THE HONG KONG BALLET

The Future Is Now, the title of the HKB’S new season, accurately captures what the ballet company hopes to achieve in the coming months: redefine dance for contemporary Hong Kong. Cynthia Harvey’s The Sleeping Beauty returns in October with its timeless tale of good versus evil, Tchaikovsky’s romantic score and a pas de deux that tests the dancers’ skills. The Nutcracker is a Christmas holiday fixture, but this year it comes with a spin as the team transfers the yuletide tale to a Hong Kong setting. The company will also collaborate with M+ next February in Live Art: Beyond Carbon: The Climate Change Project, blending music, fashion and technology to stimulate conversations about and action for our planet. hkballet.com