Mathias Woo Arts Tech Fashion Theatre

The Tao of Fashion

Studio Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre

  • 2021.11.26 (FRI) 3pm

  • 11.26-27 (FRI-SAT) 8pm

  • $499 | $100 (Students) | Other discounts

Mathias Woo Arts Tech Fashion Theatre

The Tao of Fashion

The Tao of Fashion refers to the first line in Tao Te Ching (The Way that is speakable is not the constant Way). It is an Arts Tech Fashion Show that traces the ever-developing nature of fashion and Tao, and the interaction between man and technology. Elements of performance, music, calligraphy, motion picture and digital puppet have been incorporated into the show.

 

Audience of The Tao of Fashion can register in advance to participate in the Arts Tech ABC 2-day Crash Course (Nov 23-24). For details, please click here.

 

English translation excerpted from The Pocket Tao Te Ching by Joanna C. Lee and Ken Smith, with permission by Museworks Books

  • Creative Team

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    • Artistic Direction, Director, Calligraphy & Visual Design

      Mathias Woo

    • Fashion Designer

      Sing Lo

    • Music Directors

      Yu Yat YiuCedric Chan

    • Sound Designer

      Can. Ha

    • Digital Images

      Benny Woo

    • Lighting Designer

      Adonic Lo

    • Performers

      John Jr ChiangGrace HoopLaurie LauJessica LeeSerene LimCK LiuSobi SoDan TseDavid Yeung

  • Z Innovation Lab

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    “Z Innovation Lab 2019” garnered the Red Dot Award in 2020. Curated and designed by Mathias Woo, Z Innovation Lab 2020 is a performing arts project that focuses on the integration of technology and creativity. The theatre serves as a stage and technology laboratory that experiments stage technologies with artists and technical specialists all over the world, to inspire creativity in the theatre industry and expands the possibilities of theatrical performance. We establish a platform for knowledge and ideas exchange, a platform to demonstrate stage technology exploration and showcase various technical configurations and applications, developing a new arts festival paradigm of “Technology + Innovation”.

  • Ticketing

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    $499 | $100 (Students) | Other discounts

    Zuni Ticketing Platform Exclusive

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    Local full-time students can enjoy concessionary tickets at $100
    New middle-aged audiences over 60, disabled people and their caretaker can enjoy 50% off
    Schools*, clients of Social Welfare Organisation* and recipients of the CSSA# can enjoy fully funded tickets

     

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    Membership discount at 15% OFF; available at art-mate.

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    Membership Discount at 10% OFF; available at art-mate.

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  • Music

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    Original Soundtracks from Motion Pictures

     

    The Godfather (Love Theme)
    Composer: Nino Rota

     

    The Umbrellas of Cherbourg / Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
    (Ending Scene Music)
    Composer: Michel Legrand

     

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Flying)
    Composer: John Williams

     

    Cinema Paradiso (Main Theme)
    Composer: Ennio Morricone

     

    Schindler’s List (Main Theme)
    Composer: John Williams

     

    Hymn to the Sea
    Composer: James Horner

     

    Jaws (Main Theme)
    Composed by: John Williams

     

    Psycho (The Bathroom, The Murder)
    Composed by: Bernard Herrmann

     

    Dr. No (James Bond series) (Main Theme)
    Composed by: Monty Norman

     

    The Magnificent Seven (Overture)
    Composer: Elmer Bernstein

     

    Gone With the Wind (Main Title)
    Composer: Max Steiner

     

    Romeo And Juliet (Love Theme)
    Composer: Nino Rota

     

    Somewhere In Time (Main Theme)
    Composer: John Barry

     

    Forrest Gump (Suit)
    Composer: Alan Silvestri

     

    Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Hedwig’s Theme)
    Composer: John Williams

     

    The Last Emperor (Main Title Theme)
    Composer: David Byrne

     

    La La Land (Epilogue)
    Composer: Justin Hurwitz

     

    Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Is She With You?, theme for Wonder Woman’s entrance)
    Composer: Hans Zimmer

     

    Star Wars (Main Theme)
    Composer: John Williams

     

    Western Popular Music and Chinese Music

     

    Shape of You
    Writers : Ed Sheeran, Steve Mac, Johnny McDaid
    Vocal: Ed Sheeran

     

    Di Nu Hua / The Flower Princess
    Original Script: Huang Xieqin
    Adaptation: Tang Ti-sheng
    Vocals: Yam Kim Fai, Bak Sheut Sin

     

    Chun Jiang Hua Yue Ye / Moonlit Night on Spring River
    Composer: Ancient Tune
    Musicians: Lui Pui-yuen, C.K. Wong, Chu Hing-cheung

     

    Bridge Over Troubled Water
    Primary Artist: Simon & Garfunkel
    Composer & Lyricist: Paul Simon

     

    Yellow River Piano Concerto: The First Movement “The Song of the Yellow River Boatmen”
    Composer: Xian Xinghai
    Arrangers: Yin Chengzong, Chu Wanghua, Liu Zhuang, Sheng Lihong, Shi Shucheng, Xu Feixing
    Conductor: Yin Chengzong
    Orchestra: China Philharmonic Orchestra

