“Sometimes, it is quite stressful when you don’t have got enough reviews and audience. However, it is very rewarding when you find there are some good reviews as well as there is a long-line of walk-in audience.”
WHO: Andy Lo
WHAT: “Re-creating the classical Lion Dance and Chinese Opera as contemporary performance, this dynamic Kung-Fu dance-circus mixes beat-boxing, martial arts, tricks and parkour. Live beat-boxing replaces traditional Asian percussive music. Experience the historical and present-day cultures of Asia through a vibrant journey of discovery and transformation, highlighting the common bonds of humanity. Made in Hong Kong. Opening act, New York Times Square New Year’s Eve 2023. Winner, Best Show, Asian Arts Awards 2022. ‘No Dragon No Lion isn’t just a spectacle, but an exploration of Hong Kong’s soul, a dance between the past and the present’ (FringeBiscuit.com).”
WHERE: C ARTS | C venues | C aurora – main house (Venue 6)
WHEN: 13:50 (50 min)
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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?
No. This is already our 4th time to Edinburgh. Edinburgh Fringe is an adventure to us, you will never know what is gonna be happened there. It always has very unexpected outcomes that are very useful for the team and the artists. Sometimes, it is quite stressful when you don’t have got enough reviews and audience. However, it is very rewarding when you find there are some good reviews as well as there is a long-line of walk-in audience.
What are the big things you’ve learned since 2023 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?
We have learnt that Edinburgh Fringe is the very important place to so-call “test the market” and make you easier to position yourself as an artist and art group. It is because there are a lot of audience from all over the world with different background. The audience sometimes are helping you to further define the position of yourself as well as the show.
Also, we have learnt that there might be a possibility to make a “long-running” show in Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which we are trying to do it.
Tell us about your show.
Choreographer of No Dragon No Lion is Hugh Cho, and he is also the artistic director of TS Crew. TS Crew is a professional performing arts group with members from different backgrounds, including film, drama, xiqu, dance, martial arts and stunting, and motivator of Hong Kong-international dance platform “Hong Kong Soul”, is a three-year grantee of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. TS Crew is active in the international art scene and various platforms, such as New Year’s Eve Countdown 2023 at Times Square in New York, Busan International Dance Festival, Sziget Festival in Budapest and Edinburgh Festival Fringe. No Dragon No Lion received the Asian Arts Award for Best Show from Asian Art Fund Scotland at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022.
This show is first premiere in 2018 and be brought to Edinburgh in 2019, it was known as “Along”. Hugh keep develop the show in 2020 and 2021, it came back to Edinburgh again in 2022, and the show got the Best Show Award at the Asian Arts Award 2022. And then we come back with the same show at 2023, and then this year.
Before staging at Edinburgh, No Dragon No Lion will be presented at the Warrington Arts Festival in July and Tokyo in June.
What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?
This is Kung-Fu, Contemporary Dance and Circus. The TS Crew unique performance style is achieved by extracting the essence of the traditional form of Chinese performing arts and blending it with martial arts, physical tricks, parkour, capoeira and dance. The live beatboxing is added to replace the traditional percussive music. A journey of discovery and transformation, TS Crew explores the idea of an unique brotherhood, common to all humanity, but rooted in Asian culture.
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