House Programme - Pa | Ethos
Photo credit: Carmen So
Moving Body, Expressive Soul
Borrowing from Aristotle's The Art of Rhetoric, Pa | Ethos combines the words Pathos and Ethos – passion and precision of character. Choreographer Sang Jijia uses them to signify two approaches to the subject discussed.
Using imagery from classical Italian sculpture, choreographer Sang Jijia translates Ethos and Pathos into dance. The first half looks at the rules of social life, where interpersonal relations are rigidly distributed; each movement in space is well-measured and carefully executed. In the second, emotions are translated into the physicality of the dancers; by taking stage action to its extreme, they achieve complete transparency of body, through which the soul is revealed in its entirety.
- Free Seating.
- The performance runs approximately 60 minutes without intermission.
- Registered participants are required to arrive and be seated at least 15 minutes before the scheduled programme start time. Seats will be held until the scheduled start time; any unoccupied seats at that time will be released to standby attendees.
- Please switch off mobile phones and any other sound and light emitting devices.
- Photography, audio, and video recording are not permitted during the performance.
- Eating and drinking are strictly prohibited during the performance.
- Programmes are subject to change without prior notice. HKPAX reserves the right to final decision regarding programme arrangements.
Choreography: Sang Jijia
Original Music: Dickson Dee
Lighting Design: Lawmanray
Original Video: Luca BRINCHI
Costume Design: Giuseppina MAURIZI
Performance: AN Tzu-huan, CHEN Dai-wen, CHEN Jia-wen, Jon Henri FERRER, GAO Sheng-ting, Suyi HON, HUANG Teng-sheng, JIANG Xu-ling, Stephanie LI, SHUM Pui-yung, Alliah Xandra TORTE, YANG Yu, Skye YAO
City Contemporary Dance Company
City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC) is Hong Kong’s flagship contemporary dance company. With a legacy of over 200 original works, CCDC embodies the city’s dynamic spirit through bold, imaginative, and boundary-pushing performances.
Under the artistic direction of Sang Jijia, the Company continues to pursue excellence in contemporary dance, explore interdisciplinary collaborations, and foster international cultural exchange, showcasing the strength of Hong Kong dance on the global stage.
Sang Jijia
Sang Jijia, an ethnic Tibetan, currently serves as the Vice Chairperson of the 12th Council of the China Dancers Association. He received the Asian Cultural Council Scholarship to study in the US. In 2002, he was selected by the “Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative” to study choreography under William Forsythe in Germany.
During his time in Germany, he joined the Ballet Frankfurt and The Forsythe Company as Assistant Choreographer and Dancer, respectively. He returned to China in 2006 and has since choreographed for City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC), BeijingDance/LDTX and Guangdong Modern Dance Company. He has also been commissioned by renowned dance companies around the world, including Ballet Frankfurt in Germany, Spellbound Contemporary Ballet in Italy, Carte Blanche in Norway and GöteborgsOperans Danskompani in Sweden. He was appointed as the Resident Choreographer for CCDC from 2015 to 2024, and has been its Artistic Director since the appointment in 2025.
In 2023, he was awarded the Honorary Fellowship by the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. He has received multiple awards at the Hong Kong Dance Awards for “Outstanding Choreography”. In 2024, he was presented with “Distinguished Achievement Awards” by the 25th Hong Kong Dance Awards and “Artist of the Year (Dance)” by the 18th Hong Kong Arts Development Awards.
His recent choreographies include INterstices (2026), Mr Blank 2.0 (2025), As if Snowing (2024), Stream of Dust (2023), Meeting In-between Time (2022), Mr Blank (2018), Re-Mark (world premiere in 2018; Hong Kong premiere in 2019), Pa | Ethos (world premiere in 2015; Hong Kong premiere in 2022).
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City Contemporary Dance Company is financially supported by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region