In the Cloud – The Creative Process
In the Cloud – The Creative Process offers insight into the collaborative development of dance artist Chan Wai-lok’s experimental dance experience In the Cloud, presented as part of West Kowloon’s Phygital D dance programme in 2022.
Through clips from online sharings, 16 artists and scholars from a range of fields share memories and thoughts on dance, art and imagination as part of the creative process for the final work. In response to social distancing rules in place at the time, the 1-on-1 encounters took place online, with each collaborator invited to speak with Chan Wai-lok from his private studio.
Chan’s In the Cloud project was devised to encourage engagement and communication during pandemic-enforced restrictions and isolation.
In the Cloud Concept and choreography: Chan Wai-lok
Participating artists and scholars:
Chan Wai-lap, Kerry Cheung, Dong Yan, Jonathan Hung, Lawrence Lau, Joanna Lee, Carman Li Ka-man, Sudhee Liao, Frieda Luk, Alice Ma, Ngai Wing-lam, Larry Shuen, SuenNam, Dick Wong, Paula Wong, Yau Kwok-keung
Chan Wai-lok
Hong Kong-born choreographer and performer Chan Wai-lok obtained a degree in architecture from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and studied dance at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, Austria and the Performing Arts Research and Training Studios (P.A.R.T.S.), Belgium, where he was awarded scholarships from the Dance Network Association. His latest solo works, Click, Drink and Dance and An Auction without Bass, explore performativity and choreography.
In 2021, he presented {POV [TWINK / COUPLE (ASIAN) / EXPERIMENTAL]} and the video version POV to demonstrate the textural differences between live and recorded dance performances.
In 2020, he established the independent art space ngau4 gat1 dei6.