Artist
Ata WONG Chun Tat
Wong is a director, choreographer, actor, movement coach and drama teacher. He is the Artisticc Director and Director of Theâtre de la Feuille, and the Creative Director of Intercultural Dialogue. In 2017, he was awarded Young Artist (Drama), Hong Kong Arts Development Awards.
In 2005, he graduated from the School of Dance of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA). Upon graduation, he was part of the inaugural cast of the Festival of the Lion King musical at Hong Kong Disneyland. In 2008, he studied at École Internationale de Theâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris, France as a rare Chinese artist who completed the two-year programme and the courses in Le Laboratoire d'Etude du Mouvement. Next, he studied the making and usage of leather masks with Italian mask-making master Stefano Perocco di Meduna at l'academie Albatros. In 2018, he completed his studies at Jacques Lecoq for the third year of the teaching course, and was awarded the professional license for teaching.
Whilst in Europe, Wong was involved productions such as the theatre documentary Sur un Fil/The Tightrope (Brook Production) co-directed by world-famous Peter Brook and Simon Brook, PAN (Compagnie Irina Brook), Princess Amazonia (Phoebus Production).
In 2010, Wong founded Theâtre de la Feuille in Paris. He has integrated physical training from both the East and the West to train actors, as well as to create diverse world-touring productions. In 2018, he was nominated Best Director (Comedy/ Farce) at the Hong Kong Drama Awards for directing Papa.
After returning to Hong Kong in 2013, he joined Tang Shu-Wing Theatre Studio (TSW) as director-researcher to help train its full-time actors. He is currently the course designer and instructor of the Professional Physical Theatre Youth Training Programme since its inception.
Other directing credits include Jason and the Argonauts and General Hua Mulan (The Absolutely Fabulous Theatre Connection's (AFTEC) Youth Theatre in Chinese); Matteo Ricci The Musical (executive director); The Soldier's Tale (Hong Kong New Music Ensemble) and Midsummer Madrigals (SingFest).
Choreography credits include: Zhuang-ji (Theâtre de la Feuille), Chater Road and Très léger (Hong Kong Jockey Club Contemporary Dance Series (CDS), Hong Kong Arts Festival (HKAF); A Midsummer Night's Dream (musical by Actors' Family). Movement direction credits include: The Night when You Come to Repossess the Flat (Cinematic Theatre); Choosing Spirit (Ho Bit Goon); Water Margin's Lou Luo (Chung Ying Theatre) and selected numbers in Sammi Cheng's 2019 concert presented by MediaAsia.
Stage credits include: Macbeth, Why aren't you Steve Jobs?, A Passionate Body (TSW Theatre Studio); Jason and the Argonauts (AFTEC).
Film movement direction credits include Johnnie To's crime thriller Three and Ng Yuen-fai's science fiction action film Warriors of Future.
In 2005, he graduated from the School of Dance of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA). Upon graduation, he was part of the inaugural cast of the Festival of the Lion King musical at Hong Kong Disneyland. In 2008, he studied at École Internationale de Theâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris, France as a rare Chinese artist who completed the two-year programme and the courses in Le Laboratoire d'Etude du Mouvement. Next, he studied the making and usage of leather masks with Italian mask-making master Stefano Perocco di Meduna at l'academie Albatros. In 2018, he completed his studies at Jacques Lecoq for the third year of the teaching course, and was awarded the professional license for teaching.
Whilst in Europe, Wong was involved productions such as the theatre documentary Sur un Fil/The Tightrope (Brook Production) co-directed by world-famous Peter Brook and Simon Brook, PAN (Compagnie Irina Brook), Princess Amazonia (Phoebus Production).
In 2010, Wong founded Theâtre de la Feuille in Paris. He has integrated physical training from both the East and the West to train actors, as well as to create diverse world-touring productions. In 2018, he was nominated Best Director (Comedy/ Farce) at the Hong Kong Drama Awards for directing Papa.
After returning to Hong Kong in 2013, he joined Tang Shu-Wing Theatre Studio (TSW) as director-researcher to help train its full-time actors. He is currently the course designer and instructor of the Professional Physical Theatre Youth Training Programme since its inception.
Other directing credits include Jason and the Argonauts and General Hua Mulan (The Absolutely Fabulous Theatre Connection's (AFTEC) Youth Theatre in Chinese); Matteo Ricci The Musical (executive director); The Soldier's Tale (Hong Kong New Music Ensemble) and Midsummer Madrigals (SingFest).
Choreography credits include: Zhuang-ji (Theâtre de la Feuille), Chater Road and Très léger (Hong Kong Jockey Club Contemporary Dance Series (CDS), Hong Kong Arts Festival (HKAF); A Midsummer Night's Dream (musical by Actors' Family). Movement direction credits include: The Night when You Come to Repossess the Flat (Cinematic Theatre); Choosing Spirit (Ho Bit Goon); Water Margin's Lou Luo (Chung Ying Theatre) and selected numbers in Sammi Cheng's 2019 concert presented by MediaAsia.
Stage credits include: Macbeth, Why aren't you Steve Jobs?, A Passionate Body (TSW Theatre Studio); Jason and the Argonauts (AFTEC).
Film movement direction credits include Johnnie To's crime thriller Three and Ng Yuen-fai's science fiction action film Warriors of Future.
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