Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
香港演藝學院 | |
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1984 (1984) |
| President | Chief Executive of Hong Kong[1] (Current officeholder: Carrie Lam) |
| Director | Adrian Walter |
| Undergraduates | 790[2] |
| Postgraduates | 141[2] |
Other students | 1130[2] |
| Location | No. 1 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.hkapa.edu |
| Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 香港演藝學院 | ||||||||
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Cantonese Yale | Hēunggóng Yínngaih Hohkyuhn | ||||||||
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The Main Campus of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Entrance
Lobby
Campus atrium
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (Chinese: 香港演藝學院) is a provider of tertiary education in Hong Kong. Located near the north coast of Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island, the main campus also functions as a venue for performances. Apart from the main campus in Wanchai, Bethanie, the site of the institution's Landmark Heritage Campus in Pokfulam, has housed the School of Film and Television since 2007.
The academy provides practice-based and professional diploma, advanced diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Chinese opera, dance, drama, film and television, music, and theatre and entertainment arts. Its educational policy reflects the cultural diversity of Hong Kong with an emphasis on Chinese and Western traditions and interdisciplinary learning.
Every year, the Academy enrols approximately 750 students for its full-time programmes and around 770 students for its Junior Music Programme and Gifted Young Dancer Programme. Furthermore, its extensive EXCEL (Extension and Continuing Education for Life) programme offers part-time personal enrichment courses and in-service professional training to nearly 8,000 students each year.
Contents
1 History
2 Governance
3 Honorary Awardees
4 Academic units
5 Academic staff
6 Facilities
7 Notable alumni
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
History
In early 1981 the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club informed Governor Murray MacLehose that it was willing to fund another project of a comparable scale to its recent major undertakings, which included the Ocean Park and the Jubilee Sports Centre.[3] The government responded with a proposal to develop an academy for the performing arts.[3] The academy would complement the performing arts spaces being opened across the territory by the Urban Council, and provide opportunities for creative youth just as the Jubilee Sports Centre was developed to serve young sportspeople.[4]
On 15 September 1981 the Jockey Club formally announced plans to build the academy on a piece of vacant land in Wan Chai, granted by the government, between HMS Tamar and the Hong Kong Arts Centre.[3] The academy was established in 1984. In the early 1990s, the APA became a degree-granting institution.
The main campus was designed by local firm Simon Kwan and Associates, who were among six firms invited to submit designs in a limited competition.[5][6] It comprises the Academy Block, the Theatre Block, and the Administration Block. The Administration Block was ready for occupation in July 1985.[7] The Academy Block was formally opened on 18 September 1985 by Governor Edward Youde. The Theatre Block was opened by the Duchess of Kent on 3 February 1986, the same day the inaugural opera season began as part of the 1986 Hong Kong Arts Festival.[7] The 1981 model produced for the architectural competition is now held by the M+ museum.[8]
In 2006 the academy established a second campus at Béthanie in Pok Fu Lam. It mainly houses specialist facilities for the School of Film and Television.[9]
The original campus was designed for a student population of 600 students. The academy has been facing space constraints as enrolment has gradually risen, prompting planning for campus expansion.[9] The 334 Scheme further exacerbated the problem.[9] In June 2012 the Legislative Council approved funding of $444.8 million for construction of a nine-storey annex block, and other campus improvements, presently under construction.[10] The expansion will house classrooms, studios, laboratories, music rooms, offices, workshops and support facilities.[9]
The academy is working with the West Kowloon Cultural District, which is under construction, on education plans and venue usage.[11]
Governance
The academy is governed under the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Ordinance, passed in 1984 by the Legislative Council. Under the legislation the academy is mandated to "foster and provide for training, education and research in the performing arts and related technical arts".[12] The governing body of the institution is called the Council of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, which is responsible for appointing a director, who oversees the day-to-day operation of the academy.
The academy is funded through tuition fees as well as a subvention provided by the Home Affairs Bureau. This arrangement differs from most other post-secondary institutions in the territory, which are funded by the University Grants Committee.
