Andy Wong Francis Leung

Francis Leung Artistic Director / Dancer

Francis majored in Chinese Dance at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts where he was awarded a scholarship 1985. Upon graduation in 1988, he was invited by Taipei National Institute of the Arts to teach Chinese classical and folk dance.

In 1989, Francis joined the Hong Kong Dance Company and later received a scholarship from the Asian Cultural Council to study at the University of Hawaii. He joined the City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC) in 1990 and toured with the company to China, Canada, the United States, Japan and Korea. He danced the major role in company’s productions including The Rite of Spring, Invisible Cities, Soirie Encore and Wanderings in the Cosmos. In 1993, he was invited by Tsoying high school in Taiwan to teach Chinese Dance and rejoined CCDC in the following year.

He joined DanceArt Hong Kong in 1995 as a core member and toured with the company to Germany, Taiwan and the United States. He was also invited to perform in Loose Pages from a Women’s Diary and Nine Songs by CCDC and Falling Angel by Crossover of Taipei.

Francis is now the Artistic Director of DanceArt. His works include A Different Room Unknown, The Regeneration from the Sterility, Voices of the Wolves, Migration, A Journey in Solitude, One-third Woman, Pry & Spy, The Good Woman of Szechwan (commissioned by Hong Kong Arts Festival 98'), Mosaic of Memories, Merry-go-round, Mayflies in the City (commissioned by Hong Kong Arts Festival 99’), Just You and Me (All Independence Dance Series 99’)and Crossologue - In and Out (Millennium All Independence Dance Series), Vinyl Tranquilizer – Railway Blue and www.2000/1/1.unknown.