Jockey Club New Arts Power
JOCKEY CLUB New Arts Power, launched in 2017, is an annual Arts Festival presented by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council with the funding support from The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. The Festival brings together established and emerging local artists to produce creative, approachable and engaging arts experiences for all. Over the past three years, 38 arts groups have participated in the Festival. Together they produced 72 live performances and a remarkable number of major exhibitions. Uniting art groups and various organisations from the social welfare, academic and commercial sectors, the festival held over 450 community and school events, reaching some 380,000 participants. JOCKEY CLUB New Arts Power 2020 / 2021 will be held from September 2020, featuring a total of 9 selected programmes that include dance, theatre, music, xiqu, multimedia and visual arts exhibition, as well as presenting more than 100 community and school activities.
Table of Content Introduction of Appreciation Pack ................................................................................... 2 MUSIC = Bel Canto Singers: When Mozart Meets Da Ponte ..................................................... 3 DANCE = La P en V Innovative Dance Platform: Au-delà du Temps .......................................... 5 = Unlock Dancing Plaza: Hands・Footprint・Sound #danceless Performance Series .. 7 = Joseph Lee: Unfolding Images: We are Spectacle(s) .................................................. 9 VISUAL ARTS = Leung Chi Wo: Home and Nonhome ........................................................................ 11 = Zheng Bo: Life is hard. Why do we make it so easy? ................................................ 13 XIQU = Spring Glory Cantonese Opera Workshop: Three Cantonese Opera Excerpts ....... 15 THEATRE = Pants Theatre Production: Sweet Mandarin ............................................................ 17 = Hoi Chiu: Brothers of War ........................................................................................ 19 Extended Reading ........................................................................................................... 22
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Produced by JOCKEY CLUB New Arts Power, this Learning Package is intended for teachers. Featuring the underlying creative principles of each artist, this publication instructs students to discuss and think. Introduction of Learning Package
User Guide The teaching materials – creative principles, highlighted sections and extended discussions – direct students to appreciate forms of expression and inspire them to ruminate on issues about each artwork.
Appreciation Guide In a lively style, they take students to examine the shows and exhibitions from a variety of perspectives.
Programme Video With documentaries containing behind-thescene highlights and performance excerpts, one could grasp the unique attribute of each piece.
Highlighted Sections With details about all pivotal quirks, along with the Programme Short Films and Education Kits, teachers could easily decide the content they need.
Extended Discussions Additional topics for teachers and students to study and discuss.
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Creative Principles Choosing and briefly explaining the decisive segment of creative philosophies held by each artist.
How to locate the highlighted materials? 03’42” The time code of the corresponding programme short film P.16 The page number of the corresponding appreciation guide
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Music
When Mozart Meets Da Ponte Bel Canto Singers Originated from Italy, opera is predominately deemed as an “unattainable” high art. To disprove such stereotypical notion, Bel Canto Singers decided to produce an innovative opera performance with relaxing and catchy tunes by combing compositions of the golden duo – Mozart and Da Ponte.
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Adapting songs from the genius pair’s masterpieces, namely Così fan tutte, The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni, David Quah, the music director of Bel Canto Singers, rearranges every track chosen with such elements as pop, rock, jazz and a cappella. Along with amusing plots, When Mozart Meets Da Ponte transforms classic plays to a fascinating event that “everyone can comprehend”.
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Creative Principles Retaining the traditional Bel Canto singing technique, the production incorporates familiar music styles and newly written Cantonese dialogues. Reducing the distance between operas and contemporary audience, the opera performance no longer feels abstruse.
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Interdisciplinary Studies • Visual art • Music Key Areas of Learning • To learn about the golden duo in the opera industry • To deepen students’ understanding of operas • A combination of opera and modern music
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Highlighted Sections 1. The golden duo of opera during the 18th century • Mozart and Da Ponte 00’30” & 02’35” • Three opera masterpieces 00’58” 2. Classical opera and its variations • History and performances • Conventional recitativo delivered in Cantonese
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3. Brand new music arrangements P.11 Adapting three opera masterpieces, When Mozart Meets Da Ponte consists of re-invented plots and rearranged tunes that assimilate various styles of modern and popular music. All these make the show more engaging. • A cappella 06’25” P.12 • Beatbox 04’20” • Rock 05’10” • Jazz 13’44” P.11 & 13 – Bossa Nova 09’05” – Jazz Blues 12’26 P.13
Extended Discussions 1. An opera performance tends to feel highbrow because of its restriction in languages and techniques. Is that really so? Try to allow students to share their experiences in appreciating operas. 2. Regarding the development of art, both the traditional and innovative approaches have their own supporters. What do students think about this? 3. The clip mentions the provocative nature of Mozart ( 00’42”) and Da Ponte’s admiration for him. Trying everything he could, the librettist managed to collaborate with Mozart. Eventually, the two co-conceived a number of legendary opera pieces, becoming the “perfect partner” for each other. In the views of students, who are their “perfect partners”? Let them describe personalities of themselves and their partners as well as anecdotes of their teamwork.
