Geography, re-Choreographed
A short video by Joanna Tam featuring Choreographer Abby Chan who ‘commutes’ between New York and Hong Kong ~
Geography, re-Choreographed from Joanna Tam on Vimeo.
White Road
another Excerpt from Quando Sr Bastos encontra Sra Chan @ Hong Kong Fringe Club City Festival 2009
Estrada Branca
Body Percussion
When acclaimed Hong Kong dancer-choreographer Abby Chan and Brazilian dancer-choreographer Otávio Bastos first met in New York, they were both delighted by how much they understood each other’s body language. The encounter sparked a productive artist-in-residence scheme spanning New York – São Paulo – Hong Kong. The result is “When Mr Bastos Meets Ms Chan”, a celebration of bodies, movement and body language, expressing the truths of two very different cultures.
Excerpt from Quando Sr Bastos encontra Sra Chan
São Paulo – Hong Kong Artist Residency Project 08-09
Quando Sr Bastos encontra Sra Chan – work in progress (brazil)
A collaboration between Abby Chan and Otávio Bastos comprising a six-month exchange of ideas and cultural perspectives as they explored each other’s dance vocabularies, plus one month of intense creative work in São Paulo, Brazil.
Pipe Dream + Spectrum + Lost and Found
Pipe Dream 2002
Commissioned work by the Hong Kong City Contemporary Dance Company
Hong Kong Dance Alliance Dance Award
Spectrum 2003
Commissioned work by the Little Asia Dance Exchange Network – Taipei, Tokyo, Seoul, Sydney and Hong Kong
Lost and Found 2006
New York Debut at Joyce SoHo, New York
Dance theater performance inspired by Chinese adopted girls’ stories.
Disclosure 2001
Commissioned work by the Hong Kong City Contemporary Dance Company
With famous Hong Kong fashion designer Henry C.W. Lau’s whimsical designs,
Chan poses the notion that “You are what you wear”.
Through simple episodes and lighthearted encounters among the dancers, Chan captures the play that goes on between fashion and people.