Thinking. Contemplating. Speaking. Thinking. Thinking. Speaking…

At the end of the day, is that what you wanted to hear of,
or what I wanted to speak of in the beginning?

Pretext Quartet (Endless Version) is a redeveloped theatrical version of Pretext Quartet. Evolved from Pretext - Lam’s dance project, Pretext Quartet (Endless Version) does not only continue to seek possibilities in the notion of “the moment when thoughts intertwined before words are uttered”. It also focuses on uncovering people’s responses and reflections about what they have just spoken. These bring us to a new question: is what I said and what you heard really the “true words” of mine?

Ivanhoe Lam, the choreographer, is particularly skilled at combining the elements of drama and dance to create a one-of-its-kind aesthetics for space and expression. Using the features of drama and dance, different visions are designed so that concrete “spoken words” and abstract “movements” are woven together. A richly layered experience in performing art is collaboratively created by accomplished dancers Han Mei and Lim Wei-wei, actor-dancer Ng Fung - ming and Grace Yuen.

Ivanhoe Lam

Lam received a diploma in Drama and Dance (Modern Dance) from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, majored in choreography, from Codarts, Rotterdam in the Netherlands. He is one of the Hong Kong's most sought after theatre choreographers today. With training in both theatre and dance for years, he is a versatile dance maker and performer. Lam belongs to a new breed of creative force, whose theatrical dance work explores differences across cultures. He believes the mission of arts is to unveil the truth in life and he is dedicated to explore a universal language for all audiences to be inspired. His recent works include Pretext (Trio version) in New Dance Plat­form: New Dance from Bei­jing, HK & Taipei of i-Dance Festival 2014, Black in Cage in Private Dances of Freespace Fest 2014 by West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, Even • Odd commissioned by the 42nd Hong Kong Arts Festival’s Hong Kong Jockey Club Contemporary Dance Series, Pretext in Carry On, 27, 27 Scenes and ODDs in Dance On Series. His piece 27 Scenes was premiered in the ITs Festival 2010 in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), and was presented again in Hong Kong Dance Festival 2010 - International Dance Symposium, as well as in Rotterdam, Den Haag and Utrecht, etc.

Recently, Lam participated in works such as Sew & Soul by Theatre Ronin, the Opening of Dance Day 2013 and the environmental dance Re:action, Maze by Passoverdance (premiered in Hong Kong and re-run in Guangzhou), Sucks by Lee Chun-chow, Kung Chi-shing, Ivanhoe Lam, Leung Ho-pong and Chester Wong, etc. and Love at the time limped by Rebecca Wong (premiered in Hong Kong and re-run in Kuala Lumper).

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