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Leap into Chinese New Year with
Ballet Carnival for Kids: The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
A joyful, engaging ballet introduction with Alice and friends
Dress in festive Wonderland colours to win the Best Dressed Award
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[Hong Kong — 15 January 2025] Celebrate Lunar New Year with Alice and friends at Hong Kong Ballet’s Ballet Carnival for Kids: The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party during 25-26 January at Tuen Mun Town Hall Auditorium. Audiences of all ages will be captivated by lively excerpts from the thrilling ALICE (in wonderland), recently returned from its sold-out Beijing tour!
Join the White Rabbit, Queen of Hearts and of course, the Mad Hatter in a joyful introduction to ballet for young audiences. With a fun, interactive programme that includes exciting excerpts from Artistic Director Septime Webre’s charmingly extravagant ALICE (in wonderland), including ‘Tea Party’, ‘Flamingos’, ‘Cheshire Cat and Alice’ and a vibrant White Rabbit solo. Guests will have the opportunity to use their imaginations, do some classical pantomime together and learn more about ballet in a relaxed, entertaining setting.
Audience members are encouraged to dress up in their most festive Wonderland colours to have a chance to go on stage and win the Best Dressed Award, with the regal Queen of Hearts as the esteemed judge.
Tickets are available now at URBTIX with half-priced tickets for local full-time students and senior citizens. The Nutcracker ticketholders can get 15% off up to 4 standard tickets for Ballet Carnival for Kids: The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party. Present the ticket stub at any URBTIX outlet or enter the promo code 'NUTCRACKER' online to unlock this special offer.
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Ballet Carnival for Kids: The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
25-26 JAN 2025 (Sat-Sun)
2:00pm & 5:00pm
Tuen Mun Town Hall Auditorium
Book at URBTIX (https://www.urbtix.hk/event-detail/12630/)
$280, $180, $100
Half price for local full-time students and senior citizens
Audience of ages 3 and above are welcome
The performance lasts approximately 1 hour 15 minutes without intermission
For further information, please contact:
Jerry Qiu | Communications & Programme Manager | T: 2105 9753 | [email protected]
Ruth Chung | Assistant Marketing and PR Manager | T: 2105 9716 | [email protected]
About Hong Kong Ballet
Hong Kong Ballet (HKB) is recognised internationally as a world-class institution that represents Hong Kong's unique character. Since its inception in 1979, HKB has evolved into a vibrant performing arts organisation with a dynamic repertoire, forward-thinking community engagement initiatives and an emphasis on excellence.
Comprised of 50 dancers from all over the globe – Hong Kong, Mainland China and other parts of Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and North America, HKB has won recognition both regionally and internationally with celebrated re-stagings of the classics, neoclassical masterworks by George Balanchine and others and original ballets created for HKB and about Hong Kong. Additionally, HKB performs works by some of today’s most sought-after choreographers, including Alexei Ratmansky, Christopher Wheeldon, Wayne McGregor, Justin Peck, Jiří Kylian, Nacho Duato and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa as well as innovative new works by its Choreographer-in-Residence, Hu Song Wei Ricky and numerous emerging Hong Kong choreographers.
With almost 50 tours to 11 countries, HKB has recently toured throughout Europe, the US and Asia and places a special emphasis on representing Hong Kong in Mainland China and the West. HKB maintains the Hong Kong Academy of Ballet, a professionally-oriented ballet school, as well as a full schedule of award-winning community programmes and crossover collaborations throughout Hong Kong to ensure ballet is accessible to all. HKB has also produced engaging original videos and dance films that have collectively garnered over 10 million views online, connecting with ballet lovers worldwide.
