Associate Director of Training of Hong Kong Ballet A former coryphée of Hong Kong Ballet who has performed numerous lead roles, Irene Lo has been working closely with HKB for over a decade. Currently, she is the Associate Director of Training for HKB’s Classical Ballet Training Programme and the part-time faculty member at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA). In 2022, she obtained her Master of Fine Arts in Dance with distinction at HKAPA with a full scholarship from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund.
During 2021-2023, Lo was a Rehearsal Mistress for the children who danced in HKB’s Peter Pan, Cinderella, ALICE (in wonderland) and The Nutcracker. In 2018, she was a project coordinator for Scottish Ballet’s Hansel & Gretel. As a certified yoga and aerial yoga instructor, Lo also teaches ballet and yoga at City Contemporary Dance Company and Hong Kong Dance Company. In the past decade, she has been a guest teacher in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Malaysia, Indonesia and Macau.
Her choreographic work includes the TV ad of a Cheung Kong/ Sun Hung Kai Property Grand Jeté, Hello Hong Kong with Hong Kong Tourism Board featuring celebrities Aaron Kwok, Kelly Chan and Sammi Cheng, True Light College’s 150th anniversary musical and Three As One Theatre’s drama No Name.
Lo’s accolades include ‘Most Promising Dancer’ from Friends of Hong Kong Ballet and ‘Outstanding Performance of the Year’ from Hong Kong Dance Alliance. Additionally, Lo was Chief Executive Manager of the Asian Grand Prix (AGP) in 2013-2015 and served as a jury member in the Manila, Malaysia, AGP, Canaan International Competitions and Dance World Cup.
黃氏曾多次參與校內外大小演出,曾代表香港演藝學院遠赴德國、奧地利、法國、比利時及星加坡等地參與中國藝術節以及其他舞蹈藝術節。其演出包括有【薪傳】、【歷奇】、【長髮幽靈】、【春之祭】、【Time In A Bottle】、【弦舞曲】、【儺】、【我要高飛】及2005-2007年CCDC舞蹈中心之學校巡迴演出。近期更為多個商業團體演出及擔任編舞包括 香港青年藝術節協會【Dancing High Lights】【紅】【Site Specific】,電訊盈科、國泰航空之【歌唱比賽】及 香港旋律之【創團音樂劇】。
Vice-Chairperson of the Hong Kong Dance FederationThe International Dance Organization (IDO) Judge
Senior dance educator, Ms Violet Ng received professional training at Hong Kong Academy of Ballet and awarded scholarship from The Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund.
She holds Teaching Diploma of RAD, ISTD (England); CSTD, ACB (Australia). Member of CID and Chinese Dancers Association Hong Kong Member Branch. Founder of VCI Dance Company 1993 and Artistic Director of Asian Dance Association 2020.
She is now Vice Chairperson of the Hong Kong Dance Federation, an Examiner of the CSTD and the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, a judge of the International Dance Organization (IDO) international dance competition; a judge of the Hong Kong Bauhinia Cup Dance Championships, Schools Dance Festival and various Districts dance competitions. Ms Violet Ng has also been invited to serve as a judge in overseas dance competitions.