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Dance
Au-delà du Temps La P en V Innovative Dance Platform Choreographed by Chong Chan Po, Au-delà du Temps consists of nine dreamy and illusory scenes of dances, including a solo that depicts the recollection of the choreographer, a profoundly poetic duet and a group dance that probes into the unknown future. Despite its heterogeneous forms, the show has flawlessly harmonised elements from Chinese classical and folk dances and contemporary ones, unfolding a realistic yet imaginary life journey with nine parts ( P. 5-6). Upon entering the auditorium, audiences could immediately notice dancers making tokens of their memories with clay. At such instance, the viewers have irresistibly become as if dust in the passage of time. Creative Principles Although being a professional Chinese dance practitioner, Chong relishes his partnership with dancers from a mixture of backgrounds, which sparks unconventional renditions and ideas. Their creative outputs present audiences not only subtle references from Chinese classical dance but also touches of modern dance concerning the form and movement.
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Interdisciplinary Studies • Visual Art • Philosophy Key Areas of Learning • To appreciate the combination of Chinese and contemporary dances • The execution of props and stage effects • To scrutinise the significance of time and memory in one’s life
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Highlighted Sections 1. A dance that harmonises both new and existing styles Blending with motley dance elements, the work expands the scope of imagination and thinking • About Chinese and contemporary dances 01’05” P.3 • “Eccentricity” vs “multi-cultured” 00’50” P.4 • Highlights from scene 1: 02’05” P.5 the theme of “sacrifice ritual” illustrated with elements of Tibetan dance • Highlights from scene 5: 20’50” P.6 appreciating touching moments from the duet 2. The Theory of Props The behind-the-scene shows how formless concepts are manifested by tangible props in Au-delà du Temps. • Highlights from scene 2: 11’45” P.5 clay, Chinese cauldron and the falling sand • The imagery of clay 04’17” P.7 • The making of the Chinese cauldron 10’17” P.7 • The operation of the falling sand 10’58” P.7 3. Connection between dances and life 27’05” Inseparable from one’s life, dance touches one’s soul with movements and feelings
Extended Discussions 1. Hand out clay to students and allow them to produce objects that signify a particular moment in their life just as what the dancers did. 2. After studying the brief description of each scene, let students describe the stage of life they believe they are recently experiencing.
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Dance
Hands・Footprint・Sound #danceless Performance Series Unlock Dancing Plaza Apart from a form of art and sport for ages, dance constitutes a substantial part of cultural development, yet many find such form inaccessible. According to Ong Yong Lock, founder of Unlock Dancing Plaza, dances are but languages induced by body rhythms. Ong has devised a series of workshops and performances during which ordinary people are encouraged to set aside dance skills and to interact and observe other participants through the expression of bodies, enjoying the liberation of body and mind. Creative Principles Starting with body rhythm, Unlock Dancing Plaza’s programme #danceless breaks loose of individual restrains and discover unique possibilities. Advocating that “everyone can dace”, they grant everyone the freedom and capacity for appreciating dance. Dances are anything that comes directly from one's heart.
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Interdisciplinary Studies • Visual art • Physical education Key Areas of Learning • What dance is • The therapeutic elements of dance • To understand yourself through body rhythm
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Highlighted Sections 1. Examine the meaning of dance 00’20” P.12-14 Dance is not confined to pursuing techniques; they liberate one’s self-constraints and bring about spiritual satisfaction. 2. Reactions before and after public engagement and workshops Through different group activities, the tutor allows participants from separate backgrounds to experience body rhythms, begetting positive impacts. • The general fear about dancing 09’50” • Reactions of the participants 10’02” & 11’02” • The therapeutic aspects of dancing 12’18” 3. Mini Games To stimulate our bodily perceptions by deploying casual objects as props. • Dancing with a plastic bag 12’58” P.6-7 • Dancing on a magic square 13’55” P.8-9 • Gaming with a piece of paper and a pair of hands P.9-10
Extended Discussions 1. How do students define dance? You may discuss it by referring to Education Kit and your personal experiences.