     

    Every Breath You Take
    Composer & Lyricist: Sting
    Band: The Police
    Adaptations by Different Artists: Bruce Springsteen, Sting (Live at The Human Rights Concert 1988: Human Rights Now) / Carmen Morales, Shaila Durcal / Gloria Gaynor / Juliana Harfield / Deep Chills / Karen Souza / Joseph B, D&J Polimeno / Lucifer Cast, Debbie, Tom Ellis / Music Travel Love / Roberto Roena / Sting, Phil Collins (Live Aid at the Wembley Stadium, 13 July 1985) / Thundatraxx

     

    Ta Xue Xun Mei / Searching for Plum Blossoms in Snow
    Composer: Huang Tzu
    Lyricist:Liu Xue An
    Vocal: Teresa Teng

     

    Last Christmas
    Composer & Lyricist: George Michael
    Band: Wham!

     

    Englishman In New York
    Composer & Lyricist: Sting
    Band: The Police

     

    J’aime Tes G’noux (Shame, Shame, Shame)
    Composer: Sylvia Robinson
    Lyricist: Bernard Michel
    Vocal: Henri Salvador

     

    Sous le ciel de Paris
    Composer: Hubert Giraud
    Lyricist: Jean Bretonnière
    Vocal: Yves Montand

     

    Rich Girl
    Composer & Lyricist: Daryl Hall
    Duo: Daryl Hall & John Oates

     

    Butterfly Lovers’ Violin Concerto
    Composers: He Zhanhao, Chen Gang
    Violin: Takako Nishizaki
    Conductor: Fan Cheng-wu
    Orchestra: Shanghai Conservatory Symphony Orchestra

     

    Relax
    Composers & Lyricists: Holly Johnson, Mark O’Toole, Peter Gill
    Band: Frankie Goes To Hollywood

     

    Xue Ran Di Feng Cai / Blood-stained Glory
    Composer: Su Yue
    Lyricist: Chen Zhe

     

    Canto Pop

     

    Shanghai Tan (Superstar Chow Yun-fat Live in Concert)
    Composer: Joseph Koo
    Lyricist: James Wong
    Vocal: Chow Yun-fat

     

    Drifter’s Song
    Composer: Sam Hui
    Lyricists: Sam Hui, Peter Lai
    Vocal: Sam Hui

     

    Ripples
    Composer: Danny Chan
    Lyricist: Cheng Kwok Kong
    Vocal: Danny Chan

     

    Yu Ye Dik Long Man / Romance on a Rainy Night
    Composer: Kisaburo Suzuki
    Lyricist: Jolland Chan
    Vocal: Alan Tam

     

    Si Shui Liu Nian / Years like Water
    Composer: Kitaro
    Lyricist: Cheng Kwok Kong
    Vocal: Anita Mui

     

    H2O
    Composer: Kase Kunihiko
    Lyricist: Richard Lam
    Vocal: Leslie Cheung

     

    An Ocean Apart
    Composer: Yu Lun
    Lyricist: Cho Kei
    Vocal: Wei Sau Han

     

    Fan Sau Jung Yiu Joi Yu Tin / Breaking Up on Rainy Days
    Composer: Keiji Katayama
    Lyricist: Keith Chan
    Vocal: Jacky Cheung

     

    Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies
    Composer & Lyricist: Wong Ka Kui
    Band: Beyond

     

    Dance/ Upbeat Music

     

    Rivers of Babylon
    Composer: George Reyam
    Lyricist: Brent Dowe
    Vocal: Boney M.

     

    The Tide is High
    Composers & Lyricists: John Holt, Tyrone Evans, Howard Anthony Barrett
    Band: Blondie

     

    Here Comes The Rain Again
    Composers & Lyricists: Annie Lennox, David A. Stewart
    Duo: Eurythmics

     

    Umbrella
    Composers & Lyricists: The-Dream, Christopher Stewart, Kuk Harrell, Jay-Z
    Vocal: Rihanna

     

    It’s Raining Men
    Composers & Lyricists: Paul Jabara, Paul Shaffer
    Vocal: The Weather Girls

     

    I Can’t Stand The Rain
    Composers & Lyricists: Bernard Miller, Don Bryant, Ann Peebles
    Vocal: Ann Peebles

     

    Bizarre Love Triangle
    Composers & Lyricists: Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook
    Band: New Order

     

    Blue Monday
    Composers & Lyricists: Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook
    Band: New Order

     

    Don’t Go
    Composers & Lyricists: Vince Clarke
    Duo: Yazoo

     

    Don’t Start Now
    Composers & Lyricists: Dua Lipa, Caroline Ailin, Ian Kirkpatrick, Emily Warren
    Vocal: Dua Lipa

     

    Ice Ice Baby
    Composers: Floyd Brown, Mario Lavell Johnson, Vanilla Ice
    Lyricists: David Bowie, Floyd Brown, John R. Deacon, Mario Lavell Johnson, Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylo, Vanilla Ice
    Vocal: Vanilla Ice

