School Ballet Talks / Workshops
Fun, educational and interactive, the School Ballet Talk / Workshop aims to get children involved in ballet and to ignite a lifelong love of the arts. Developed for primary, secondary and tertiary levels, students are introduced to the evolution of ballet through a blend of history, storytelling and dance movements. The theme, plot and characters of a specific production are explored.
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2023-24 Art Appreciation Scheme
From June to October, around 250 students from nine local schools participated in our on-campus workshop ‘The Nutcracker – A Hong Kong Christmas Adventure’. They learned about the story’s colourful characters, sparkling costumes and set designs that incorporated unique Hong Kong elements. Afterwards, participants got hands-on experiences with various styles of elegant ballet skirts and pointe shoes and learned some simple ballet movements and mime to express heartfelt emotions and storylines.
2022 School Ballet Workshop
Who says school can’t be fun? Our interactive Russian-themed ballet workshop invited secondary school students to explore Russian influences in ballet history. Everyone enjoyed learning meaningful new facts, admired the sparkling ethnic costumes and learned some ballet movements that integrated Russian characteristics and dance styles. As they say in Russia, ‘Vo dayot (во даёт, How lovely)’!
2019 The Sleeping Beauty – School Promotion Talk
2019 Swan Lake – School Promotion Talk
2018 Swan Lake – Kindergarten Ballet Workshop
2016 Swan Lake – School Promotion Talk
2015 Pinocchio – School Promotion Talk
The free school promotion talks of Pinocchio were launched in June and were hosted in both June and July 2015 in local and international primary schools of every district. Through dance demonstration, exploring the background, characters, music and costumes of Pinocchio with the students, the Education and Community Outreach Department successfully introduced the children to the story of Pinocchio – about honesty, courage and kindness, as well as the history, staging and dance movements of ballet. Additionally, students were actively engaged in the ballet movement sessions in which they learned basic ballet steps and pantomime techniques. Both the talk and the interactive session were well received with great acclaim by the teachers and principals of the schools and the students.