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2. During the activity, teachers may guide students to notice the body rhythm of each other and to express their own feelings about the process. 3. Utilising anything in your classroom as mini props, try to design an activity that is exclusively about your class without any creative restrain.
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Dance
Unfolding Images: We are Spectacle(s) Joseph Lee Technology has engendered maturation as well as excessive availability of contemporary photography, affecting its cost and circulation. This has in turns altered the way we perceive portrait photography. Unconscious adjustments are performed by photographers, the photographed and even onlookers, so much so that we ourselves have become spectacle(s). Joseph Lee thinks that this phenomenon resembles both the routine life and performance. Consequently, he appoints five performers with diverse background to cocreate his work. Renouncing preconceived notions about one’s identity, their collaboration proposes to debunk different symbols of action and meanwhile to observe how the body adopts itself in this image laden age. In the meantime, the performance transforms the audience, who are staying within the same space, to viewable targets. Lee’s creation inspires us to ruminate on our habits of reading images and explore a more profound and complicated possibility under a multi-dimensional relationship. Creative Principles As an extended solo of Folding Echoes, Lee’s latest endeavour originates from the idea of portrait photography, exploring how technology shapes the language of posture performed during and after a photoshoot and contemplating on changes in the relationship between photographer and the photographed.
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Interdisciplinary Studies • Visual Art • Social Sciences Key Learning Aspects • A brief history of photography • The influence on photography casted by technological advancement • The changes of “standard” influenced by the immergence of social media
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Highlighted Sections 1. On photography Photograph has about two hundred years of history. How do scientists manage to retain these “images painted by light” with upgrades in technology? • The invention and development of photography P.4-5 • Spontaneity improved by technology of processing P.5 & 9-10 2. About photographer and the photographed Everyone can be “the photographer” and “the photographed”. The standard of “a nice photo” may differ across cultures, races and social strata; a specific aesthetic requirement is favoured in each era. • The cultural etiquette in photography P.8-9 • Variation in popular poses P.8-9 3. About the Audiences There exists a relationship of “seeing” and “to be seen” between the photographer and the photographed. The process of being seen may even lead to a performance. Upon entering such state, one will produce divergent kinds of ideas and meanings. • Changes in receiving images 00’11” P.10 • Impacts generated by the 11’25 & 12’54” P.11-12 prevalence of social media • Observe and reflect through exercises; P.10-12 ponder on the meaning self-identification. & 14
Extended Discussions 1. Photos in social media are regarded as the presentation of one’s public image. Let students describe photos they posted most frequently over the past year; how do they differ from their previous uploads? 2. Let students explain whether there is a need for exaggerated gestures or expressions during a photoshoot. What kind of self-image are they trying to project? 3. Could students notice any difference about their acquaintances in their pictures and in real interactions?
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Visual Arts
Home and Nonhome Leung Chi Wo Introduction and Creative Principles “Where is my home” has been a significant issue. Concerning this, artist Leung Chi Wo transforms a nonhome setting – two hotel rooms and the hotel lobby - into a household environment, where he exhibits a multitude of installation artworks that address the sense of belonging held by disparate generations. Viewers are prompted to re-examine and confirm the so called concept of “home.” Is it a physical term or a condition of peacefulness and quietness? P.7-9
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Interdisciplinary Studies • Visual art • Personal growth Key Areas of Learning • Reflection on the meaning of “home” • The value of “home”
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Highlighted Sections 1. The Definition and Imagination on “home” Across Generations The concept of “home” can be traced to the Song Dynasty. It is mentioned in such poetry lines such as “Home is where my heart can find peace” by Su Shi and “My body has no home in the first place; it is where my heart dwells” by Bai Juyi. So what does the term refer to in the contemporary context? • • •
Old telephone booth Descriptions on “home” in the millennium era The meaning of “home” for youngsters of the current generation
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2. Two Questions Raised by the Artist 06’37” P.7 • Does a “home” offer a physical space or there are other purposes? • When a “home” is no longer a place where we continuously accustomed to, is there any other “non-home” refuge that shelters our crushed heart?
