{"id":14929,"date":"2026-07-17T03:47:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T03:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkballet2.websitedevsystem.com\/team\/stella-lau\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T07:56:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T07:56:34","slug":"stella-lau","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/www.hkballet.com\/zh-hans\/team\/stella-lau\/","title":{"rendered":"Stella Lau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Stella Lau is currently the Lecturer (Ballet) and Co-ordinator of Gifted Young Dancer Programme of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. She graduated from the Hong Kong Academy of Ballet and was awarded twice the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund Scholarship. Lau began her performing career with Hong Kong Ballet and was the first homegrown principal dancer. She has extensive performing experience in both classical and contemporary works in Hong Kong and overseas. Lau obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons) and Master of Fine Arts in Dance at the Academy where was awarded First-class Honours in 1997 and Dean of Dance Prize in 2010.\u00a0Besides focusing on higher education for the past 20 years, Lau is also committed to the development of dance in the community at large. She hosts public talks, lectures and workshops on dance appreciation. She was showcased in the\u00a0<em>Hong Kong Dance Hall of Fame<\/em>\u00a0in 2003, was awarded in the Secretary for Home Affairs\u2019 Commendation Scheme for her outstanding contribution to the development of arts and culture in Hong Kong in 2015 and the City Contemporary Dance Laureate this April. Currently, Lau is Chairperson of the Hong Kong Dance Alliance and Hong Kong Chapter of World Dance Alliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","team-type":[],"class_list":["post-14929","team","type-team","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hkballet.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/14929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hkballet.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hkballet.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hkballet.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"team-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hkballet.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team-type?post=14929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}