© Angela Sterling
Dutch National Ballet
Talk by Hans van Manen

Choreographing Classical Music

9/3/2010 (Tue)
5:30 - 7:00pm
Speaker: Hans van Manen
Moderator: Professor Daniel K L Chua (Head of School of Humanities)
The University of Hong Kong
Rayson Huang Theatre
The University of Hong Kong
In English
Free admission, no tickets required
World-acclaimed Dutch choreographer Hans van Manen will share with the audience his long choreographic journey, during which he created nearly 120 dance pieces. In this special talk, van Manen will discuss with moderator Professor Chua his creative idea of using classical music in his dance pieces, as well as its impact on his choreography.

The following dance pieces by Hans van Manen, performed during the Hong Kong Arts Festival, will use the classical music compositions as listed:

Ludwig van Beethoven - Adagio Hammerklavier
Frank Martin - Concertante
Franz Liszt - Live
Erik Satie - Trois Gnossiennes
J S Bach - Solo
Sergey Prokofiev - Sarcasmen

Co-presented with Department of Music, The University of Hong Kong


Meet-the-Artist (Post-Performance)

11/3/2010 (Thu)
9:30pm
Hans van Manen
Grand Theatre
Hong Kong Cultural Centre
In English


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