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Recreation, Sport and the Arts
The Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre
The Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC) is an innovative arts project that involved converting a nine-storey decommissioned factory estate in Shek Kip Mei into a multi- disciplinary art village and art centre. It is a self-financed, registered charity that provides space for pursuing artistic creation, nurturing young talents and promoting culture and the arts.
The JCCAC has two exhibition galleries and a black box theatre, and houses over 100 art studios. for a wide array of art forms, ranging from painting, sculpture, ceramics, glass art to photography, animation and video production. The facilities are open to hire by artists and arts groups. Major events presented by the JCCAC in 2012 included the JCCAC Festival, JCCAC Handicraft Fairs and Hong Kong International Photo Festival.
Major Performing Arts Groups
Chung Ying Theatre Company
The Chung Ying Theatre Company is dedicated to creating high quality productions. It promotes theatrical arts and explores cultural exchanges to enrich Hong Kong's cultural life.
In 2012, it invited a number of award-winning directors to direct original and translated plays, including Kearen Pang and Edmond Lo's LUV, Chung King Fai and Ko Tin Lung's The Elephant Man, James Mark's An Inspector Calls, and Tang Shu Wing's Another Last Lesson. The company's Artistic Director, Ko Tin Lung, directed the 10th re-run of Tuesdays with Morrie, while resident director, Edmond Lo, directed a new version of Christmas Messages: Really Snowing.
City Contemporary Dance Company
The City Contemporary Dance Company is a professional modern dance company that nurtures creative dance talent in the context of modern China. In 2012, it produced four original productions, hosted the '5th Jumping Frames International Dance Video Festival' and jointly presented with the LCSD the '2nd China Dance Forward, showcasing works by talented young Chinese dancers from Hong Kong, the Mainland and Taiwan. The company also performed in Beijing, Guangzhou, Xining, Shenzhen and Seoul.
Hong Kong Ballet
The Hong Kong Ballet, one of Asia's premier classical ballet companies, is gaining recognition in the international dance field. In 2012, the company performed 42 performances, including Ballet Classics for Children: Swan Lake; Turandot; Giselle; Cinderella; Emerging Choreographers - 2012: the beginning or the end; A Ballet Soirée and The Nutcracker. The company also concluded a tour to North America, participating at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival'
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra gives over 140 concerts and arts education activities each season. In 2012, the orchestra's Eco-Huqin Series won the '4th Ministry of Culture Innovation Award' On the international front, the orchestra performed in Taiwan, and was invited to give master classes at conservatories in Poland, Luxembourg, Belgium and France.
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