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Linus Kwok
Principal & Artistic Director

- Principal & Artistic Director, Hong Kong Asia Dance Academy
- Professional Ballet Teacher in Vaganova Method, Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida
- Jury, Formosa Grand Prix 2024-25
- Jury, Star of Canaan Dance International Ballet Competition
- Former Lecturer and Examiner, Russian Ballet Association
- Former Ballet Master, Canaan Dance
- Former Ballet Master , Ivy’s Ballet Company
- Former Ballet Master, Hong Kong International Youth Dance Festival
- Guest Ballet Teacher, Asia Ballet Academy
- Outstanding Choreography Award, Stars of Canaan Dance International Ballet Competition
- Former Vice Principal, Ivy Chung School of Ballet
- Former Artistic Director, Beyond Dance Theatre
- Guest Professor and choreographer, National Zhupei Senior High School
- Mentor, the Certificate of Classical Ballet Teaching Studies, Royal Academy of Dance
- Registered Teacher Status, the Royal Academy of Dance
- Graduate, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts(Ballet)
Linus graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the Royal Academy of Dance, majored in Ballet and Dance Education. He studied the Russian Vaganova Ballet teaching methodology with Mr. Vladimir Issaev. He is the first Hong Kong teacher to obtain the certificate of “Professional Ballet Teacher in the Vaganova Method” presented by the Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida. Linus furthered his education in classical music and obtained his certicicate in the Yale University and the University of Edinburgh. He has also obtain a Professional Certificate from the Harvard University in Business. He was awarded with full ballet scholarship at Ivy Chung School of Ballet. He has also received Alumni Association Scholarship for the Arts (Dance and Drama), SKH Lui Ming Choi Secondary School. Funding from the Hong Kong Bank Foundation, Linus was awarded the HKSAR/Mainland Exchange Scholarship, allowing him to have cultural exchange with the Liaoning Ballet Company and Shenyang Conservatory of Music.
Linus has an extensive performing experiences. During his professional training in HKAPA, he has performed “Fragmented Dialogue-Fleeting Moments”, “Dance/lines- Propaganda Ballet”, “Night Falls Fast-of night and other things”,” November Dances-Chopin Suite”, “Carmen” and ballet classicals such as Romeo and Juliet, Sleeping Beauty with the Hong Kong Ballet Company. Linus took part in numerous stage performances and worked with different performing arts company such as "The French May Arts Festival","Cirque de Soleil”,“Shu Ning Presentation Unit” ,” Blindates” (Danceart Company),” And Then There’s You” (Hong Kong Arts Festival), ”Community Cultural Ambassador Scheme –Tree in my home”, leading roles of “Sleeping Beauty and Four Seasons”, “Wonderland 2009 & 2010”and Chinese New Year Night Parade (Ivy’s Ballet Company). Linus has played the principal role in “I Believe” ballet performance organised by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, in which he was also the Rehearsal Director of the show.
He worked as a dance teacher in schools such as La Salle College, Fukien Secondary School, Valtorta College, International Christian School. He has also been invited to the National Zhubei Senior High School Taiwan as a Guest Professor and choreographer. He was also the Artistic Director of Beyond Dance Company. He also works as a movement coach for different stage plays with Gia Theatre.
Linus is active in choreography work as well. Recently, his work “ Notre Suite Romantique” and ”Hungarian Rhapsody” were both awarded Outstanding Performance and Gold Award of the Hong Kong Open Dance Contest. He was awarded “Outstanding Choreography Award” in the Star of Canaan Dance International Ballet Competition with his work ”The Theory of Everything”,Gold Award with "Finale Suite Romantique"," and Silver Award in Group Dance (choreographed by Linus) in the Hong Kong Ballet Group’s 5th Young Ballet Stars Awards. He also directed different classical ballet such as “Coppelia”,“Swan Lake”, “Paquita” ,”Giselle”, “Le Corsaire”,”Les Sylphides” and “Don Quixote”. Linus was Artistic Director of Beyond Dance Company. Under his artistic direction ,Beyond Dance Company was awarded numerous prizes in different dance competitions. Linus served as Vice-principal of Ivy Chung School of Ballet. He was also Ballet Master of Ivy’s Ballet Company. As Ballet Master of Canaan Dance, he was appointed Audition Director and ballet master to present scholarships for Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington, Sarasota Ballet School, Ballet Centre of Fort Worth, the School of Cadence Ballet. He also served as lecturer and examiner of the Russian Ballet Association, teaching ballet history ad theory.

Christine Fung

Brian Ho

Vivian Chau

Bowie Chow

Xeres Tsui

Chloe Leung

Hoi Ka Cheung
She started learning ballet at the age of 4. She completed the Gifted Young Dancer Program of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. She started receiving professional ballet training in Hong Kong Asia Dance Academy at the age of 16.
Hoi Ka has participated actively in local dance competitions and was awarded Bronze Award at Stars Award 2021, the Gold award at the 49th Hong Kong Open Dance Contest, Silver Award at the 48th & 47th Hong Kong Open Dance Contest. She has received Ballet Faculty scholarship 2021 in the HKAPA.
She has participated in several performances and worked with different choreographers, such as ‘Shade & Shadow” (Eve Chan), “Coppelia-Friends” (Irene Lo), “La Bayadere- The Kingdom of the Shades” (Stella Lau), “The butterfly Lovers” (Yuri Ng), “Out of the List” (Fred Yan), “The letter of Time” (Linus Kwok), “Illusion” (Fred Yan), “The Nutcracker Suite & Our Victoria” (Linus Kwok). Besides, she has also worked with choreographers such as Anh Ngoc Nguyen, Gosia Dzierzon, Sylvia Lee, Carlo AC Pacis, Zhao Na, Sylvia Wu.

Raphael Lau
He collaborated, as a dancer artist and choreographer, with different artists and ensembles including DanceArt, Y-Space, TS Crew, Folded Paper Dance and Theatre, E-Side Dance Company, Passover Dance, Absolutely Fabulous Theatre Connection, Make a Move Collective, MichaelDouglas Collective and Kammeroper Köln. He also engages in different performing art forms such as singing and acting. He participated as a tenor in chorus in productions with Opera Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.
His interest in the body's functionality drove him to become a Polestar®️ Pilates mattress instructor and he continues to explore different practices including Taichi and Xingyiquan. He believes learning and exchanging of these practices enrich the body mind connection and allow the "artistic" and "functional" perspectives of movement to feed each other.

Gigi Kam

Emily Pak

Lorian Mader
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