Thursday, January 17, 2008

My Tap Blog Choreographed by Anthony Suen




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Anthony Suen graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts majoring in Musical Theatre Dance in 2002. During his study, he was awarded a scholarship to attend a professional musical theatre training program – CAP21 from New York University. He represented the Academy and CCDC to perform in Singapore and Perth respectively. He was in various musicals including: Merrily We Roll Along, 42ndStreet, Crazy For You and Best Of Broadway; locally produced musicals including: MT Pulse Cheers!, Ben Ting Production Starry Starry Night, Springtime Hong Kong Nocturne, Drama Gallery Vagabond, Hong Kong Arts Festival programmes The Legend of the White Snake and And Then There’s You, Theatre Space DA A Translated Play, Hong Kong Musical Theatre Federation Pippin, 2004 New Year’s Eve Carnival, A Life Journey Through Musicals in "Le Bulletin du Festival 2005” which was performed in Tunisia, Musical Journey A to Z, Postcards from Broadway; and, school tours Quest of the Beauty and Bye Bye Cinderella. Recent productions include: HK 3 Arts Musical Institute Othello, and for DanceArt Butterfly Effect.

Suen established “Tap Ensemble” (www.tapensemble.hk), the only Hong Kong professional tap dance company, in 2002. The company’s first tap dance theatre show was A Place for Us. Also, the company participated in the LCSD New Year's Eve Countdown Carnival 2006. He choreographed the St. Stephen’s Girls’ College 100th Anniversary musical My Fair Lady as well as the Hok Yau Club’s original musical Brighten Your Life.

Suen has obtained the ISTD Advanced Tap Certificate and the Australia Commonwealth Society of Teachers of Dancing (CSTD) Silver Star Tap Certificate with Honours. Currently, he teaches at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts EXCEL programme, City Contemporary Dance Company Dance Centre (CCDCDC), dance studios, and other artistic companies.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I would like to check if the program on the 2 days (16th and 17th) are the same?

Emerging Choreographer Series said...

yes, the programmes on 16 and 17 Feb will be the same.

Elliott Broidy said...

So impressive.