The 12 best Hong Kong handover anniversary events - ballet, acrobats, concerts and a military tattoo among them
Performances from the Peking Opera Theatre and The Berlin Philharmonic with Lang Lang, and even a Yao Ming charity basketball match, are among the handover anniversary events worth checking out
The Hong Kong government is pulling out all the stops for the 20th anniversary of the city’s handover celebrations. But there’s no denying it’s going to cost a fortune. About HK$640 million will be forked out for the event, that’s roughly nine times the amount spent on the 10th anniversary. The money will be pumped into organising, hosting and policing the festivities. As a result, the government has put together an extensive lineup of events that are worth checking out.
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Giselle
Considered one of the masterpieces of Romantic era ballets, The National Ballet of China’s reworking follows the titular pheasant girl who is resurrected from the dead and recruited by a group of female spirits to exact revenge on immoral men. But instead she ends up saving the man she loves - the one who sent her to her grave.
June 3, 7.30pm; June 4, 3.00pm, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, HK$180-HK$680 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323
Ballet Gala
The National Ballet of China’s other programme sees the troupe performing excerpts from Eastern and Western productions such as Raise the Red Lantern, Romeo and Juliet, Don Quixote and Yellow River, with live musical accompaniment by the ballet company’s Symphony Orchestra on June 6 and a recorded version for June 8.