Hong Kong Dance Company Appoints Meggy Cheng as Executive Director

Hong Kong Dance Company has announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Meggy Cheng as the Company’s Executive Director after open recruitment. Cheng will assume duties on 12 October 2023, leading the Company’s corporate strategy, business operations, brand promotion, programme planning, art education, and other areas. She will head the Company together with Artistic Director Yang Yuntao.

Cheng is an experienced art administrator. She has worked in senior management positions in various arts organisations, including Chung Ying Theatre Company, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, and M+ of the West Kowloon Cultural District. In her early career, she led the strategic planning, communications and marketing for international brands at various multinational advertising agencies. As an art enthusiast, she devoted herself to integrating business entrepreneurship with art management practices after joining the art sector and won numerous awards in the industry. (See appendix for details)

Tsang Kee Kung, MH, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, said: “On behalf of the Company, I am excited to welcome Meggy to the Company as our new Executive Director. Meggy is mature and capable and possesses extensive and rich experience in art administration. The Board of Directors is confident that she and Artistic Director Yang Yuntao will collaborate well. Under their leadership, the Company will continue to pursue excellence and reach new heights in the realm of our outstanding Chinese cultural heritage.”

Yang said: “I look forward to working with Meggy. With her enthusiasm for art and her holistic achievements in art management, I believe she will bring in refreshed practices and innovative thinking into the Company. We will work together in optimising the Company’s vision and mission to promote the appreciation of contemporary Chinese dance, and strive for creativity while inheriting the essence of Chinese culture.”

Cheng said: “I am honoured and delighted to be appointed as Executive Director of the Company. I have always had an inseparable bond with art, and I hope that the experience I have gained in different art organisations can be transformed into valuable resources and motivation, allowing me and the Company’s Board of Directors, Artistic Director, elite dancers, and professional colleagues from various departments to move towards an even more dazzling future.”

The Company has just successfully opened its 2023/24 dance season with A Dance of Celestial Rhythms, which has met with resounding popularity and garnered universal acclaim. The Company will continue to advocate enriching cultural exchanges with Mainland, regional, and overseas counterparts through touring performances and festival participation. Following its earlier visits to Beijing and Xinjiang, the Convergence tour has been extended to Bangkok, Tokyo, and Kanazawa in October and November. The Company will proudly co-present the performances of Convergence and HerStory with West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong in December. Please stay tuned for details.