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Recreation, Sport, Culture and the Arts
In 2018, the Fringe Club showcased over 400 exhibitions and live music, drama and dance performances. It launched a jazz music development project titled Jazz-Go-Central, Jazz-Go- Fringe, funded by the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme, to organise concerts, master classes, open rehearsals and other programmes.
Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre
The Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre is a multidisciplinary arts village and arts centre housed in a converted nine-storey decommissioned factory estate in Shek Kip Mei. It rents studio facilities to more than 140 artists and cultural organisations, and provides exhibition and performance facilities, including the Central Courtyard, galleries and the Jockey Club Black Box Theatre.
Large-scale public programmes include the annual JCCAC Festival, the quarterly Handicraft Fair, open-air film screenings, exhibitions and docent guided tours. The programmes attracted about 320,000 visitors in 2017-18.
Major Performing Arts Groups
Chung Ying Theatre Company
The company is a professional theatrical arts group. In 2018, it joined hands again with counterparts in Guangdong and Macao to present Confucius: 63 Revisited in Macao and Foshan, following the success of the Cultural Exchange Scheme the previous year.
City Contemporary Dance Company
As a professional modern dance group, the company nurtures creative dance talent in the context of contemporary China. In 2018, the company launched the Jockey Club Contemporary Dance Literacy and Learning Project. It also brought young local choreographers and dancers to showcase their new works in the Mainland, and toured Australia and Malaysia.
Hong Kong Ballet
This is one of Asia's premier ballet companies. In 2018, it staged the Asian premiere of Septime Webre's Alice (in wonderland) and the 1st Annual International Gala of Stars, and launched a two- year project, Ballet in the City. The company also toured Germany, Serbia, Spain and Taiwan.
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
The orchestra is the only professional, full-sized Chinese orchestra in Hong Kong. During the year, it performed in Singapore and toured various cities in the Mainland, covering concert halls, universities, stadiums and historical monuments.
Hong Kong Dance Company
The company promotes Chinese dance with Hong Kong characteristics. It staged more than 60 performances in 2018, including Dream of the Past: Ancient Chinese Court Dances, Waiting Heart and Liu San Jie, and also toured Seoul and Taipei, reaching an audience of 49,000.
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