Originally a negative label for women in Hong Kong, ‘Kong Girl’ has evolved through political and social changes to take on new meanings. Three female choreographers use totally different approaches to tell their own stories and to show their ‘Kong Girl’ identity with multi-perspectives.

Bird-Watching, Wu and Bleed-through

The (Hong) Kong Girls is a triple-bill consists of three pieces, Bird-Watching by PK Wong, Wu by Alice Ma and The Shift by Justyne Li. All three pieces have its own focus and style, but they response to each other and echo to the current situation coincidentally.

In Bird-Watching, PK Wong takes a radical approach to provoke the audience with her totally naked and liberated body. With unusual and aggressive movements, PK tries to challenge the “general understanding” of a female body from the male gaze.

Alice tells a story of darkness and imperfection in Wu. A lady hides behind the pretty face, perfect shape and lovely smile, sounds like a “barbie-doll”, who hesitates if she has a free-will. Experienced years of suppression in her home town, together with the unresolved emotions, Justyne transforms her own body from ballerina to body of resist in The

Experienced years of suppression in her home town, together with the unresolved emotions, Justyne transforms her own body from ballerina to body of resist in Bleed-through. If human body is a carrier of the culture of a city, what is Justyne’s body carrying?