Second Edition
Greater Bay Dance Festival
The Second Edition of “Greater Bay Dance Festival”, to be presented by the Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports and the Cultural Hall of Shenzhen Longgang District, is scheduled to take place at the Shenzhen Longgang District Cultural Center from October 15-19, 2021.
The Greater Bay Dance Festival was held in Shenzhen for the first time last year. It gathered major league companies in China, hence demonstrated the country’s highest standard of contemporary dance and became a well-known festivity among dance circle within Shenzhen as well as throughout China. Building on such success, the 2021 Greater Bay Dance Festival extends its invitation to wider modern dance circle, covering cities across China such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Nanjing, Xian, Nanning, Tianjin, Handan, Macao and Hongkong.
Throughout the 40 years of opening and development, China’s innovations, for example with: high-speed train, mobile payment, bike-sharing, super infrastructure construction, have produced huge improvements in standard of living. People’s attitude towards livelihood underwent tremendous changes enabling themselves so proudly standing in the forefront of the modern world. Works by young dance artists can so perfectly reflect the physique and imaginations of the new generation in China. While Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong are considered the first-tier cities among the world, the second and third-tier cities of China are also advancing at incredible speed.
These young inhabitants of China have since embraced to the multi-facet cultural environment, and through their dance, express vigorously towards a contemporary, innovative, and individualistic identity.
With China’s revitalized society under flourishing economy, the dance artists are producing works with confidence and gaining attention across the globe. As a major modern dance festivity in China, the Second Edition of Greater Bay Dance Festival, presenting the sentiments of young people in China, composes of four modules:
Workshops: 9am & 11am sessions of various styles of contemporary dance taught by professional dancers and choreographers
Forum: 2:30pm sessions facilitated by Festival artistic director, Willy TSAO, inviting artists from different areas to discuss the issues on current contemporary dance
Showcase: 4pm session exhibiting short original choreography by young talents
Main Stage: 7:30pm & 9pm sessions inviting major dance companies and artists throughout China to perform their latest creations
The Beijing Dance Festival is one of the biggest celebrations of dance in China, with more than 300 dance artists, over 200 dance students, and more than 5000 audience members congregating in Beijing every summer. These participants come from cities throughout China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as across the world from North & Central America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.
The Beijing Dance Festival is co-presented by BeijingDance/LDTX, Hong Kong City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC) China Dance Development and Beijing TianQiao Performing Arts Center. The annual Beijing Dance Festival began in 2008 as a one-week festivity, whose focus would alternate, from one year to the next, between international and Chinese artists. Since 2012, the Festival has combined both international and Chinese artists and expanded to its current two-week duration.
The two-week Beijing Dance Festival is composed of two parts: an Educational Week followed by a Performance Week. The educational week comprises an intensive six-day Dance Camp taught by an international faculty. The performance week comprises three performance modules: Focus, presenting full evening productions; Springboard, showcasing works that are more edgy and daring; and Youth Dance Marathon (YDM), offering an open platform designed especially for young choreographer to showcase their original works.
July 16 to 28: 2019 Beijing Dance Festival
July 17 to 22: Education Week
Dance Camp (Registration on 16th)
July 23 to 28: Performance Week
Focus (opening performance on 23rd), Springboard, Youth Dance Marathon, Masterclass and Festival Forum
Please stay tune.
Session to be held at 3pm daily, facilitated by Festival artistic director, Mr. Willy TSAO, discussing on current contemporary dance development.
Session to be held at 3pm daily, facilitated by Festival artistic director, Mr. Willy TSAO, discussing on current contemporary dance development.
Time:2019.07.24 17:00
Venue:Studio Theater, Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center
Time:2019.07.25 17:00
Venue:Studio Theater, Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center
Time:2019.07.26 17:00
Venue:Studio Theater, Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center
Time:2019.07.27 17:00
Venue:Studio Theater, Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center
Time:2019.07.28 17:00
Venue:Studio Theater, Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center
Please stay tune.
