City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC), the flagship of contemporary dance in Hong Kong, undertakes to blaze the path of contemporary dance scene with extraordinary performances representing contemporary Hong Kong culture.  Founded in 1979 and directed by Yuri Ng since 2021, CCDC has presented more than 200 original works by leading choreographers, and pioneered in Asia to reimagine the possibilities of contemporary dance through innovative collaborations.

The words from Chinese poet Bei Dao's poem February have flown to the hearts of two cross-generational, cross-border choreographers as creative inspirations, giving life to a golden dance scene.

Their joint verses have coalesced: renowned choreographer Helen Lai joins with new-generation dance artist Chou Shuyi to co-write a thought-provoking piece.  Different verses from the same poet have given birth to a contemporary dance work, discovering the relationship between poetry and the body.  The dance movements unveil hidden literary rhythms onstage to create a work that belongs to this era.

Helen Lai sowed the seeds of Certain Movements and Shadows as early as 2006, before passing it on to a next-generation creator to fertilise the piece together for a richer harvest after the fall.