Extended Discussions 1. Everybody has his/her own definition of “home.” Let students describe his/her interpretations. Is there any person, object, countenance or element that is/are considered essential? 2. Has the student ever felt intensely nostalgic about his/her homes? Where was he/she locating by then? 3. Deliberate with students on the argument: “Home is where my heart can find peace.”
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Visual Arts
Life is hard. Why do we make it so easy? Zheng Bo A resident of Lantau Island, Zheng Bo holds the multi-role of art-maker, researcher and teacher; he shows long-lived concern for the artistic practice in social and ecological fields. Reflecting upon the ecological paradox, Zheng aspires for cooperation between human beings and nature to sustain the ecological balance again. Working with specialists of orchid flowers from Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, Zheng composed the installation from a selection of over 130 local orchid species, hanging them among branches and boughs in the farm. In a light tone, Zheng’s work addresses the ecological issue about species in the earth. Furthermore, Zheng’s repertoire of botanical sketches is on display inside Kadoorie Farm. All these incite an alternative approach to appreciate the growth of plant. Creative Principles Zheng’s creation is inspired by the thought-provoking TED talk, “Life is easy. Why do we make it so hard?” by Jon Jandai, a farmer from north-eastern Thailand and an activist for sustainable living. Employing orchids as his languages of expression, Zheng encourages viewers to discard the human-centred mindset and meditate on whether life is easy or hard.
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Artist Talk
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P.6-7
TED Talk
Interdisciplinary Studies • Visual arts • Biology Key Areas of Learning • The making and appreciation of installations • Learn about orchid flowers and their crisis of survival • Re-think the position of human beings on Earth • Discuss how human beings should co-exist with the nature
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Highlighted Sections 1. Highlights of the Installations There is a subtle symbiosis between human beings and zoological and botanical creatures. How does the artist cooperate with other species to formulate the current exhibition? • Artistic Principles 01’40” • Ways of appreciating the nature around us 02’07” • The process of making installation 02’50” in collaboration with other departments • Sketches at the Art House 13”02” 2. About Orchids P.10-21 Among many botanical species, orchids are preferred by the artist as his creative partner. This is largely due to their growth characteristics and reproduction methods. • Reasons for choosing orchids and 06’00” their growth characteristics • Orchids’ three methods of reproduction 06’51” • The survival crisis of orchids 09’42” P.22-26 3. Reflections and discussions • How humans should cooperate with nature to maintain ecological equilibrium • Reflect on humans’ role of in nature
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Extended Discussions 1. Ten postcards come with the education kit. Printed on the back of each is a question on nature and life. Please discuss all of these questions with students. 2. Deliberate with students on the topic: “as the centre of all living creatures, human beings dominate the majority of resources in the earth.” 3. From the perspective of students, how should human beings approach the nature? How are their everyday exposures to the nature? 4. Nicked as “the gentleman”, orchids exploit or even deceive other species to achieve symbiosis ( P.10-15). Please direct students to evaluate and discuss whether such means of survival is acceptable. How should human beings establish their moral standard confronting adversity? 5. Watch the TED talk, “Life is easy. Why do we make it so hard?” by Jon Jandai. Then ask students to share their thoughts about pros and cons of the living style cherished by the speaker.
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Xiqu
Three Cantonese Opera Excerpts Spring Glory Cantonese Opera Workshop Devoted to the education, promotion and research of the art of Cantonese opera, The Spring Glory Cantonese Opera Workshop has launched heaps of campaigns and performances all these years. The current event showcases excerpt performances from three classic plays, covering the expertise for drama and action scenes as well as demonstrating individual elements and characteristics of Cantonese opera. Furthermore, the Workshop co-produced with One Table Two Chairs Charitable a school programme: Interactive Drama Workshop – Cantonese Opera meets K-Pop. Constructing its stage settings with student desks and chairs, the show exemplifies the practice of “one table and two chairs” – fundamental theatrical setting in Xiqu – and arouses interest of young people with their favourite Kpop music and dance.
