Ivanhoe chun-ho lam
Over the past decade, Ivanhoe Lam has used accumulated technical skills to integrate multimedia design into his projects in surprising and original ways, while his directing experiences have demonstrated his facility across disciplines.
CREATING
Instead of relying on what has worked before without interrogating our own biases and blindspots, Ivanhoe encourages a constant re-examination of creative processes, with proper thought given to the incredible tools and resources at hand.
BRIDGING
By bringing together artists with diverse backgrounds, methods and aesthetic approaches, Ivanhoe believes personal, multivalent performances that resonate for global audiences can be developed.
EXPANDING
Ivanhoe is interested in breaking down the boundaries between artforms, to allow artists and audiences to communicate and build meaning(s) together, while deconstructing and reconsidering our shared, inherited vocabulary.
TRANSCENDING
Through the upcoming research and development tenure, Ivanhoe is seeking to anticipate and explore newer forms of expression in contemporary theatre. He hopes we can transcend what once felt like hard limits.
About
Ivanhoe Chun-ho Lam, born in Hong Kong 1986.
A choreographer and cross-disciplinary theatre-maker.
He received a diploma in Drama and Dance (Contemporary Dance) from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Choreography from Codarts in Rotterdam. His recent own creation include Hedwig and the Angry Inch (WestK x Ivanhoe Lam x Jordan Cheng), Still, Not Still (Opening Performance for New Venue of HKADC), Living Up to Death (City Contemporary Dance Company), Report ii - the illegal i (New Vision Arts Festival 2021), Living up to HER (Jockey Club New Arts Power 2019), Report i - Which i am I (Jockey Club New Arts Power 2018), Pretext Quartet (New Vision Festival 2016) and Even Odd (HK Arts Festival 2014). In 2015, he took part in a three-month artist residency at the Zurich University of the Arts, where he collaborated with ten Swiss artists to curate and create the multidisciplinary performance Odd Couplings.
His work spans stage direction, choreography and movement design. His collaborations include Pulse/Pulse/Pulse (Dimension Plus), The Impossible Trial - a Musical (WestK x Hong Kong Repertory Theatre) The Little Things in Life (Yatpo Singers); Garden of Repose (HK Arts Festival 52nd); St. John Passion (New Vision Festival 2023); Gay Games 11 in Hong Kong Opening Ceremony; Midsummer Night’s Dream (HK Philharmonic Orchestra); The Taming of the Shrew (PassoverDance); St. John Passion Tour in Germany (Lautten Compagney Berlin x SingFest HK); To Damascus Road and 1894 Hong Kong Plague – a Musical (Hong Kong Repertory Theatre); The Originals – HK Musicals in Concert (by Leon Ko x HK Sinfonietta); Coming and Going (Chan Fai-young x Women’s Choir); Why We Chat and Finding Loveless Land (Edward Lam Dance Theatre) etc.
His works have toured Berlin, Erfurt, Shanghai, Dusseldorf, Zurich, Guangzhou, Beijing, Singapore, Rotterdam and Amsterdam.