Kevin Thompson was director of the academy from 2004 to 2012. During his tenure the institute forged international links, including arrangements with the Juilliard School in New York City as well as mainland colleges, and introduced master's degrees in performing arts disciplines. Thompson also initiated planning for campus expansion.[13] The incumbent director, guitarist Adrian Walter, was recruited in 2012. He had been the dean of music at the Australian National University in Canberra since 2008.[14]
The president of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, HKSAR Chief Executive Mrs Carrie LAM CHENG Yuet-ngor, GBM GBS
Council
Chairman
Professor Stephen CHOW Chun-kay, GBS SBS BBS JP
Deputy Chairman
Dr Frankie YEUNG Wai-shing, BBS MH JP
Treasurer
Mrs Yvonne LAW SHING Mo-han, BBS JP
Members
Mr Ronnie CHENG Kay-yen
Mrs Eva CHENG LI Kam-fun, JP
Ms Winnie CHEUNG Chi-woon
Ms Maisy HO Chiu-ha, BBS
Mr Leon KO Sai-tseung, MH
Ms Anna KWONG Sum-yee, MH
Mr Frank LEE King-ting
Ms Emily MOK Fung-yee, MH JP
Mr Douglas SO Cheung-tak
Mr Charles YANG Chuen-liang, BBS JP
Secretary for Home Affairs or his representative
Secretary for Education or his representative
Director (ex-officio)
Professor Adrian WALTER, AM
Professor Gillian Ann CHOA (elected staff representative)
Ms Stella LAU Yin-ling (elected staff representative)
Secretary
Professor Philip WONG Sai-pong
Honorary Awardees
Honorary Doctorate
- 2006：Helmut Sohmen (Business and community leader), Eugenio Barba (Theatre director and theorist)
- 2007：Trevor Pinnock (Conductor and chamber musician), Bill Kong (Film producer), Robert Hung-ngai Ho (Philanthropist)
- 2008：Xu Xiaozhong (Theatre director and pedagogue), Anna Pao Sohmen (Entrepreneur and Philanthropist)
- 2009：Richard Schechner (University Professor), Esa-Pekka Salonen (Conductor and composer), Stanley Ho Hung Sun (Entrepreneur)
- 2010：Zhang Yimou (Filmmaker and theatrical designer), Lam Kar-sing (Cantonese Opera actor), Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Opera singer), William Forsythe (choreographer), Peter Brook (Theatre directors), Pierre Boulez (Composer and conductor)
- 2011：Lin Ke-huan (Writer and editor), Leung Nai-kong (Paediatrician), Peter Lam Kin-ngok (Businessman), Joseph Koo Ka-fai (Music director and composers), He Zhan-hao (Composers), David Eldon (Banker), Chung King-fai (Pedagogue, producer and actor)
- 2012：Stephen Chow Chun-kay (Entrepreneur)
- 2013：John Graham Malpas (Pedagogue), George Derbyshire (Art consultant and pedagogue), Moses Cheng Mo-chi (Lawyer)
- 2014：Johnnie To (Film producer and director), Fredric Mao Chun-fai (Stage director), Lo King-man (Former Director of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts), Raymond Chow (Filmmaker and producer)
- 2015：Willy Tsao Sing-yuen (Company founder, choreographer and artistic director), John Leong Chi-yan (Chairman of the Hospital Authority)
- 2016：Simon Kwan Sin-ming (Architect, designer and pedagogue), Sophia Kao Ching-chi (Member of the Central Policy Unit of the Hong Kong SAR Government)
- 2017：Elizabeth Wang Ming-chun (Actress and singer), William Leung Wing-cheung (Banker and entrepreneur), Thomas Townsend Brown, Jr (Dancer and choreographer)
- 2018：Yu Long (Conductor), Rita Tong Liu (Entrepreneur and philanthropist)
Honorary Fellow
- 1993：Fou Ts’ong (pianist), John Hosier (Former Director of the Academy), Henry Weinrebe (Musician), Alex Wu Shu-chin (Former member of the Legislative Council), Carl Wolz (Dancer), Zhou Xiao-yan (Opera singer)
- 1994：Cao Yu (Actor and writer), King Hu (Film director), Ralph Koltai (Stage designer), Cho-liang Lin (Musician), Tadashi Suzuki (Artistic director)
- 1995：Ming-cho LEE (Stage designer), Li Zheng-yi (Dancer and pedagogue), Marcel Marceau (Mime artist), Helmut Sohmen (Lawyer and public servant), Georg Tintner (Conductor), Elizabeth Wong Chien Chi-lien (Public servant)
- 1996：Chui Kam (Administrative Officer), Dai Ai-lian (Dancer), David Gwilt (Pedagogue and composer), Pak suet-sin (Cantonese Opera actress), Francis Reid (Theatre lighting designer)
- 1997：Lin Hwai-min (Dancer), Yao Kang (Entrepreneur), Ying Ruo-cheng (Dramatist), Ann Hui On-wah (Film director)