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Appreciation Guide P.12-13
Creative Principles Unveiling the profundity and extensiveness of Cantonese opera, the three excerpt performances are Fifteen Strings of Cash: Finding the Rat – a contest of wit between chousang and laosang (comical and elderly male roles), The Outburst of a Shrew: Kneeling by the Pond – a hilarious comedy – and Iron Cavalry, Silver Match: Invading the City – a display of masteries from wusang and wudan (military male and female roles). Interdisciplinary Studies • Visual Arts • Chinese Culture Key Areas of Learning • Understanding Cantonese opera classic titles • Understanding Cantonese opera stage elements • Exploring Cantonese opera costumes
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Highlighted Sections 1. Cantonese Opera Classics and Excerpt Performances To illustrate the skill and wit of each role, Spring Glory Cantonese Opera Workshop has picked three excerpt performances • Fifteen Strings of Cash: Finding the Rat, P.4 The Outburst of a Shrew: Kneeling by the Pond • Iron Cavalry, Silver Match: Invading the City P.4 & 8-9 and its “aerobatic fighting” elements 2. Cantonese opera and imaginary space During a Xiqu performance in ancient times, all sorts of settings were manifested by one table and two chairs. How is the same aesthetics principle for materialising stage settings being applied in school programme Interactive Drama Workshop – Cantonese Opera meets K-Pop? • Traditional Xiqu stage design P.5 and its glossary • Imaginary spaces extended from P.6-7 “one table and two chairs” 3. Passing on the Nanyin tradition P.15 The Meandering Spirit – A Music Video Merging the element of Nanyin with Cantonese pop music, The Meandering Spirit, in the form of music video, reveals traits of narrative-singing of Nanyin and, with a pop song production, creating a musical dialogue. Cantonese Opera Jigsaw Puzzle *Smoking is featured in the film; please exercise your judgement as to whether this is suitable for your class.
Extended Discussions 1. How do students feel about Cantonese opera? If they have any personal experience of watching, allow them to share it as well as their after thoughts. 2. Teachers may direct students to, after imagining disparate virtual conceptions, actualise them with one table and two chairs. Being “virtual”, however, the conception of an artwork is expected to be recognisable. Teachers may discuss with students on how the story inspires deeper imagination and how performers should coordinate with the narrative. 3. Starting with Interactive Drama Workshop – Cantonese Opera meets K-Pop, elaborate on similarities and differences of Cantonese opera and K-pop. Students may compare their tunes, rhythms, dance steps, costumes and make ups. ( P.12-13)
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Theatre
Sweet Mandarin Pants Theatre Production Setting against the backdrop of 1920’s, the story revolves around Lily, who migrated to Hong Kong from Guangzhou and hired as a maid by a British household. Eventually, Lily followed her boss to England and started a Chinese restaurant titled Lung Fung. Having adjusted to the life in the UK through arduous efforts, Lily’s daughter, Mabel, coowns a fish and chips stall with her husband Eric. With that they diligently raise four children until they graduate from the university; their three daughters even manage to evolve into professionals. These three sisters, during a root searching visit to Hong Kong and Guangzhou, make the tough call to abandon their top notch positions and open Lung Fung the Chinese restaurant to pass on their grandma’s culinary art. Their decision immediately triggers conflicts within their family concerning their future prospects, the times and their identities. As these problems arise among the characters, memories and introspection set in within their hearts. Creative Principles Sweet Mandarin is adapted from the same-titled novel by British Chinese writer Helen Tse about her family story of four generations. Spanning almost a century, the writing chronicles the diaspora journey of women from three generations travelling from Guangzhou, Hong Kong and to the UK. It also revisits viewpoints and struggles about generation gap and identity recognition across specific regional cultures.
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Interdisciplinary Studies • Visual arts • History Key Areas of Learning • A brief history of overseas Chinese • Connection between tastes and memories • How values vary in different eras
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Highlighted Sections 1. A Short history of overseas Chinese The English term “diaspora” refers to a mass relocation of an ethnic group. What has happened during the diasporic history of Chinese? • From Guangzhou to Hong Kong 03’15 • From Hong Kong to Europe and the United States • Chinese restaurants in Chinatowns 2. From “a taste of home” to “comfort food” • The dining table as the core of family • History of “a taste of home” • Memories in the form of scents and tastes 3. How values vary in different eras • Parents’ expectations of their children • Education level and career decisions • Gender stereotypes
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Extended Discussions 1. It is challenging to leave one’s familiar environment and lead a new life in another city. In the views of students, what is the most demanding adjustment one needs to make? What do they expect most? 2. If you have to pick one single object that represents and introduces Hong Kong to locals in foreign countries, what would you choose?
