Hi, I'm Lindsey and I'm working with 2 groups who will be performing at the Urban Dance Festival. We shall be creating work for Tong Chong Street (or Sugar Factory Street in English) hence the name of our dance "Life is Sweet'!!
The name of the street refers to the sugar refining plant which was one of Swire’s initiatives to encourage diversity of trades and expand in a number of new directions. The first of these initiatives began with the purchase of several large blocks of land at Quarry Bay on Hong Kong Island in 1881. Work soon started on the Taikoo Sugar Refinery and the factory was in production by 1883.
My group will work collaboratively to create choreography...so everyone can input their ideas...rather than me 'teach' them a set piece with steps (not my thing!) I try to use different stimuli to inspire the dances...words, images, music, poems, etc.
There are 2 very cool art works on Tong Chong St. both by the 60's artist Allen Jones they are entitled "City Shadow 1 & 2" and they look at positive & negative space...which reminds me of one of the poems I found when goggling "Life is Sweet"
“As you wander through your life, friend
Whatever be your goal
Keep your eyes upon the donut
And not upon the hole”
The piece will be created to draw attention to the focus in our lives…do the people on the street celebrate the donut or get absorbed in the hole? Does society focus on the sweet things in their lives or embrace the negative instead?
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