As it Fades (2018)
Featured in the end of semester production during my graduation year at the academy, As it Fades examines the concept of memories and the impact of past experiences in shaping the human condition towards the future.
Choreography: Kuik Swee Boon (Artistic Director, T.H.E Dance Company)
Performers: School of Dance (Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts)
Venue: Lyric Theatre, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Ladies of the Red Chamber 十二金釵 (2016)
Containing all of a solo, duet and trio, this piece was derived from the legendary Chinese literature and adapted to a modern taste.
Choreography: Jack Kek (Artistic Director, Mythical Oriental Dance Company), Chris Lam (HK)
Performers: Mythical Oriental Dance Company
Venue: Pentas 2, The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre
The Bigger Picture (2018)
Presented at the Spring Performances at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA), this work features a live string quartet alongside the contemporary dance faculty.
Choreography: John Utans (HKAPA)
Performers: School of Dance (HKAPA)
Venue: Studio 1, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Cat Dérive (2017)
Indicative of my sojourns across Hong Kong's landscape, this solo entails the city's idiosyncratic social and cultural bearings rendered by its populace. The challenge therefore, was not to isolate myself but to emerge from within the crowd as an individual of a collective spirit.
Choreography: Gabrielle Nankivell
Performers: School of Dance (Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts)
Venue: Lyric Theatre, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Beyond Restraint (2016)
A major showpiece for the Fall productions, the work plays with the notion of gravity and its inexorable influence on people, their emotions and ultimately, psychological conditions. Notable contributions consists of a short trio at the start and a solo monologue at the end.
Choreographer: Li Yongjing (Lecturer, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts)
Performers: School of Dance (Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts)
Venue: Lyric Theatre, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Paradoxia (2017)
The constant need to deal with the paranoia of a paradox.
Choreography: Wallace Wong
Performers: Jason Yap & King Yu
Venue: Studio 1, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
SuperDancers Semi Finals (2014)
Danced to the tracks of Tyga (Hijack) and Beyonce (Fever), this routine showcases the swift transition from hard-hitting gangster rap to an icy cool jazz. And yes, we made it to the finals!
Choreography and Performed by: MotionCoast Crew
Tracks: Hijack - Tyga, Fever - Beyonce
Dare 2 Move Auditions (2014)
Fresh from expanding the crew to four with new member Alif Aizad, MCC competed again at the annual Dare 2 Move contest which features all of the nation's best dance crews.
Choreography and Performed by: MotionCoast Crew
Tracks: Juice - Chance the Rapper, Hijack - Tyga, Panty Droppa - Trey Songz
Dare 2 Move Semi Finals (2014)
Featuring the crew's stylistic versatility, this routine also includes prop and costume play
Choreography and Performed by: MotionCoast Crew
Tracks: Madness - Muse, Comanche - The Revels, Fever - Beyonce
HELP University Charity Concert (2014)
Featuring an old friend and fellow university mate, Gabriel Lim, MCC got together for a charitable cause in support of mental health.
Choreography and Performed by: MotionCoast Crew
Tracks: All That Matters - Justin Bieber, Same Girl - R. Kelly, Feel So Close - Calvin Harris
Clash of the Kingz (2013)
Featuring one of the crew's earliest performances, this time another national contest featuring the nation's best hip hop crews!
Choreography and Performed by: MotionCoast Crew
Tracks: So Dedicated - Lil Wayne, Switch Lanes - Tyga
HELP Psych Annual Ball (2012)
The piece narrates the story about a toy soldier and a doll princess, who both share a special relationship for each other. Where the soldier sees the princess as the most special thing in his world, he can only admire and love her from afar. Somethings in life you'll see as the most beautiful and significant, but somehow these are the things you can only admire from far.
Choreography: Jason Yap (Divadlo Štúdio Tanca)
Performed: Jason Yap & Kimberly Choo
Track: Tricyle - Psapp
Red (2013)
After emerging as the Solo's champion at the District level in Kuala Lumpur, he went on to compete against the nation's best at the Grand Finals in Penang, Malaysia.
Choreography: Jason Yap (Divadlo Štúdio Tanca)
Performed: Jason Yap (Divadlo Štúdio Tanca)
Track: Lullaby (Adventure Club Remix) - Yuna
SuperDancers Solo Semi-Final (2013)
Competing at the nationwide showpiece contest as a solo contestant, the piece depicts the hellish nature of the human psyche when descending to a figurative inferno abyss.
Choreography: Jason Yap (Divadlo Štúdio Tanca)
Performed by: Jason Yap (Divadlo Štúdio Tanca)
Track: Infinity - The XX
SuperDancers Solo Audition (2013)
This piece is about the sole purpose of a lullaby, which one sings to another before the lights go out. A beautiful lullaby is the perfect end to a day; and this piece is to represent how one simple lullaby can soften the blow of even the most torrid of days.
Choreography: Jason Yap (Divadlo Štúdio Tanca)
Performed by: Jason Yap (Divadlo Štúdio Tanca)
Track: Lullaby- Blackfield
Jotun Launch (2014)
Featuring at Jotun's new product launch, this duet covers Coldplay's iconic Fix You.
Choreography: Nana Shan (Viva Vertical Stage)
Performed: Jason Yap (Divadlo Štúdio Tanca) & Nana Shan (Viva Vertical Stage)
Track: Fix You - Coldplay