Blue Ka Wing, Lily Kind and Orla Hardie
Resolution Festival 2025
About Blue Ka Wing, Lily Kind and Orla Hardie
re-do re-do
◢ Change is the only constant ◣
Repetitive patterns and regular routines in everyday life might seem monotonous and boring. How can we find joy out of this repetitive life? “Repetition” and “change” are two contrasting ideas, but they complement each other like Yin and Yang. How can we create changes in “repetitions”? Can we find certain routines in a series of changes? In this new work, Hong Kong independent choreographer Blue Ka Wing substitutes different variables of 'music' and 'dance' into her distinctive choreographer’s performing formula, exploring boundaries of performance and discovering changes and surprises in repetitions.
About Blue Ka Wing
An independent choreographer from Hong Kong. Started her dance training at the age of 16. Blue graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, majoring in Contemporary Dance and Choreography. In 2023, Blue was awarded a scholarship from The Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund to study for a Master of Arts in Screendance at The Place, London Contemporary Dance School.
Blue’s choreography《Time Lag》was nominated for Hong Kong Dance Award 2017 for Outstanding Choreography. Her latest dance film,《Peak Hour in the House》, is currently screening worldwide.
Cast & Credits
Choreographer: Blue Ka Wing
Devising Dancer: Hung Lai Kwan, Vivian Luk, SuenNam, Carmen Yu
Music/ Sound Design: Lawrence Lau
Lighting Design: Vanessa Lee
Costume Design: Blue Ka Wing
Until The Real Thing
Until the Real Thing is about the slide between sincerity and bullshit – how does what we absorb become what we offer? – and how a little absurdity, a little re-phrasing, can be both playful and protective. Until the Real Thing is created and performed by choreographer Lily Kind in collaboration with dancers Tine Gatchalian and Lakshmi Iyenger. Like much of Kind's work, it is arranged as vaudevillian dance theater, overlapping postmodern self-awareness with musical tenderness through Black American Popular dance forms including Waacking/Punking and Vernacular Jazz. This is Kind’s London debut.
About Lily Kind
Lily Kind (they/she) has been at the heart of grassroots dance scenes in the USA in Baltimore and Philadelphia, as founder of Effervescent Collective (2008-2014), Associate Director of Urban Movement Arts (2017-2020), co-founder of Ragtag Empire (2016-2023) and as director of critically-acclaimed ensemble shows 'Wolfthicket' and 'I Have I Tape I Wanna Play'. Lily works in techniques and lineage passed to her by Headlong Dance Theater, Amy Spencer & Richard Colton, David Zambrano, Kumari Suraj, Vince Johnson, and Ron Wood/Zen One. She moved to London in 2023. She is currently a senior lecturer at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK.
Cast & Credits
Dancer, Tine "Machine" Gatchalian (she/her) lived and trained in NYC for over a decade, dancing with pioneers in Waacking, Hip Hop, Vogue, House, Lindy Hop, and Tap including Buddha Stretch, Brain Green, Adolfo "Shabadoo" Quinones, Tyone Proctor, Archie Burnett, Cricket, Sekou, Caleaf, Marjory Smarth, Michelle Dorrance and others.
Dancer, Lakshmi Iyengar (they/them) is a Waacker trained by Kumari Suraj and a Bharatanatyam dancer certified by Alagappa Performing Arts Academy (India).
LoonHeads: sketched
LoonHeads: sketched delves into the intriguing clash between the comic and the uncanny. Inspired by film and animation, this piece transforms the mind into an empty house filled with vibrant caricatures, brought to life by three distorted figures known as the LoonHeads. Blending contemporary dance and physical theatre, LoonHeads: sketched is a highly physical performance that features an original sound score rich with riddles, clues, and infectious grooves. Amidst the playfulness, the work carries poignant moments inviting the audience to consider the intricacies of the mind.
About Orla Hardie
Orla is a freelance dance artist and choreographer. Since graduating from London Contemporary Dance School in 2022, Orla has performed with companies including Scottish Dance Theatre and Tom Dale Company. Throughout her career she has also worked with artists such as Sofia Nappi, Roser Lopez Espinosa and Botis Seva amongst others. Choreographically, she is interested in contrasting the light and dark, drawing on film, psychological theories and human experience to support her work.
Orla is returning to Resolution after performing duet SKUMO in 2024 having increased her team of collaborators. LoonHeads: sketched showcases a team of talented emerging artists working in music, costume, lighting, animation and contemporary dance.
Cast & Credits
Choreographer: Orla Hardie
Performers: Orla Hardie, Daisy Dancer, Ella Roberts
Dance Artist Collaborator: Andrew Scott
Composer: Sam Robinson
Costume: Nell Rose
Lighting: Jules Young
Animator: Hamez Watt
Photographer: Jorden Brooks
Videographer: Davey Jay
