china everbright limited title sponsors hong kong ballet’s “swan lake”

and through donation to its “accessibility fund” to offer free tickets to families in new territories

社會活動 2016/08/30
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title sponsored by china everbright limited (“cel”, stock code: 165.hk) and presented by hong kong ballet, one of the most popular ballet productions – “swan lake” (total of 9 shows) were staged successfully (19 to 21 august at yuen long theatre; 26 to 28 august in hong kong cultural centre). after title-sponsoring hong kong ballet’s christmas production - “the nutcracker” last year, cel has been sponsoring hong kong ballet for the second year which the company would like to dedicate its efforts to support and promote the development of hong kong arts.

as a china-background financial institution based in hong kong, cel has always strived for serving the community through corporate social responsibility events. this year, through donation to hong kong ballet’s accessibility fund, that provided a chance for the families living in north west new territories to experience the “swan lake” performance. families in a total of 64 people from the two beneficiary organisations (tung wah group of hospitals – tuen mun integrated services centre and pok oi hospital mrs lee ho siu fong memorial children and families development centre (butterfly bay)) were offered free tickets to watch the show on 20 august (saturday) at yuen long theatre and participated in family fun workshop organised by education and community outreach department of hong kong ballet. all the participants enjoyed the show very much and they thanked the sponsor for giving them a chance to watch this classical performance, while the kids also get to know more about ballet arts.

“swan lake” was renowned as “ballet of all ballets” and is one of the most welcomed ballet masterpieces. filled with technically demanding choreography, tchaikovsky’s gorgeous music, and lavish sets and costumes, making the performance mysterious and magical, attracting thousands of ballet fans.

for more information about “swan lake”, please see the video link below: