Creating has never been easy, esp in HK2023™️ 🍞 第一次見面就錄 podcast 真係好癲, but it was such a nice and cozy chat, thank you for your trust 🫗 雖然冇專業錄音設備 thus the TST ambience (ft. 船聲/ 直升機聲/ 風笛聲/ 鼓聲/ 海浪聲) 但希望你地會 enjoy 🛋️

To live in a city like hk, to make the conscious decision to create (in whatever form and capacity) and to stay - here's to all those who 仍然選擇創作、仍然選擇善良 ⚓️

Timestamps:

(00:00) finally a collab episode 終於可以坐埋一齊 / (01:18) meeting geoff - dance instructor vs choreographer 導師與排舞師的身分 / (05:00) dance genres and evolving styles 數之不盡既舞種 / (10:22) how it all started: a love for hip hop 就係要型 🕺🏽 / (12:08) dancing in the states 在美國留學的日子 / (13:55) bringing money into the equation 就係要搵錢 💵 / (16:12) dancing in hong kong 返到黎香港 / (19:13) passion and talent 夠唔夠愛 夠唔夠叻 / (21:42) tipping point 轉捩點 / (30:22) a price for everything: commercializing your art vs sustaining your passion 藝術與金錢的兌換 / (32:50) money matters (in hong kong) 在香港 拼命去生存 / (33:28) time and space to create 創作需時 🛋️ / (38:00) keeping an open mind to new possibilities 機會係留俾 / (39:32) what defines “the artist”: creating and staying inspired 創作需時 2.0 / (41:55) preventing (creative) burnout by geoff / (46:40) navigating (F&B) burnout by juniper / (56:28) holding on to family / (01:01:40) 阿mo’s incident: what now

epilogue - (01:07:15) the luxury of time 有時間去放空嗎 / (01:08:06) the luxury of space 有空間去創作嗎 / (01:08:50) local culture: organic vs forced / (01:11:30) hope for the future

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