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Theatre
Brothers of War Hoi Chiu The drama revolves around two patients in a children’s ward. Turning into a young warrior and a war horse, they embark on a journey into the great historic battlefields. After earning glory and fame, they return to their hometown only to discover that things are no longer the same. Hoi Chiu’s live sand drawing performance, which gives off an air of Chinese ink wash painting, is accompanied by dramatic, musical and theatrical effects. Transforming a hospital ward into “battlefields”, the drama instigates introspection on the meaning of friendship and peace in the real world. In times of turmoil, nothing is more valuable than love and companionship. Creative Principles With sand paintings, the artist connects multiple media and narrates a heart-warming story, promoting this art form to the society. On the other hand, through personal involvement, viewers are expected to acknowledge the importance of love and companionship during the comingof-age process.
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Interdisciplinary Studies • Visual art • Personal growth Key Areas of Learning • About sand painting • How different art forms collaborate • Explore the courage, love and companion for one’s growth • Get a first-hand experience in sand painting
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Highlighted Sections 1. Sand painting and Hoi Chiu Employing sand painting as his means of expression, Hoi Chiu tells a story with ever-changing pictures. • History and the development P.3 of sand painting • Creative characteristics of sand 00’30” & 10’20 P.5 painting by Hoi Chiu • Equipment for sand painting P.4 & 9 2. Collaborating with other art forms • Interaction with plots • Inter-balance with music • Connecting with actors during live performances
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3. Explore the courage, love and companion for one’s growth P.10-11 Companionship often reflects a deep sense of “love.” Embrace every challenge with courage and never give up on yourself. Grasp the opportunity of accompaniment and together we can confront fear. • Turning a hospital ward into a 02’30” “battlefield” to reflect on life and death • Highlight 1: Gutsy mustering up 07’00” courage to become a “war horse” • Highlight 2: seeking companion in 14’50” fast-paced society 4. Practising sand painting With the help of school facilities like projectors, teachers may initiate a sand painting activity with students by making reference to Hoi Chiu’s tutorial video. • • • •
Resources that can be prepared in the classroom Warm-up exercises and practices Demonstrations by Hoi Chiu Making use of other tools
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Hoi Chiu’s tutorial on sand painting
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Extended Discussions 1. After watching the clips ( 04’00”, 07’00” & 15’30”), how would students describe the personality of Ah Bo and Gutsy? Which one do they resemble more? 2. Love and company are considered critical in a modern society by the artist and the actors. Do students agree with it? Let students articulate their personal feelings or anything they deem as important. 3. Recording an event with words and paintings allows genuine digestion of feelings. ( 14’17”) How do students digest their own feelings during their growth? 4. After experiencing sand painting, let students talk about how it differs from drawing with other drawing tools. 5. What kind of story does Hoi Chiu’s demonstration unfold ( 03’50”)? Let students unleash their imagination and conceive their own narratives on the theme of “love and company”; teachers may contribute their renditions as well. 6. Apart from Hoi Chiu’s suggestions of painting with multifarious parts of your hand, let students pick an object form their households or satchels and notice its effect on the sand. 7. Others 7.1 There are certainly countless hurdles on the path of life and the journey of sand painting. Let students discuss the most unbearable psychological state: fear, anger, sadness or others? 7.2 Let students recite or act, in a simple fashion, the illustration book Brothers of War. With its story, discuss how one could remain one’s own self and positive values during manifold circumstances and strife.
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Extended Reading OperaVision Website http://operavision.eu Supported by Creative Europe of European Union, OperaVision promotes opera to every corner of the world through the power of internet. Apart from introductions, excerpts and electronic library, the webpage is specifically built-in with a “Teachers & Parents” section, which enables these two parties to locate appropriate content according to the grades of pupil and kids. With animations, karaoke and off-the-screen highlight reels, appreciation of opera becomes more appealing. Online Archive of the Journal of Drama and Theatre Education http://dateasia.tefo.hk Focusing on studies in Asia, the Journal of Drama and Theatre Education explores practical theories of theatre education in the broad sense. While South East Asian regions are predominately influenced by Chinese culture, the practical experience of applied theatre originates from the West, leading to diverse conflicts and adjustments regarding the principle and practice of theatre education. As a yearbook, the Journal intends to attract academic and educational personnel to absorb unprecedented elements of education. The Kennedy Center website http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/ The construction of The Kennedy Center was campaigned by US President Kennedy in 1962 with the purpose to develop and promote classical and contemporary performing arts to audience from discrete social strata and different culture backgrounds. The “Education” section of its webpage offers, to teaching staff and students, resources related to education of performing art categorised by art from, themes and teaching mode, etc. It also contains a series of free-of-charge interactive learning modules. Divided by grades, they are applicable for classroom teaching.
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