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The 45th Hong Kong Arts Festival 2017

NEW WORKS / WORLD PREMIERES Commissioned and produced by the Hong Kong Arts Festival Music:1. Jockey Club Local Creative Talents – Hong Kong Odyssey (17 compositions by Chan Hing-yan, Charles Kwong, Daniel Lo and Phoebus Lee)Theatre:2. A Floating Family – A Trilogy (Play One: Hong Kong Astronaut)3. A Floating Family – A Trilogy (Play Two: All Out of Love) 4. A Floating Family – A Trilogy (Play Three: Vacant in the City)Dance:   The Hong Kong Jockey Club Contemporary Dance Series:5. Will you still love me tomorrow? Hong Kong Remix (Alessandro Sciarroni in collaboration with Mao Wei)6. Cecilia’s Rhapsody - The Invisible S by Blue Ka-wing7. Cecilia’s Rhapsody - Très léger by Ata Wong8. Cecilia’s Rhapsody - Nook by Rebecca Wong Pik-kei  9. Dance Off – Along by Hugh Cho 10. Dance Off – Confession ain't Solo by Joseph Lee11. Dance Off – Hepatic Compression by Sudhee Liao12. Dance Off – You are Beautiful by Jennifer Mok13. Dance Off – 900" by Ming Pak14. Dance Off – Trinity by Terry Tsang15. Dance Off – ? by Sarah Xiao  Commissioned by the Hong Kong Arts FestivalOpera:16. Cantonese Opera – Emperor Wu of Han and his Jester Strategist ASIAN PREMIERES Opera:  1. National Theatre Brno - The Makropulos Case2. A co-production between San Francisco Opera and the Hong Kong Arts Festival – Dream of the Red ChamberMusic:3. Gainsbourg Symphonic with Jane BirkinDance:4. Mono Lisa by Itzik Galili 5. Dual by Stephanie Lake Company (Asia Pacific Dance Platform)6. ETM: Double Down by Dorance DanceTheatre:7. Druid – The Beauty Queen of Leenane8. Rose Theatre Kingston – All My Sons9. De Utvalgte – Shadows10. 17 Border Crossings by Thaddeus Phillips11. The Public Theater – The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family (Play One: Hungry)12. The Public Theater – The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family (Play Two: What Did You Expect?)13. The Public Theater – The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family (Play Three: Women of a Certain Age)14. Dark Circus by STEREOPTIK