34th SIBMAS Conference
2024.Hong Kong
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23 June 2024 (Sun)
Conference Day 1
1430 – 1500  | Welcoming Ceremony at Tea House Theatre, Xiqu Centre  | 
1500 – 1530  | Thematic Talk 1 Programme Strategies and the Conservation of Cultural Heritage: A Case Study of the Tea House Theatre Dr PK CHEUNG and Ms Naomi CHUNG (HK)  | 
1530 – 1730  | Xiqu Performance “Tea House Experience” (Cantonese Opera) at Tea House Theatre, Xiqu Centre  | 
1800 – 2100  | Welcoming Dinner  | 
24 June 2024 (Mon)
Conference Day 2
0930 – 1045  | Registration (L1 Foyer)  | |
1045 – 1130  | Opening Ceremony (LT)  | |
1145 – 1245  | Keynote Lecture 1 (LT) Intercultural Perspectives on Documenting Performance Dr Toni SANT (UK)  | |
1245 – 1345  | Lunch  | |
1345 – 1545  | Paper Presentation – Session 1 (LT) Documentation, Education and Heritage of the Performing Arts 
 Paper Presentation – Session 2 (ICR) Panel Discussion (1) & Dance, Dance Making and the Dance Archives (1)  | |
1545 – 1600  | Coffee Break  | |
1600 – 1630  | Thematic Talk 2 (LT) The Strategies and Challenges of Establishing “Memory of the World – Chinese Traditional Music Sound Archives” Dr SHAO Xiaojie (Mainland)  | |
1630 – 1830  | Paper Presentation – Session 3 (LT) History, Theatre Making and the Performance’s Archives Paper Presentation – Session 4 (ICR) Audience, Participation and the Dramaturgical Approaches of Collecting  | |
1915 – 2045  | Visit 1 Archive of Chung Ying Theatre Company 
 Visit 2 Film Screening and Director Sharing of “Bamboo Theatre” at Goethe-Institut  | |
25 June 2024 (Tue)
Conference Day 3
0930 – 1000  | Registration (L1 Foyer)  | |
1000 – 1100  | Keynote Lecture 2 (LT) The Challenges of the Theatre Museum Amidst and Beyond the Pandemic: Digital Archiving and Revitalization Practices of Japanese Theatre Dr Minako OKAMURO (JP)  | |
1100 – 1130  | Coffee Break (L1 Foyer)  | |
1130 – 1330  | Paper Presentation – Session 5 (LT) Representation of Performing Arts in an Exhibition Context 
 Paper Presentation – Session 6 (ICR) Performing and Interpreting the Archive  | |
1330 – 1430  | Lunch  | |
1430 – 1530  | Thematic Talk 3 (LT) From Documenting Movement to Performance: A Case Study of Hong Kong Dance Company’s Convergence Thematic Talk 4 (LT) Documenting Theatre with Documentary Theatre: A Case Study of The Pedra Sidequel Ms Jenny MOK (Macao)  | |
1530 – 1600  | Presentations of Hong Kong’s Publication on Performing Arts (LT) Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra  | |
1600 – 1700  | Visit to CUHK Library  | |
1800 – 2000  | Visit 3 Hong Kong Central Library Visit 4 The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Library  | |
26 June 2024 (Wed)
Conference Day 4
0930 – 1000  | Registration (L1 Foyer)  | |
1000 – 1100  | Keynote Lecture 3 (LT) Words, Space and Enacting the Archive Dr Ashutosh POTDAR (IN)  | |
1100 – 1130  | Coffee Break (L1 Foyer)  | |
1130 – 1330  | Paper Presentation – Session 7 (LT) Panel Discussion (2) & Dance, Dance Making and the Dance Archives (2) 
 Paper Presentation – Session 8 (ICR) Dramaturgical Possibilities of Digital Archiving  | |
1330 – 1430  | Lunch  | |
1430 – 1530  | Thematic Talk 5 (LT) Dynamizing the Archive through Documentation, Creation and Promotion: A Case Study of Centre 42 Singapore Ms MA Yanling (SG) 
 Thematic Talk 6 (LT) Exploring History from a Future Perspective—archival reading and curatorial consciousness in “Dialectic”, a NTCH’s 35th anniversary series Ms CHOW Ling-Chih (TW)  | |
1530 – 1630  | Keynote Lecture 4 (LT) Arts as Documentation, Documentation as Criticism, Criticism as Arts: Life and Times of Documentation as Criticism Mr Danny YUNG (HK)  | |
1630 – 1645  | Conclusion and Farewell (LT)  | |
1645 – 1745  | SIBMAS General Assembly (LT)  | |
27 June 2024 (Thu)
Conference Day 5 (Optional Excursion)
1030 – 1230  | Guided Tour Cantonese Opera Heritage Hall, Hong Kong Heritage Museum  | 
1230 – 1400  | Lunch  | 
1430 – 1600  | Guided Tour Tai Kwun, a Conservation and Revitalisation of Heritage Project  | 
- All time references are Hong Kong time
 - LT = Lecture Theatre (CYT LT1A)
 - ICR = Interactive Conference Room (CYT 203)