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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1984
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ARTS FESTIVAL ENTERTAINING AND EDUCATIONAL
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THE NINTH FESTIVAL OF ASIAN ARTS TO BE HELD FROM OCTOBER 18 TO NOVEMBER 4 WILL PRESENT A GREAT VARIETY OF ENTERTAINING AND
DUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL'S CULTURAL ACTIVITIES SUB-COMMITTEE, DR PHILIP KWOK, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, DR KWOK SAID 11 OVERSEAS AND NINE LOCAL GROUPS WILL OFFER 54 INDOOR PERFORMANCES DURING THE FESTIVAL. MOST OF THE VISITING GROUPS WILL ALSO GIVE FREE OUTDOOR SHOWS.
+SOME OF THE PERFORMING GROUPS AIM TO ENTERTAIN, WHILE SOME OF THE ARTISTS ARE DEVOTED TO TRADITIONAL AESTHETICS WHICH GO BACK CENTURIES OR MORE; STILL OTHERS ARE CONSCIOUSLY PRESERVING OR RE-CONSTRUCTING IMPORTANT PARTS OF THEIR CULTURAL HERITAGE,+ DR KWOK NOTED.
HE SAID IT WAS FITTING THAT HONG KONG, BEING AN IMPORTANT MEETING GROUND BETWEEN THE WEST AND THE VARIOUS CULTURES OF THE EAST, SHOULD BE THE LOCATION OF THE ANNUAL GATHERING OF ASIAN ARTISTS.
OVERSEAS GROUPS WILL INCLUDE THE GRAND BALLET OF TAHITI, THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE ISLAND TO TAKE PART IN THE FESTIVAL; THE MANILA METROPOLITAN THEATRE, WHICH WILL PRESENT THE FESTIVAL'S OPENING PERFORMANCE; CHINA'S SHAANXI CLASSICAL ARTS TROUPE, WHICH WILL OFFER A STAGE PRODUCTION ENTITLED +RE-CREATED TANG DYNASTY DANCE AND MUSIC+ AND THE AINU TRADITIONAL CULTURE GROUP FROM HOKKAIDO.
OTHER PARTICIPATING ARTISTS WILL BE AUSTRALIA'S POPULAR FOLK MUSIC GROUP, SIROCCO SUMATRA'S MINANG DANCE GROUP; MALAYSIA'S SUXTRA GAMELAN DANCE GROUP OF TERENGGANU SIAMESE MUSIC ENSEMBLE FROM THAILAND; THE KOREA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA; THE INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC AND DANCE TROUPE AND VIOLINIST L. SUBRAMANIAM FROM INDIA.
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LOCALLY, THE URBAN COUNCIL'S FOUR PERFORMING COMPANIES THE HONG KONG CHINESE ORCHESTRA, THE HONG KONG REPERTORY THEATRE, THE HONG KONG DANCE COMPANY AND THE HONG KONG CHORUS WILL BE JOINED BY THE CITY CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY, THE CHOR FUNG MING CANTONESE OPERA TROUPE, THE HONG KONG CHILDREN'S CHOIR, THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA AND THE MELODY QUINTETE.
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IN CONNECTION WITH THE FESTIVAL, THERE WILL BE 19 LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS AND THREE EXHIBITIONS+QING CERAMICS+ AT THE HONG KONG MUSEUM OF ART, HONG KONG DESIGN 1984+ AT THE CITY HALL EXHIBITION HALL AND +TUNG LUNG FORT - A FIRST LOOK+ AT THE HONG KONG MUSEUM OF HISTORY.
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