Hong konger.
KT Yau is a Hong Kong-based independent artist known for her innovative and thought-provoking choreographic works. A former resident choreographer at Unlock Dancing Plaza and Dance artist with Y-Space Dance Company from 2013-2014, and she has furthered her dance studies in Israel in 2016.
Her artistic practice has garnered critical acclaim, with Yau receiving several prestigious awards, including the Award for Young Artist (Dance) at the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards (2018) and the Emerging Choreographer Award at the Hong Kong Dance Awards (2018) and The Hong Kong Jockey club Music and Dance Fund 2024. Her works Unmixed (2018) and Confine (2019) were also nominated for Outstanding Choreography at the Hong Kong Dance Awards, with Unmixed receiving the “Out of the Box” Award at the Nordic Fringe Festival in Gothenburg.
Yau’s choreographic works are marked by a keen exploration of the human condition, often disrupting conventional notions of body, mind, and society. Her works have also been invited for international tours to Sweden, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Shanghai, and Guangzhou.
