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Recreation, Sport, Culture and the Arts
The HKADC helps groom talented people and cultivate budding artists by providing them with opportunities to receive training and to take part in competitions, cultural exchanges and internships in Hong Kong and abroad. In 2013, the HKADC launched an internship in the House of World Cultures in Germany, and co-organised the Overseas Training/Research Programme for Leaders from Local Arts Groups on Future Arts Development in Hong Kong with the WKCD Authority.
Major HKADC arts promotion events in 2013 included the Hong Kong Dance Festival 2013, the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards 2012; the 5th Arts Ambassadors-in-School Scheme, the Outstanding Arts Teacher Award and Fresh Wave 2013. The HKADC continued to co-present with RTHK Artspiration, a weekly TV series on art, artists and cultural events in Hong Kong and around the world, and with Cable TV ArTour, a monthly segment for the programme Close to Culture, featuring local young artists.
In collaboration with M+, the WKCD's museum for visual culture, and the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the HKADC participated in the 55th Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition and the Hong Kong Week 2013 in Taipei. The HKADC also presented exhibitions in Hong Kong inspired by the 54th Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition and the 13th Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition and organised an International Arts Leadership Roundtable to discuss future arts.
The HKADC's main tasks include arts research and policy advocacy. In 2013, it carried out the Annual Arts Survey to collect data on visual arts exhibitions and programmes and updated the Hong Kong Visual Artists Directory published in 1999. The HKADC also published a series of yearbooks on the arts in collaboration with different professional and academic groups.
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts offers professional education, training and research facilities in the performing arts: music, dance, drama, theatre and entertainments arts, film and television, and Chinese opera. Its education philosophy reflects Hong Kong's cultural diversity underscored by Chinese and Western traditions, and an emphasis on interdisciplinary learning.
In 2013, the academy enrolled 790 students for undergraduate and post-secondary programmes in its six arts disciplines, and attracted 139 students to pursue their Master's degree programmes in dance, music, drama, film and television, and theatre and entertainment arts. It admitted 797 students to its junior programmes and over 5,400 to its Extension and Continuing Education for Life (EXCEL) programme.
Hong Kong Arts Centre
The Hong Kong Arts Centre is a self-funding organisation which promotes contemporary arts and culture in Hong Kong and beyond. The centre in Wan Chai provides a wide range of programmes featuring local and overseas artists, and facilities for performances, films and exhibitions.
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