It‘s a pity that your presence and absence in the city’s life are as unnoticed and silent as discarded kitchen waste in an alley.

Diary VII·The Story Of…… is the latest chapter in choreographer Mui Cheuk Yin’s Diary project. It is through her stories with stray cats through text, images, sounds, and agile movement to find subtle parallels between feline traits and her own philosophy of life. In this piece, she uses this encounter between human beings and stray cats as a metaphor, she moves smoothly into exploring significant social issues such as home, country, diaspora, and emigration in her solo performance Diary VII. Her central ideology has developed in depth through exquisite choreography, each movement expressing, sometimes with her body sometimes with props, authentic, deeply heartfelt emotions.

Mui Cheuk Yin is an acclaimed dancer active in the dance scene in Hong Kong and worldwide, marked by her style that oscillates between tradition and modernity, traversing oriental and western influences. Mui is an internationally renowned solo dancer and named as “Dance Ambassador” in Hong Kong. In recognition of her outstanding achievements in dance, Mui received from the Hong Kong Dance Alliance five Hong Kong Dance Awards, as well as the Distinguished Achievement Award in 2012. She was also awarded Artist of the Year and Outstanding Contribution in Arts at the 2021 and 2022 Hong Kong Arts Development Awards respectively.

The Diary Series is Mui’s lifelong dance theatre project that started in 1986. Diary VI·Applause……(2009), was the record of a female, menopause, and the diminishing life. Diary VII·The Story Of……, at her 60 in 2021, was a record of her feelings about feeding stray cats for thirty years, and her enlightenment of home, human connection and life through these special experiences.

Production Team

Choreography/Perform：Mui Cheuk Yin,

Lighting Design: Lee Chi-Wai

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