Time: 2021-10-15 (Fri) 19:30
Venue: Cultural Center of Shenzhen Longgang District Grand Theater
Time: 2021-10-19 (Fri) 21:00
Venue: Cultural Center of Shenzhen Longgang District Music Hall
Time: 2021-10-16 (Sat) 19:30
Venue: Cultural Center of Shenzhen Longgang District Grand Theater
Time: 2021-10-16 (Sat) 19:30
Venue: Cultural Center of Shenzhen Longgang District Music Hall
Time: 2021-10-17 (Sun) 19:30
Venue: Cultural Center of Shenzhen Longgang District Grand Theater
Time: 2021-10-17 (Sun) 21:00
Venue: Cultural Center of Shenzhen Longgang District Music Hall
Time: 2021-10-18 (Mon) 19:30
Venue: Cultural Center of Shenzhen Longgang District Grand Theater
Time: 2021-10-18 (Mon) 21:00
Venue: Cultural Center of Shenzhen Longgang District Music Hall
Time: 2021-10-19 (Tues) 19:30
Venue: Cultural Center of Shenzhen Longgang District Grand Theater
Time: 2021-10-19 (Tues) 21:00
Venue: Cultural Center of Shenzhen Longgang District Music Hall
Time: 2020-12-04 (Fri) 20:00
Venue: Cultural Center of Shenzhen Longgang District
Time: 2020-12-05 (Sat) 20:00
Venue: Cultural Center of Shenzhen Longgang District
Time: 2020-12-06 (Sun) 20:00
Venue: Cultural Center of Shenzhen Longgang District
Time: 2020-12-07 (Mon) 20:00
Venue: Cultural Center of Shenzhen Longgang District
Time: 2020-12-08 (Tue) 20:00
Venue: Cultural Center of Shenzhen Longgang District
Time: 2020-12-09 (Wed) 20:00
Venue: Cultural Center of Shenzhen Longgang District
Time:2019-07-23 20:00
Venue:Lyric Theater, Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center
Time:2019-07-24 20:00
Venue:Lyric Theater, Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center
Time:2019-07-25 20:00
Venue:Grand Theater, Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center
Time:2019-07-26 20:00
Venue:Lyric Theater, Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center
Time:2019-07-27 20:00
Venue:Grand Theater, Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center
Time:2019-07-28 20:00
Venue:Lyric Theater, Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center
Please stay tune.
Showcase is an open platform especially catered for young choreographer to showcase his/her original works.
Showcase is an open platform especially catered for young choreographer to showcase his/her original works.
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Professional dance/arts group; Individual dance artist; Contemporary dance aficionado / aficionada
2019 Youth Dance Marathon (YDM) Selected Works
2019.07.24 YDM - 1
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《Fast, Faster, Fastest!》Choreography: GAO Jia Yin
《Seek》Choreography: LUO Jing Yi
《The song of puppets》Choreography: CHEN Xie Wei
《Love spell》Choreography: TANG Wen Biao
《Who-who》Choreography: ZHANG Mie
《Inner game》Choreography: ZHANG Qing Nui, DING Gu
《Homeland》Choreography: SHA Ri-na
《Bodies. Water. Fire》Choreography: Allen XING Chun
2019.07.25 YDM - 2
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《Gift》 Choreography: GAO Yang
《The breeze》Choreography: CHEN Jing Juan
《Come and leave》Choreography: LE Huan, FU Chuan
《Left right》Choreography: WANG Fei, ZHU Hai-yang,Z
《Afterward...》Choreography: YUAN Shi
《Seven》Choreography: CAO Jiang-bo, LI Xiang, XU Ji
《?》Choreography: PENG Mei-ru, WANG Hong-tao
《So pursue》 Choreography: XUE Lei Kai
《Time Sampling》 Choreography: WU Qian
《Seeking》 Choreography: LEE Hsin
2019.07.26 YDM - 3
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《That's all》Choreography: QIAN Min
《The monologue of falling geese》Choreography: Jim
《Memory》Choreography: LUE Yue
《SHH》Choreography: WU Hong Zhi, CENG Liang
《HaHaHa》Choreography: LI Jun Nan
《G + round》Choreography: Elzira ROSARIO
《Before I go》Choreography: LEE Chin Chieh
《Daughter》Choreography: GUO Zi Xing
《We are in the same wilderness》Choreography: LIAN
2019.07.27 YDM - 4
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《The key in the sea》 Choreography:GAO Yang
《Pursue》Choreography: CUI Lei Lei
《Garden》Choreography: YANG Pei Yao, MA Te
《The same place》Choreography: ZHUO Ge
《Untouchable》Choreography: Zhou Si Yu, HUANG Si J
《Fleeting》Choreography: JIN Ni
《Like grass》Choreography: ZHENG Zhuang Yang
《Invisible blue, untouchable green》Choreography:
《In》Choreography: MIWA Akiko
2019.07.28 YDM - 5
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《Search for things》Choreography: XU Ai Ping, LI
《Virtual》Choreography: WANG Yue
《Go with the flow》Choreography: QIU Shi, LI Jing
《Zihao’s guitar》Choreography: WANG Zi Hao, LI Ren
《Here I Am》Choreography: WONG To Yu
《Undercurrent》Choreography: LIU Hong Li, ZHENG Li
《Pray》Choreography: MA Kai
《Reverse people》Choreography: WANG Bo, WU Wei Mei
《Whale Fall》Choreography: KUAI Yu Ting
《Unearth, Expose, Discover》Choreography: Bryn MAC