Liana Yung-Yeung, Colleen Fung, Connie Wei-Yang
Cover Liana Yung-Yeung, Colleen Fung, Connie Wei-Yang

Christmas celebrations started on a high note with the Hong Kong Ballet Guild’s annual benefit, which raises funds for the dance company, with part of the proceeds going directly to the company’s Dancers’ Sponsorship Fund, providing dancers with artistic exchanges both locally and abroad to further their education, experience and training.

Colleen Fung, Connie Wei-Yang and Liana Yung-Yeung chaired the event committee and successfully drew a crowd of more than 360 to the event, which was hosted at the Grand Hyatt. The undisputed highlight of the evening was a performance inspired by Terence Kohler’s The Nutcracker, which saw children aged two to 12 take to the stage with the Hong Kong Ballet’s professional dancers, with all of the cast—young and old—dressed in show-stopping outfits.

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Photo 1 of 18 Tommy Pao-Watari, Sandy Pao-Watari
Photo 2 of 18 Kent and Emily Ho
Photo 3 of 18 Maya Lin, Mrs Leung, Jacqueline Leung, Alex Pei
Photo 4 of 18 Julian and Anne Liu
Photo 5 of 18 Marc Cipullo, Septime Webre
Photo 6 of 18 Group photo
Photo 7 of 18 Paul Tam and Tang Min
Photo 8 of 18 Janice Chan-Choy
Photo 9 of 18 Frantz and Valerie Hotton
Photo 10 of 18 Jee Eun Chao, Esther Ma
Photo 11 of 18 Sandee and Ryan Sun
Photo 12 of 18 Adrian Li
Photo 13 of 18 Lynn Hsieh
Photo 14 of 18 Mira Yeh
Photo 15 of 18 Vanessa and Michael Kwan, Ryan Fang
Photo 16 of 18 Liana Yung-Yeung, Colleen Fung, Connie Wei-Yang
Photo 17 of 18 Francisco Anton-Serrano and Peter Cheung
Photo 18 of 18 Paul and Alian Yu, Terence and Colleen Fung, Wiliam and Sylvia Fung, Ina Chou