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Abby Man-Yee Chan is a graduate of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and a dancer of the Hong Kong City Contemporary Dance Company from 1991 to 1998. She jointly founded "Danseomanie" in 1993 which focuses on introducing dance to teenagers & general public in Hong Kong. In 1995, Abby received a fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council to explore dance in America and presented her work in New York. She co-founded the duet company "Mcmuimui Dansemble" with another well-known Hong Kong choreographer Yeung Wai Mei in 1997. Their work has toured in New York, Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore & Taiwan.
Chan has performed for many internationally renowned choreographers and companies, including American choreographers Rosalind Newman, Sarah Skaggs, Muna Tseng, Bill Young, Sally Silvers, and The Expression Dance Company in Australia. Abby is also active in participating in Hong Kong Arts Festivals productions, including "A Brave New World of Suzie Wong" (2001) & "Rite of Spring" (2003) with Yuri and Company DanciNG as leading performer; "To touch the untouchable sky" (2002) as the Movement Director for Shu Ning Presentation Units and was the choreographer/performer in the production "The Good, the Bad & Scarlett O'Hara"(2004). Abby most recently participated in the latest collaboration, "My Life as A Dancer - the evolution" in 2007.
Her recent choreographic works include Disclosure & Pipe Dream, both were commissioned by the City Contemporary Dance Company. Her choreography has shown in Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo, Sydney & New York.
Besides dance and choreography, Abby is also the project coordinator for the Hong Kong Dance Alliances dance exchange program from 2001. This program has successfully brought in nine US artists to Hong Kong.
Chan received the Hong Kong Dance Award in 2003 for her choreography, 2004 for her performance, and 2006 for the DanceWide HK/NY Dance Exchange project. Chan was included in the Hong Kong Dance Hall of Fame in 2003.
Chan founded CHAN-CAN-DANCE THEATRE in New York in 2005 and performed at Joyce SoHo, the Chashama, the BAX Women Festival, 92 Street Y, Galapagos Arts, Chen Dance Center and the LaMama E.T.C..
In addition to dance, Chan has collaborated and performed with theatre companies like Theatre Ensemble, Trinity Theatre and Shu Ning Presentation Unit in these past few years and showcase her versatility in the performing arts.
She is currently lives in NY and works in both New York and Hong Kong.
EDUCATION:
1987-1991Graduate of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, School of Dance
EXPERIENCE:
in performance:
1991-1998
Professional dancer for The Hong Kong City Contemporary Dance Company
1998
Guest artist of the Expressions Dance Company (Australia)
1999
Full time dancer for Bill Young and Dancers (New York City)
2000-2003
Lead performer for YURI & Company DanciNG (Hong Kong)
2004
Sally Silvers and Dancers (New York City)
in choreography:
1993-1997
Co-artistic director for dance company Danseomanie
From 1996- current
Co-artistic director for duet dance company Mcmuimui Dansemble
1994-2003
Guest Choreographer for The City Contemporary Dance Company
2002-2004
Movement Director for Shu Ning Presentation Unit, a multi-media theatre company which appeared at the 2002 and 2004 Hong Kong Arts Festival
WORK PRESENTED BY:
1994-2003
The Hong Kong City Contemporary Dance Company
1996
The Mulberry Street Theater, New York
1997
Hong Kong Fringe Festival 97
1998
All Indepedendent Dance Festival, Hong Kong
2000
World Dance 2000, Tokyo, Japan
2000
Seoul International Dance Festival, South Korea
2001
Crown Arts Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
2003
Little Asia Dance Exchange Network, Sydney, Taiwan, Seoul, Hong Kong and Tokyo
2004
The 3rd International Experimental Theatre Festival, Shanghai
2005 Jan.
Hong Kong Fringe Festival 05
2005 Feb.
Huayi Arts Festival, Singapore
2005 May
Joyce SoHo Presents, New York
2005 July
Chashama's OASIS Music and Dance Festival, New York
2005 Dec.
HKNY Dance Exchange Project, New York, Hong Kong
2006 April
Joyce SoHo, New York
2007 March
Hong Kong Arts Festival
2008 April
Hong Kong Leisure and Cultural Services Department
2008 May
Chen Dance Center (New York)
AWARDS:
1995 The Asian Cultural Council Fellowship
2003 Hong Kong Dance Hall of Fame
2003 Hong Kong Dance Alliance Award in Choreography (Pipe Dream)
2004 Hong Kong Dance Alliance Award in Performance (Rite of Spring)
2006 Hong Kong Dance Alliance Award in Choreography (Love in a Doggy Bag)
2006 Hong Kong Dance Alliance Award in Cultural Exchange (Dance Wide HK-NY)
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