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Legend of the Great Archer

To celebrate Hong Kong Ballet's 25th anniversary, Artistic Director Stephen Jefferies has created a powerful new ballet - Legend of the Great Archer - inspired by the classic Chinese folk tale.

The story about Yi, the Archer God, sent to Earth to help the Emperor extinguish the many suns scorching his land, is a broad framework for the ballet's underlying tangle of emotions.

But the heat on the stage isn't just from the ten suns hovering in the sky. Jefferies' sexy full-length ballet sizzles with passion, jealousy, intrigue and murder.

The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra will perform the original score by award-winning composer Kuan Nai Chung, and innovative multimedia effects enhance the dynamic staging.

Following Hong Kong's world première of Legend of the Great Archer, this neo-classical ballet will be featured in the Company's major North American tour.

Director / Choreographer / Set Designer: Stephen Jefferies
Composer / Conductor: Kuan Nai-chung
Costume Designer: Virginia Chu
Lighting Designer: Leo Cheung
Executive Set Designer: Sam Leung
Orchestra : Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra

A Hong Kong Ballet Production

With Multimedia Effects by The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, School of Film and Television

26-28 / 3 / 2004 – 7:30p.m.
27-28 / 3 / 2004 – 2:30p.m.
Auditorium, Sha Tin Town Hall
$270, 210, 150, 80

Tickets available at all URBTIX outlets from 14 February 2004