Members of the Zhongyuan Drama Club lead the students to perform in the dance drama xinlu (New Path). Year unknown. Photos courtesy of Cheng Wai-yung.
Members of the Zhongyuan Drama Club lead the students to perform in the dance drama xinlu (New Path). Year unknown. Photos courtesy of Cheng Wai-yung.
Members of the Zhongyuan Drama Club lead the students to perform in the dance drama xinlu (New Path). Year unknown. Photos courtesy of Cheng Wai-yung.
The rehearsal of the Ten-school Sports Day jointly organised by ten left-wing schools that was held at the South China Athletic Association in 1958. The sports dance performance programme included the dragon dance, drum waist dance and fan dance routines. The sports day was cancelled as the event permit was not granted by the authorities. The person in the front row who is facing the camera is Poon Wai-yan. Photos courtesy of Cheng Wai-yung.
The Lantern Festival is a folk dance routine from South China. It was collected along with other folk materials by the huanan gewu tuan (the South China Song and Dance Troupe), and adapted into a performance piece. The actor standing at the centre is Wang Rudeng. Year unknown. Photos courtesy of Cheng Wai-yung.
Yeung Wai-kwok (left) and Du Ruzheng (right) perform in The Lantern Festival, a dance work created and choreographed by Cheng Wai-yung and Lu Shouxiang. Year unknown. Photos courtesy of Cheng Wai-yung.
A rehearsal photo of The Little Sisters on the Prairie, a dance drama created by Cheng Wai-yung. Year unknown. Photos courtesy of Cheng Wai-yung.
A performance of the duet The Bow Dance in 1964. Photos courtesy of Yeung Wai-kui.
A performance of the classical dance The Dagger Dance in 1972. Photos courtesy of Yeung Wai-kui.
A performance of the classical dance The Dagger Dance in 1972. Photos courtesy of Yeung Wai-kui.
Lau So-kam (centre) and Ng Kin-hung (right) perform in On the Way to the Festivities, a folk dance routine of the Dai people, staged at the Hong Kong City Hall. Year unknown. Photos courtesy of Lau So-kam.
The Hong Kong Youth Dance Group presented a Xinjiang dance performance at the City Hall in 1976. Photos courtesy of Lau So-kam.
Mui Cheuk-yin (left) performs in The Butterfly Lovers. Year unknown. Photos courtesy of Lau So-kam.
The dance work xiang canglong (Winning Over the Dark Blue Dragon) which Cheng Wai-yung directed during her Hon Wah years. Year unknown. Photos courtesy of Cheng Wai-yung.
Ode to the Motherland, a National Day dance performance presented by the Hon Wah Middle School dance team. Year unknown. Photos courtesy of Cheng Wai-yung.
The Tea Picking Dance, a National Day dance performance presented by the Hon Wah Middle School dance team. Year unknown. Photos courtesy of Cheng Wai-yung.
A performance of the Dragon Dance with Hu Jun holding up the dragon’s head. Year unknown.
Film and TV
A film still of Josephine Siao, which Lorita Leung received as a gift when the two worked on a film production together. Year unknown. Photos courtesy of Lorita Leung.
From the late 1960s to the early 1970s, Lorita Leung worked at the Southern Drama Group, where she created the choreographies for many Cantonese-language films. Photos courtesy of Lorita Leung.
From the late 1960s to the early 1970s, Lorita Leung worked at the Southern Drama Group, where she created the choreographies for many Cantonese-language films. Photos courtesy of Lorita Leung.
After joining Rediffusion Television in 1967, Lorita Leung created choreographies for various programmes and mini-dance dramas for the TV station. Photos courtesy of Lorita Leung.
After joining Rediffusion Television in 1967, Lorita Leung created choreographies for various programmes and mini-dance dramas for the TV station. Photos courtesy of Lorita Leung.
After joining Rediffusion Television in 1967, Lorita Leung created choreographies for various programmes and mini-dance dramas for the TV station. Photos courtesy of Lorita Leung.
Education Activities
The male participants in the short training programme conducted by the China Arts Troupe at Mount Davis. Among them were Lau Siu-ming (second left) and his younger brother (fifth right), Gao Xianlin (fifth left), Lu Shouxiang (second right), and Lee Kow-chou (first right). Year unknown. Photos courtesy of Cheng Wai-yung.
Bidding farewell to the China Arts Troupe. Cheng Wai-yung (second left), Zhao Qing (third left), Wu Jiangping (fourth left), Wang Yucheng (fifth left), and Liu Feng (first right). Year unknown. Photos courtesy of Cheng Wai-yung.
Lau So-kam (centre of the front row). Members of the Hong Kong Fukien Athletic Club learning The Peacock Dance. Year unknown. Photos courtesy of Lau So-kam.
Lau So-kam teaching dance at Fung Kai Secondary School. Year unknown. Photos courtesy of Lau So-kam.
Lau So-kam teaching dance at Fung Kai Secondary School. Year unknown. Photos courtesy of Lau So-kam.
The audience at the Hong Kong Schools Dance Festival. The two men in the front row who are not wearing a tie are Sek Sing-chor (left) and Wong Ho-ming (right). Year unknown. Photos courtesy of Cheng Wai-yung.
Overseas Exchange
Lorita Leung with the artistic director and local cast members of The Land of Smiles, presented by the Vancouver Opera Association in 1971. Photos courtesy of Lorita Leung.
Lorita Leung with the artistic director and local cast members of The Land of Smiles, presented by the Vancouver Opera Association in 1971. Photos courtesy of Lorita Leung.
In 1980, the Heung Yee Kuk’s Dance Delegation to the Festival of Hong Kong in London attends the flag presentation ceremony prior to the delegation’s departure. Photos courtesy of Lau So-kam.