- 1998：Jackie Chan Kong-sang (Actor), Sir Neville Marriner (Conductor), Fong Yim-fun (Cantonese Opera actress)
- 1999：Chow Yun-fat (Actor), Merce Cunningham (Dancer), Margreta Elkins (Opera singer), Lam Kar-sing (Cantonese Opera actor), Daiel S P Yang (Artistic director), Pinchas Zukerman (Composer and conductor)
- 2000：Siao Fong-fong (Actress), Willy Tsao (Dancer), Josephine Clare Barstow (Opera singer)
- 2001：Darwin Chen (Public servant), Chung King-fai (Pedagogue, producer and actor), Lo Pan-chiu (Cantonese Opera performers and advocates), Krzysztof Penderecki (Composer), John Woo (Film director)
- 2004：Anthony Wong Chau-sang (Actor), Aubrey Wilson (Theatre designer), Helen Lai (Dancer), Stanley HO Hung-sun (Entrepreneur), Anthony Camden (Violinist)
- 2005：Edo de Waart (Conductor and director), Lo King-man (Public servant), Fredric Mao Chun-fai (Theatre director), Jean M Wong (Dancer)
- 2006：Andy Lau Tak-wah (Actor and singer), Lang Lang (pianist), Ringo Chan Tak-cheong (Dancer), Chan Ho-kau (Cantonese Opera actress), Shelley Lee Lai-kuen (Executive Officer), James Mark (Drama consultant ), Jennifer Tipton (Lighting Designer), Yang Liqing (Composer and educator)
- 2007：Lau Siu-ming (Dancer and actor), Chan Ho-choi (Radio presenter), Jeannine Oppewall (Set designer), Gottfried Scholz (Pedagogue), Shu Qiao (Dancer and choreographer), Tsui Hark (Producer and director), Wang Cizhao (Educator), Elizabeth Wichmann-Walczak (Educator), Yip Shiu-tuck (Cantonese Opera scriptwriter)
- 2008：Chen Qigang (Composer), Barbara Fei (Musician), Jude Kelly (Theatre director), John Anthony Leonard (Stage technician), Joseph William Polisi (Administrator)
- 2009：Elizabeth Wang Ming-chun (Actress and Singer), Yan Huichang (Conductor), Alexandre Vassiliev (Costume designer and fashion historian), Christine Liao (Choreographer and producer), Carla Delfos (Drama teacher)
- 2010：Zhao Ming (Dance director and choreographer), Richard Pilbrow (Theatre design consultants and producer), Vincent Chow Wing-shing (Entrepreneur), Clarence Chang Ching-po (Media executive)
- 2011：Eddy Fong Ching (Accounting professional), Sophia Kao Ching-chi (Philanthropist), Angus Watson (Director), Sylvia Chang Ai-chia (Actress)
- 2012：David Pong Chun-yee (Entrepreneur), Alison Elizabeth Lusher (Entrepreneur), Leung Kwok-shing (Dancer and choreographer), Hu Zhifeng (Actress), Uncle Ray Cordeiro (Radio DJ)
- 2013：Anthony ChanKam-kuen (Stage director and writer), Lin Weilin (Kunqu opera artist), Liu Yuen-sung (Violinist), James L Moody (Lighting designer), Mui Cheuk-yin (Choreographer, dancer and artistic director)
- 2014：Richard Lloyd Pontzious (Conductor, writer and pedagogue), Pansy Ho (Entrepreneur), Cheng Kok-kong (Lyricist and educator), Pearl Chan Po-chu (Educator and dancer)
- 2015：Cheung Hok-yau (Singer and actor), Han Sheng (Dancer), David Jiang (Director), Wang Yuanyuan (Dancer), Ruby Yang (Filmmaker)
- 2016：Bonni Chan (Stage director), Adam Cheng Chong-sai (Actor and singer), Cecil S C Leong (Entrepreneur), Xing Liang (Dancer and choreographer), Yau Sing-po (Cantonese Opera actor)
- 2017：Winnie Chiu Wing-kwan (Entrepreneur), Charles Chow Chan-lum (Accounting professional), May Fu Yuet-mai (Actress and advisor), Ma Ah-muk (Business leader), Tang Shu-wing (Theatre director)
- 2018：Lau Kin-wing (Cantonese opera leader), Peter Viem Kwok (Businessman and entrepreneur), Gao Guangjian (Stage designer and director)
Academic units
The Academy offers academic programmes from diploma/foundation to master's degree level in six faculties:
- School of Chinese Opera
- School of Dance
- School of Drama
- School of Film and Television
- School of Music
- School of Theatre and Entertainment Arts
Academic staff
Academic staff includes:
- Prof Adrian Walter, Director
- Mr Martin Lau, Dean of School of Chinese Opera
- Ms Anna Chan, Dean of School of Dance
- Prof Poon, Wai-sum, Dean of School of Drama
- Mr Geoffrey Stitt, Dean of School of Film and Television
- Prof Sharon Choa, Dean of School of Music
- Prof Gillian Choa, Dean of School of Theatre and Entertainment Arts
Facilities
- Lyric Theatre, with 1,181 seats.
