The Works

17-year-old pianist Wong Wai-yin is giving a recital in the Hong Kong Arts Centre. She's a true child prodigy, having entered the Academy For Performing Arts at 5. Today she is in our studio to talk to us and perform Rachmaninov.

The great dance choreographer Pina Bausch died at the age of 68 in June 2009. She has left us a dazzling legacy of more than 40 works that blur the lines between reality and dream, and between dance and theatre. Last week, her company the Wuppertal Tan...

“The Body is...” exhibition features a series of art mannequins painted in acrylic. Fifteen teenagers have used the mannequins to express their impressions of the human body. The aim of the exhibition is to allow the young people a chance to define the...

Elvis Costello has been called "One of the most innovative, influential, and best songwriters since Bob Dylan". Like Marianne Faithfull, whom we saw in part one, he has worked with many of the most talented people in contemporary music. He released his...

George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins were two of the great American choreographers of the 20th century. Jerome Robbins created dances for Broadway and ballets. He’s probably best known to film-lovers for his choreography for the movie of “West Side Sto...

“The King’s Speech” is a feel good movie, a triumph over adversity movie, and a story about a friendship between a king and a commoner. Does it matter that so much of it is not true? Gary Pollard is in our studio to tell us more.

When the Rolling Stones started performing, they mostly sang classic Blues songs. In the early sixties, singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards began writing their own. One of the first was “As Tears Go By”. It was made a hit by Mick Jagger’s s...

In our Arts Dairy we’re looking at the work of Lin Xue who creates images of plants and organisms that are like something out of a dream. The title of his new exhibition “The Sixth Day” is a Biblical reference, and refers to the unspoiled state of the ...

This week, audiences are getting the chance to catch up on the films nominated for Academy Awards this year.“Biutiful” and “The King’s Speech” are opening on Thursday. ”Black Swan” and “True Grit” are already showing. Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan” is...

To celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Rabbit, Sin Sin Fine Art gallery is holding an exhibition that highlights the work of ten local women artists. The exhibition “Women Artists 211” opened on February 11th, the day of the Lantern Festival. It e...