5 must-see performances at Macao Arts Festival 2017
Treat yourself to an exciting music and dance performance, a unique drama, a crazy show, an unconventional city tour and an inspiring play
Going to a performing arts show in Macau? This might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you are planning a trip to the Las Vegas of Asia. But one of the biggest arts event in the city – the Macao Arts Festival – opens today and is presenting some captivating overseas and locally produced programmes under the theme of Heterotopia. Among this year’s 25 programmes, here are five performances that we think you shouldn’t miss.
Letter to My Nephew
Famous for integrating innovative dance moves with visual installation, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company presents a night of music and dance performance, bringing together social and political elements and deeply personal impulses in Letter to My Nephew.
Acclaimed choreographer Bill T. Jones brings his private story on to the stage through the skilled dancers of the Company with a mix of pop music, lullabies and house music as well as a video designed by Janet Wong.
8pm, May 1
Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium
The Seagull
Award-winning Lithuanian director Yana Ross gives Russian playwright Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece The Seagull a new, modern and Icelandic twist. The theatre drama is produced by Iceland’s Reykjavik City Theatre.