Pina Bausch’s dance theatre group, Tanztheater Wuppertal has appeared in Hong Kong many times, at the invitation of the Hong Kong Arts Festival, to perform such iconic works such as “The Window Washer”, “Café Müller”, “The Rite of Spring”, “Carnations”, and “Vollmond”. One of the dancers frequently seen in Bausch’s works is Christiana Morganti who presented her solo dance performance, “Jessica and Me” at this year’s Hong Kong Arts Festival. We spoke to her while she was here.

The Stallery gallery in Wan Chai is currently celebrating the 10th Anniversary of its opening, and is doing so by presenting a solo exhibition of works by its founder, Ernest Chang, now creating under the artistic alias of CHANG. The works in the exhibition, “Artifice”, explore duality and contradiction in life, centring on the fascination of many traditional Chinese literati with unique rocks and their shapes.

The Croatian pianist, Maksim Mrvica is one of the world’s best-known classical crossover musicians. Classically trained, he started playing the piano when he was nine. His rock star image, performance style and repertoire soon made him an international success. To date, his albums have sold over four million copies in 57 countries. He last visited The Works studio in 2011, and last week he joined us again the morning after his performances last month at the Hong Kong City Hall.