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The 44th Hong Kong Arts Festival 2016

NEW WORKS / WORLD PREMIERES Theatre:1. New Stage Series–Chinese Lesson* 2. Tang Shu-Wing Theatre Studio–Macbeth^ 3. Jockey Club Local Creative Talents Series–Danz Up*Dance: 4. Asia Pacific Dance Platform – The Weight of Force by Ross McCormackHong Kong Jockey Club Contemporary Dance Series – 5. Fragments* by Lam Po6. Thea* by Ronny Wong 7. wŏ mén* by Cai Ying 8. Mapping* by Tracy Wong and Mao Wei 9. Pied à terre* by Yang Hao 10. Time Lag* by Blue Ka-wing11. The 16th Day* by Gabbie Chan12. The Lament of the Wind* by Kenny Leung13. Morning Glory* by Ivy Tsui14. Monologue* by Rebecca Wong Mei-yuk 15. Two* by James Yau* Commissioned and produced by the Hong Kong Arts Festival^ Co-commissioned by the Hong Kong Arts Festival and Shakespeare’s Globe ASIAN PREMIERES Opera: 1. Simon Boccanegra by Teatro Regio TorinoMusic: 2. Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov in Concert3. Prima Donna – A Symphonic Visual Concert by Rufus Wainwright 4. human requiem by Rundfunkchor BerlinDance: 5. The Sleeping Beauty by Mikhailovsky Ballet (premiered on 11 December 2011)6. What’s Become of You? by Compagnie 111 – Aurélien Bory 7. FOLK-S, will you still love me tomorrow? by Alessandro Sciarroni  Theatre: 8. Jane Eyre by Bristol Old Vic and National Theatre of Great Britain9. BigMouth by SKaGeN & Richard Jordan Productions in co-production with De Tijd & Stuk10. SmallWaR by SKaGeN, Richard Jordan Productions and Theatre Royal Plymouth in co-production with Stuk & De TijdCircus: The Pianist by Circo Aereo & Thomas Monckton