HK Magazine: What exactly is face- changing?
Anna Chau: Face-changing is a traditional Chinese performing art. It is considered a "Grade II national confidentiality art," and is not supposed to be taught to foreigners. It's basically about switching one latex-thin face mask for another as...
People think I'm an ABC [American-born Chinese], but I grew up in Hong Kong.
The best decision I ever made was quitting school and joining the band the New Topnotes when I was 16.
Singers in the 70s were just dorky. I considered myself a band girl because it was a thousand times cooler.
Music is...
HK Magazine: Is ballroom dancing really that cool?
Jason Gilkison: Because it’s ballroom, people expect something like old, boring parquet floors and big puffy dresses. When they see what it is – young, funky, edgy – they really go off. In ballroom we incorporate so many different...
Mink
One Tue a month, black shiny Mink hosts an acoustic music night, with such relevant, indie rockers as metal-singer-songwriter Slash!Sakura!Slash!, the David Bowie Knives and even, last time, wicked Japanese rock band Buddhiston. Next event: May 15, 9pm-midnight.
19 Hollywood Rd., Central, 2525...
Even if your French doesn’t go beyond “Bonjour. Je m’apelle [enter name here],” Le French May is something to clear your calendar for. Running for two months from May 1 onwards, this annual arts and cultural festival brings an array of events celebrating the French music,...
HK Magazine: Tell us your version of The Aristocrats.
Paul Provenza: The whole movie was my rendition of the joke! The best ones are the most horrifyingly disgusting ones. The badder the better. The joke is really a chance for comedians to cut loose. The whole point of the joke is to go as crazy as...
Local IT consultant Tom Nunan has a confession to make: “When I go out dancing at night, I don’t want to hear jazz. I want to hear something easier to listen to, something repetitive and recognizable.” Sounds like you won’t be seeing him on April 21, when jazz regulars Allen...
HK Magazine: Are salsa dancers total exhibitionists?
Albert Torres: Maybe inside. I know some of the most conservative people who, once they get up on the stage, are just amazing. There’s an old saying about salsa: if you can’t feel it, you don’t have a heartbeat.
HK: Do you ever...
I play ugly people. There is no acting in it. It's simple. It's just a job.
I usually play the garbage woman, the housemaid, the psycho or the ugly woman who keeps chasing after the handsome guy... I take whatever roles the others won’t take. That’s why I am still surviving in this...
