Hong Kong Week 2025@Seoul opens in Seoul today (with pictures)
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Arranged by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) and supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea, the opening event of Hong Kong Week 2025@Seoul (HK Week@Seoul) was held today (September 26) at the National Theater of Korea (NTOK) in Seoul. The grand opening program “Romeo + Juliet”carried out by the Hong Kong Ballet, set the Shakespeare’s timeless romance in the background of Hong Kong in the 1960s, providing Hong Kong’s East-meets-West creative design. It was well gotten by the regional audience.
The Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, resolved the opening event in a video message. He stated that Hong Kong and Korea have actually thrived through their skills and efficiency in accepting cultural heritage while driving the transformative ability of various arts kinds. He likewise stated that HK Week@Seoul goes beyond a creative display and will bring every individual on a satisfying arts and cultural journey filled with interesting Hong Kong and Korean aspects, in addition to a combination of the 2 lively cities. He anticipated HK Week@Seoul to additional foster Hong Kong’s cooperations with Seoul and Korea in arts and culture, organization, innovation, financing and more.
Attending to the opening event, the Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Miss Rosanna Law, stated that HK Week@Seoul is an invite to experience Hong Kong completely measurement through dance, music, movie, style, visual arts and comics, along with popular culture, and shared fond memories. She stated she hoped that HK Week@Seoul would bring in Korean audiences to go to Hong Kong for its culture that lives in the city’s streets, food and individuals.
Other officiating visitors participating in the opening event consisted of the Deputy Minister for Public Communication at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea, Mr Yu Byung-chae; the Chief Executive Officer of the NTOK, Mr Park In-gun; the Permanent Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ms Vivian Sum; the Director of Leisure and Cultural Services, Ms Manda Chan; the Principal Hong Kong Economic and Trade Representative (Tokyo), Miss Winsome Au; and the Artistic Director of Hong Kong Ballet, Mr Septime Webre.
HK Week@Seoul will bring 14 programs covering over 65 efficiencies and activities at significant carrying out arts places in Seoul from today to October 25. Emphasizes consist of dance products “A Dance of Celestial Rhythms” “Mr Blank 2.0” “Travel of the Soul: Echoes after Time”and “CollabAsia”Music programs include “Yan Huichang & Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra” “Lio Kuokman, Yekwon Sunwoo & Hong Kong Philharmonic”and “HKADC x BAC: Asian Modern Symphony Orchestra with Wilson Ng”Popular culture occasions consist of ImagineLand@Seoul with an outside show and screening of “An Autumn’s Tale” (1987 ). “‘Movies-to-GO’ – Border Crossings in Hong Kong Cinema – Korea” and “Making Waves – Navigators of Hong Kong Cinema” check out Hong Kong movie theater. There are likewise “Wu Guanzhong Art Sponsorship Overseas Exhibition Series: Wu Guanzhong: Between Black and White” “Hong Kong Comics and Culture Exhibition”and “LOCAL POWER 2025 Hong Kong Fashion in Seoul”
In-depth program details is readily available at www.hongkongweek.gov.hk.