YANG YUNTAO

Artistic director of the Hong Kong Dance Company

“The path of artistic creation is never easy, but I believe most Hong Kong people thrive on changes. As long as we hold onto our passion, we can definitely, slowly recover. Streaming shows live is already the new normal. We used to design and adjust our shows based on how they were presented on stage. However, theatres have closed several times [during the pandemic]. In order not to waste everyone’s efforts, we streamed Convergence—a Journey of Chinese Dance & Martial Arts and grand original dance drama Mazu online. Both we and the audience are still getting used to this, but I believe in the future dance productions will be created based on two different modes: live on stage and online streaming.”