- Drama Theatre, with 415 seats.
- Concert Hall, with 382 seats.
- Recital Hall, with 134–202 seats
- Studio Theatre, with 120–240 seats
- Wellcome Theatre at the Béthanie Campus
Notable alumni
Power Chan, Hong Kong television and film actor
Sunny Chan, Hong Kong television and film actor
Louis Cheung, Hong Kong Cantopop recording-artist, songwriter, and actor
Rachel Cheung, Hong Kong pianist
Cheung Tat-ming, Hong Kong actor, comedian, director, and writer
Jim Chim, Hong Kong actor and comedian
Candace Chong Mui Ngam, Hong Kong playwright
Athena Chu, Hong Kong actress and singer
Candy Chu, Hong Kong actress for the Hong Kong TVB television station
Katy Kung, Hong Kong actress
Gigi Lai, Hong Kong actress and Cantopop singer
Joey Leung, Hong Kong actor
Charmaine Li, actress with Television Broadcasts Limited
Alan Mak, Hong Kong filmmaker
Yan Yan Mak, award-winning Hong Kong director
Marco Ngai, Hong Kong actor
Kearen Pang, Hong Kong actress, writer
Louisa So, Hong Kong actress in drama and TV series
Gem Tang Zhi-kei, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress
Anthony Wong, award-winning Hong Kong actor, screenwriter, and film director
Wong Cho-lam, Hong Kong stage actor, stage director, and television actor
Mandy Wong, Hong Kong television actress
Neo Yau, Hong Kong actor
Yvonne Yung, Hong Kong actress
Rebecca Zhu, Hong Kong actress
See also
- Education in Hong Kong
- List of higher education institutions in Hong Kong
- List of buildings and structures in Hong Kong
References
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^ abc "2013-2014 Annual Report" (PDF). Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
^ abc Jim, McGrath (16 September 1981). "Jockey Club plans centre for the arts". South China Morning Post. p. 1.
^ "Performing arts project 'timely'". South China Morning Post. 8 October 1981. p. 16.
^ Hayhoe, Jane (2 March 1982). "Academy to hold four art schools". South China Morning Post. p. 10.
^ "HK Academy for Performing Arts". Simon Kwan and Associates. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
^ ab "Annual Report 1985-86" (PDF). Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. February 1987.
^ "Competition Model, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Building Design, Hong Kong". M+. West Kowloon Cultural District Authority. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
^ abcd "Expansion and Improvement of Wanchai Campus of Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts" (PDF). Legislative Council. 20 April 2012.
^ "On-Campus Expansion (OCE)". Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
^ Chow, Vivienne (16 December 2016). "Academy for Performing Arts to focus on employability and research". South China Morning Post.
^ "The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Ordinance". Bilingual Laws Information System. Department of Justic. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
^ Chow, Vivienne (18 August 2012). "Academy for Performing Arts chief Kevin Thompson speaks on leaving his post". South China Morning Post.
^ Chow, Vivienne (3 September 2012). "New chief Adrian Walter has big plans for HK Academy for Performing Arts". South China Morning Post.
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