lanting Ritual Ji", "The Butterfly Lovers Legend", "Storm Riders", "A Chinese Ghost Story", "Tading Song", "Red Rooms - Three Trilogies of Dreams", "Chinese Hero", "Contemplation", "White Snake", "Three-City Chronicles", "The Legend of Napv", "Liu Sanjie", "Poetic Silk Road", "String Dance", "A Waterfront in the South", "Mazu", "The Green Dress", "Nine Songs", "Nezha: A Boy's Play", "Fair Maidens", "Twenty-Four Solar Terms", and "Clear Snow on a Sunny Day".
• The company is dedicated to cross-disciplinary creation, and since 2018 has deeply studied the fusion of Chinese dance and Chinese martial arts. Original new initiatives include: the large-scale dance poem "Shanshui"; "Wudao", "Laning Enters the Array", and "Listening to the Wind in the Pines" selected for the National Arts Fund; "Listening to the Wind in the Pines" was further recognized in 2023 by winning the national dance review award, the 13th China Dance "Lotus Awards" Contemporary Dance Award; additionally, "Art Tech - Hong Kong Manhua Martial Arts Dance Drama 'Storm Riders: Boundless Realm'" was selected for the Hong Kong Government's Signature Performing Arts Projects Scheme.
• The company possesses an extensive international network, having performed in more than ten countries and regions including the United States, Europe, South Korea, Thailand, Japan, and mainland China to promote cultural exchange. In recent years, it has traveled 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 Chatswood Concourse in Sydney, Australia, the Seymour Centre in Sydney, Australia, the National Academic Musical Theatre of the Republic of Belarus in Minsk, the Arko Arts Theater in Seoul, South Korea, the Aksra Theatre in Bangkok, Thailand, Tokyo FM Hall in Japan, Ishikawa Prefectural Ongakudo in Kanazawa, Japan, One Theatre Hall in Penang, Malaysia, the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, Tianqiao Arts Center in Beijing, 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 strong Hong Kong characteristics such as "Mulan", "A Chinese Ghost Story", "The Butterfly Lovers Legend", "Lanting Ritual Ji", and "Numinous", bringing new cultural and artistic experiences to audiences at home and abroad.
• The Hong Kong Dance Company is a major government-funded performing arts group and has been a charitable and non-profit organization since 2001.