     

    Levitating
    Composers & Lyricists: Clarence Coffee Jr., Dua Lipa, Sarah Hudson, Stephen Kozmeniuk
    Vocal: Dua Lipa

     

    Say So
    Composers & Lyricists: Doja Cat, Amala Zandile Dlamini, Lukasz Gottwald, Lydia Asrat
    Vocal: Doja Cat

     

    Bad Guy
    Composers & Lyricists: Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell
    Vocal: Billie Eillish

     

    Blinding Lights
    Composers & Lyricists: The Weeknd, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Quenneville, Max Martin, Oscar Holter
    Vocal: The Weeknd

     

    Rain on Me
    Composers & Lyricists: Lady Gaga, Grande, Nija Charles, Rami Yacoub, Tchami, Boys Noize, BloodPop, Burns
    Vocals: Lady Gaga feat. Ariana Grande

     

    Baby Shark
    Composer & Lyricist: Traditional campfire song
    Adaptation: Pinkfong
    Vocal: Hope Segoine

     

    Later
    Composer: Chiharu Tamashiro
    Lyricist: Derek Shih
    Original Vocal: René Liu

     

    Classical Music

     

    Water Music Suite No. 2 for Orchestra in D Major, HWV 349: II. Alla Hornpipe (Danse Paysanne à 3/2)
    Composer: George Frideric Handel
    Director: Luigi Gregorowic
    Orchestra: Orchestra Da Camera Di Roma

     

    Blue Danube (Excerpt) (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 2001: A Space Odyssey)
    Composed by: Johann Strauss II
    Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker

     

    The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto No. 1 in E Major, Op. 8, RV 269 “La Primavera”: 1. Allegro
    Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
    Violin: Simon Standage

    Harpsichord: Trevor Pinnock
    Orchestra: The English Concert

     

    Symphony No.6 in F Major, Op.68 “Pastorale”
    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
    Conductor: James Loughran
    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra

     

    Préludes No.15 in D Flat Major, Op.28 “Raindrop”
    Composer: Frédéric Chopin
    Piano: Claudio Arrau León

     

    Images I, L.110 – 1. Reflections in the Water (Reflets dans l’eau)
    Composed by: Claude Debussy
    Piano: Unkown

     

    Swan Lake (Suite), Op.20a, TH 219: 1. Scene – Swan Theme
    Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Conductor: James Levine
    Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker

  • Team

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    Production & Technical Manager: Chow Chun-yin
    Stage Manager: Satina Shum
    Deputy Stage Manager: Zeta Chan
    Assistant Stage Managers: Onki Chan, Megan Hung
    Motion Capture VFX & Server-based System Operation: Johnny Sze
    Unity Motion Composing: HKIVE (TM) – HD in Theme Park and Theatre Creative Technology
    Make up: Billie Siu
    Hair Styling: Trista Wong
    Styling Assistant: Winni Hung
    Wardrobe Assistant: Bonnie Chan
    Stage Crews: Chim Man-lung, Christopher Wong
    Backstage Interns: Angela Lui, Winter Yung

    Season 2021 Key Visual Design: Lee Ken-tsai
    Photography (Stage photo): Franz Lai, Carol Mak ​, Vic Shing
    Translation: Mona Chu

     

    Artistic and Administration Team

     

    Co-Artistic Director: Danny Yung
    Co-Artistic Director cum Executive Director: Mathias Woo
    International Exchange Director/ Producer: Wong Yuewai
    Company Manager (Administration and Finance): Jacky Chan
    Company Manager (Programme): Doris Kan
    Senior Researcher & Workshop Instructor: Theresa Leung
    Artist-in-Residence: Lai Tat Wing
    Residence Performers: David Yeung, Carson Chung, Luka Wong
    Creative Coordinator: Charmaine Cheng
    Senior Programme Manager: Bowie Chow
    Programme Manager: Ho Yin-hei
    Assistant Programme Manager: Ricky Cheng
    Programme and Art Administration Trainees: Stephy Yeung, Krystel Yu
    Publicity Assistant: Seamus Li

  • Academic Support

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  • Technical Partner

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  • NFT Partner

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  • Acknowledgements

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    C’est Bon Projects Corporation Limited
    Jimmy Choo
    Noble Castle Asia (Talent) Limited
    Robe
    Shure
    Zactrack

  • Terms and Conditions

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    Running time approximately 81 minutes with no intermission

    Children under 6 years old will not be admitted

    No latecomers will be admitted, until a suitable break in the performance.

    In line with disease prevention and control measures, and to ensure the safety of the public, audience and staff members, hygiene measures are enhanced at performance venues. Entrance guideline and special seat arrangement might adjust according to the latest situation, please pay attention to the latest update. We appologise for any inconvenience caused.

    Zuni Icosahedron reserves the right to add, withdraw or substitute artists, vary advertised programmes, and/or terminate the programme without prior notice.