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The 43rd Hong Kong Arts Festival 2015

NEW WORKS / WORLD PREMIERES Opera: 1. Jockey Club Local Creative Talents Series – Datong: The Chinese Utopia*Music: 2. Hong Kong Sinfonietta – Clear Light by Joyce Wai-chung Tang3. Arvo Pärt – 80 by 8, Pärt at 80 celebration concert by Theatre of VoicesTheatre:4. The Amahs* 5. The Crowd^Dance: 6. Hong Kong Jockey Club Contemporary Dance Series – The Trouble-maker’s Concerto* by Justyne Li and Wong Tan-ki7. Hong Kong Jockey Club Contemporary Dance Series – Fleeing By Night2* by Wayson Poon 8. Hong Kong Jockey Club Contemporary Dance Series – From the Top* by Victor Fung 9. Hong Kong Jockey Club Contemporary Dance Series – Diffusion of the Silence* by Chloe Wong 10. Hong Kong Jockey Club Contemporary Dance Series – 7 new works* by Hugh Cho, Li De, Ivy Tsui, Ata Wong, Tracy Wong, Rebecca Wong, Allen Yuan* Commissioned and produced by the Hong Kong Arts Festival^ Commissioned by the Hong Kong Arts Festival. Co-produced by the Hong Kong Arts Festival and the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre ASIAN PREMIERES Opera: 1. The Tsar’s Bride by the Bolshoi OperaMusic: 2. Chiara’s Diary – My Life at the convent in Venice (1730-1780) by Europa Galante3. the little match girl passion by David Lang (to be performed by Theatre of Voices)4. The Sound of Colours/Petrushka/Metamorphosis – 3 works featured in the Mikhail Rudy & Marc Chagall – The Sound of ColoursDance: 5. The Flames of Paris by the Bolshoi Ballet (Premiere on 3 July 2008)6. Jewels by the Bolshoi Ballet (Premiere on 5 May 2008)7. Cinderella by Dutch National Ballet Theatre: 8. Pride and Prejudice produced by the Gate Theatre9. Lionboy by Complicite10. Not I/Footfalls/Rockaby by the Royal Court Theatre and Lisa Dwan production in association with Cusack Projects Ltd