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Recreation, Sport, Culture and the Arts

Hong Kong Arts Centre

The self-financing Hong Kong Arts Centre promotes contemporary arts and culture. It features the works of local and overseas artists, and provides facilities for performances, films and exhibitions. The centre's Hong Kong Art School runs diploma and degree courses in arts studies.

Fringe Club

The Fringe Club is housed in what used to be a cold-storage warehouse built in 1890, now listed as a Grade 1 historical building and adapted for use as a contemporary arts space. In March, it received a Restoration - Conservation Award from the Hong Kong Institute of Architectural Conservationists for its work on preserving and upgrading the facilities.

The Fringe Club adopts an open access policy to nurture budding artists and promote mature artists by providing venue and publicity support as well as opportunities for overseas tours. In 2019, it showcased over 200 exhibitions and live music, drama and dance performances.

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 over 280,000 visitors in 2018-19.

Major Performing Arts Groups

Chung Ying Theatre Company

The company is a professional theatrical arts group. In 2019, it staged All My Life I Shall Remember, based on the life of 'immortal songwriter' Chen Gexin, with composer Chen Gang invited as music director to reconstruct the touching life of his late father on stage.

City Contemporary Dance Company

The company is a professional modern dance group that nurtures creative dance talent in the context of contemporary China. Its 40th anniversary was celebrated in 2019, during which the company created new works and brought talented local choreographers and dancers to Beijing, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Wuhan, Shenzhen and Taipei. The company also took part in the National Day Parade in Beijing to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Hong Kong Ballet

This is one of Asia's premier ballet companies. In 2019, it staged the Asian premieres of Septime Webre's The Great Gatsby and Peter Pan as well as the International Gala of Stars, and launched WearDance, a cross-border project combining ballet and fashion. The company also toured Shenzhen and Shanghai.

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