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Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts- Outreach
As part
of its role in fostering the performing arts, the Academy undertakes a
variety of community outreach activities to enrich the cultural life of
Hong Kong while giving students a broader range of performing
experience. Outreach activities are viewed as an important dimension of
the Academy's future development. They contribute to building audiences
for the increasing number of performers graduating from the Academy as
well as broadening the base for Recruit Students | . The Academy also
schedules special matinee performances for secondary school students,
youth with special needs and other interested groups.
Dance students, especially those in their senior years, are frequently
invited to participate in outreach /internship projects involving
productions by local and visiting international professional dance
companies, including the Hong Kong Ballet, the Hong Kong Dance Company,
the City Contemporary Dance Company, Pina Bausch's Tanztheater Wuppertal
Company and the Stuttgart Ballet, as well as works by distinguished
choreographers in performances both locally and abroad.
Each year, workshops are arranged for primary and secondary school
teachers during which Drama teachers give training in acting techniques,
directing skills, play writing, make up design, backstage organisation,
lighting design and stage management techniques. The School of Drama
also provides intensive acting courses for participants of the Hong Kong
Schools' Drama Competition during summer.
The School of Music organises students to perform on different occasions
for educational and training purposes. These include concerts at
Government House, performing as extra players in professional
orchestras, and playing chamber or solo music at various public and
private functions.
The School of Technical Arts collaborates with secondary schools to
produce plays or musicals to promote an interest in and an understanding
of the technical arts. A series of theatre and technical arts training
courses has been developed to meet the needs of secondary school
children. Each training course contains between 16 and 20 one or
two-hour sessions and around four longer technical workshops of
approximately three hours each. The response has been excellent and the
School of Technical Arts has received a large number of requests to
expand this programme to more secondary schools.
Over 2,000 secondary school students saw a Technical Arts' Theatre in
Circus installation at the Academy's Amphitheatre in 2001. Participants
were led through a series of interactive environments where special
effects were demonstrated from simple mechanical puppets and stage
machinery to sophisticated computer-controlled lighting, sound and
scenic art effects. Planning is currently under way to repeat this
highly successful outreach event in 2001-02.
The Academy's outreach programmes are not solely limited to activities
within Hong Kong. Students are frequently invited to perform abroad in
international festivals and important cultural events, often sponsored
by the Government to promote or represent Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
1 Gloucester Road, GPO 122888
Wanchai, China (Hong Kong)
http://www.hkapa.edu/
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