Andy Wong:
Biography
Andy Wong began his training at the age of 18 studying Jazz and Chinese dance. In 1986, he entered The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, majored in Ballet. He choreographed for many organizations and taught in the dance club of colleges and universities in Hong Kong. He had also participated in a new Choreography Showcase organized by The Council of Hong Kong Dance Forum.
He received training in Southeast Asian Dance under Liu Chun Wai and performed in Singapore in 1989. In June, he was awarded a scholarship to participate in the American Dance Festival and further study for three months in United States. He performed in John Wai Ling’s dance concert in Singapore in the same year. In 1990, he toured to Korea for graduation performance. He joined the Hong Kong Ballet and choreographed Dreams, Star, Autumn, River of Love, and Love with Space for the company choreography workshop.
He restructured DanceArt Hong Kong in 1995 and is now the Resident Choreographer of the company. In 1999, he received the Hong Kong Dance Alliance Dance Award for his effort of dance education to special groups. His choreographic works include: Dream Dreams, Shadow Box, Arrivals, Illumination, Place Unknown, Sadness of a Man, Sonata, Rhythm of the Ocean, Wandering, Passing, Telling the Story, Lovers (commissioned by the Estonian Theater), The Good Woman of Szechwan (commissioned by Hong Kong Arts Festival 98’), My Party, Just You and Me (All Independence Dance Series 99’), Sampling Virus – Dreams, One Moment, Crossologue - Monologue: Light•Tunnel (Millennium All Independent Dance Series), Paper Balloon, A Beautiful Life, A Beautiful Life II and Smoke Factory.
