Van Cleef & Arpels brings dance to Le French May in Hong Kong: the French luxury jeweller’s brainchild ‘Dance Reflections’ presents performances at the West Kowloon Cultural District, PMQ and more
- Le French May celebrates its 30th anniversary! Van Cleef & Arpels is partnering with the month-long French festival with a dance line-up, featuring performances around the city over three weekends
- The programme includes Gisele Vienne’s Crowd and Rachid Ouramdane’s Les Traceurs at the West Kowloon Cultural District, Italian folk dance at PMQ, and Christian Rizzo x local dancers at HKAPA
Launched in 2020, “Dance Reflections” is an initiative by Van Cleef & Arpels to promote the art of choreography through performances and education. For Le French May, seven performances are featured over three weekends in select locations around Hong Kong.
Serge Laurent is Van Cleef & Arpels’ director of dance and he is excited about showcasing choreographic art in a diversity of spaces. “Dance is an art of movement, but it is also an art of space. The choreographers produce works for the theatrical stage as we will see in this programme, but also for other categories of spaces that inspire them,” he says.
“Contemporary dance has a very strong relationship with the visual arts, and museums and galleries are places that choreographers regularly frequent.”
The highlights of the eclectic programme include artist Gisele Vienne who will present Crowd at Freespace at the West Kowloon Cultural District. The performance explores themes of desire and the balance of power, while questioning the singularity of an individual.
Across the harbour at Sheung Wan Civic Centre, Ola Maciejewska draws inspiration from Loie Fuller’s 1892 work Serpentine Dance to present Bombyx Mori. The title refers to the silkworm, which is completely dependent on humans for its survival.
