Aria
*To watch the VR film with VR goggles, play the video with YouTube App and select “Watch in VR )” , place your smartphone in the VR goggles and enjoy!
A Nocturne in the Key of Air
Breathing life into big data and animated by children’s imagination, Aria is an ethereal encounter of vocal performances, dance and immersive light installations in a night-time conservatory. Responsive to the ongoing pandemic and a new vision for what international productions may become, the pathbreaking promenade experience unites the Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning Theatre of Voices, appearing via hologram, the Hong Kong Children’s Choir and cross-disciplinary artists in a song of air beyond the Anthropocene.
Aria is a promenade experience woven with music, art and dance that takes visitors through a night-time greenhouse.
The VR version of Aria offers a 360-degree viewing experience, with cameras set at the POVs of insects, birds and more.
Members of the Hong Kong Children's Choir catch their breath in the overheated Anthropocene.
Theatre of Voices (Denmark) shares the stage with Hong Kong Children's Choir – a new vision for a more sustainable and resilient form of international productions.
Theatre of Voices “performs” in Hong Kong as ethereal projection on mist and flowing air.
Live Performance
Venue
Forsgate Conservatory, Hong Kong Park
Date
12–15, 19-22/11
All sessions are full. Thank you for your support!
Entry Time
6:15 & 7:30 pm
Each session runs approximately 80 minutes.
Free admission. Registration required.
Please click HERE for downloading the programme note.
Online registration
Begins at 10 am, 11 / 11. Click HERE to register*.
Limited capacity. First come first served.
*Registration website best viewed with Chrome or Safari.
Programme Enquiries
2591 1340
Points to note
- The programme is for age 6 or above. Children under 12 should be accompanied by adults.
- The programme is a promenade experience and participants have to walk for around 30-45 minutes. There are staircases along the way. We regret that not the entire journey is accessible to wheelchair users.
- Please be cautious that some scenes are dimly lit. Laser lights are also used and please do not look directly at the light source.
- Please arrive 5-10 minutes in advance for registration. Latecomers will not be admitted after the journey commences.
- Participants must wear a mask and go through temperature screening at the registration counter. Please abide by the prevailing social distancing guidelines.
Featuring
Conductor
Prof Johnny Poon
Associate Conductors
Dominic Lam
Vivian Suen
Conductor, Theatre of Voices
Paul Hillier
Choral Performers
Theatre of Voices (Denmark)*
*Via hologram
Hong Kong Children’s Choir
Dancers
Natalie Chan Mei-kuen
Carman Li Ka-man^
Hui Ka-chun
Liu Heung-man
King Lo King-san^
Emily Ng Mei-yee
^Performing for virtual journey
Creative and Production Team
Composer / Artistic Director (Music)
Eugene A. Birman
Artistic Director (Visual)
Kingsley Ng
Curator
Stephanie Cheung
Technical Director
Jason Wong
Stage Manager
Voyu Tsui Wai-hong
Deputy Stage Manager
Ho Tak-ching
Lighting Designer
Lee Chi-wai
Sound System Designer
Lou Jin-ming
Sound Engineer
Giovanni Santini
Librettist
Scott Diel
Costume Designer
Hofi Man Ho-yin
Project Manager
Nicky Liang
Floor Manager
Felix Yiu
Video Coordinator
Jessie Coo
Video Production
On the Paper