Tatler Hong Kong

HONG KONG DANCE COMPANY

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Hong Kong Dance Company, which specialise­s in modern Chinese dance, has two highlights in the coming months. Waiting Heart at the Cultural Centre this September is an adaptation of The Legend of the Purple Hairpin, the classic Cantonese opera about the doomed love between poet Li Yi and courtesan Huo Xiaoyu. The production, which premiered in 2018, won two Hong Kong Dance Awards the

following year. November sees the 30th-anniversar­y production of Nine Songs, created by Hong Kong choreograp­her Helen Lai, composer Tan Dun, and set and costume designer Tim Yip, at the Xiqu Centre. hkdance.com

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