At K-pop dance festival in Hong Kong, cover dance crews will show their moves to hits from the 1990s to the present
- Fans of Korean pop in Hong Kong who join cover dance crews have had only the streets and social media to express themselves. Now there’s a festival to dance at
- At the Korean Cultural Centre event, crews including long-standing group Echo will show the evolution of dance in performances of K-pop from the 1990s onwards
On November 13, over 100 Hong Kong-based dancers will take to the stage to show the history of K-pop at the Korean Cultural Centre in Hong Kong’s “K-pop Dance Festival: The Evolution of K-pop” event.
At the Grand Theatre of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, 15 cover dance crews will go through the biggest K-pop hits since the 1990s to show the evolution of the various styles of dance used in their performances.
According to Park Soyeon, the manager of performing arts at Korean Cultural Centre (KCC), interest in K-pop dance has resulted in over 1,000 people registering to attend the event, reaching the maximum seating capacity allowed under Covid-19 restrictions.
The coronavirus pandemic itself is one of the reasons the Hong Kong KCC decided to put a major focus on K-pop fans to express their love through dance.
