WELCOME TO PHYSICAL THEATER FESTIVALS'S VIRTUAL SPACE
Enjoy Physical Theater Festival's free virtual programming from today, July 14 to July 21
This year Physical Theater Festival is offering a virtual viewing of "What You See is Not You" by Theatre de la Feuille (Hong Kong), a conversation with the show's creator and AD for Theatre de la Feuille, Ata Wong and the 5th edition of our International panel: The State of the Performing Arts with Rucera Sethal & Miguel Oyarzun.
What You See Is Not You
A Surrealist Non Verbal Physical Comedy
by Theatre de la Feuille (Hong Kong)
"WHAT THE EYES SEE IS NOT NECESSARILY THE TRUTH."
Peering into the world of the Belgian surrealist philosopher painter René Magritte - the man behind that green apple, the white-clothed faceless lovers, and the man standing in front of a mirror whose reflection strangely shows him from behind — a theatre-infused creation is born.
What you will see on stage is the encounter between the senselessness bred from a dream, the bizarre and the absurd. Get ready to toss aside what we call normal and play to our bodies' content.
Available for Free from July 14 to 21 Download Program Here
Ata Wong, Artistic Director of Theatre de la Feuille answers some questions from the PTF team.
Ata Wong is a director, choreographer, actor, on-set movement coach, and drama instructor. He is also the School of Drama artist-in-residence at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA). He was awarded the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards 2017 - Best Young Artist (Drama). In 2019, he received the award for Outstanding Performance in Promoting Arts and Culture under the Secretary for Home Affairs' Commendation Scheme. He is the recipient of the Asian Cultural Society's 2021 Altius Fellowship, a 6-month Individual Fellowship to explore traditional and contemporary art forms in Japan and establish exchange opportunities with Japan. Wong graduated from the School of Dance of HKAPA in 2005. 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 artist of Asian descent who completed the two-year programme and the courses in Le Laboratoire d'Etude du Mouvement. In 2018, he completed his studies at Jacques Lecoq for the third year of the teaching course and was awarded a professional license for teaching. In 2010, Wong founded Théâtre de la Feuille in Paris. In 2018, he was nominated for Best Director (Comedy/ Farce) at the Hong Kong Drama Awards for directing "Papa". In 2020, he won the Best Director Award and Best Performance Award for "L'Orphelin" at The Hong Kong Theatre Libre. He was also awarded Best Director by IATC (HK) Critics Awards. His concert choreography credits include four songs at the Sammi Cheng's #FOLLOWMi Concert presented by MediaAsia and Jonathan Wong's Crossing Concert 2019. Wong's film movement direction credits include Johnnie To's crime thriller "Three"; Ng Yuen-fai's sci-fi action film "Warriors of Future"; Jun Li's "Tracey", and Danny Wong's "Cyber Heist" etc.