Kwok Wai Kit, KEN Kwok

R&T Founder / Art Director

Ken Kwok graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts(HKAPA) School of Dance, majoring in Musical Theatre Dance. During his study, he was awarded Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation Scholarship and attained the ISTD Advanced Tap Certificate with Honours, and was later awarded a scholarship to participate in the American Dance Festival in 1998. In school, he participated in various dance performances and musical theaters including Bye-Bye Birdie, Damn Yankee, West Side Story, The Wizard Of Oz, and Pippin. He also played the role of Don...Quixote in Don Quixote, a production of Hong Kong Ballet Group. From 2001 to 2004, he joined the Hong Kong Dance Company as a full-time dancer, performing in many of its well-known productions. From 2004 to 2005, he received a scholarship to further his studies in modern dance, tap dance and jazz dance at the Off Jazz Dance Center in France. Kwok has focused on tap dance since he came back to Hong Kong.

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Leung Mei Kar, EVE Leung

R&T Founder / Education and Promotion Manager

Eve Leung graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA), majoring in Musical Theatre Dance. She is an active performer, choreographer, and teacher who is currently a part-time tap and jazz dance instructor at the HKAPA (EXCEL), Hong Kong Children Choir (Dance), and Japanese International School. She participated in the debut performance of Tap Building, an original production of R & T, in March 2010 and its re-run in Macau and Hong Kong. Previously, she was the teacher and dance choreographer of Summer Musical School organized by The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts's EXCEL. Her recent productions include Disney's High School Musical 1 & 2, Footloose, and Beauty and the Beast and she helped choreograph Animal Farm, a musical produced by Theatre Noir in 2011. She was also invited to perform in Tap Together in Taipei Tap Festival in 2011 and 2012 and organized the first three Hong Kong Tap Festivals. Leung is one of the founders of R&T.

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Cheung Yuen Ting, Edith Cheung

Company Manager

Graduate of School of Dance and School of Drama, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Postgraduate diploma holder in Creative Industries Management.

 

Majoring in musical theatre, she has performed in West side Story, Little Shop of Horrors, The Wizard of Oz, Red, Pippin and has directed several English musicals such as Tom Sawyer, Pinocchio, the Little Mermaid, Oliver!, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jack and the Beanstalk. 

 

Edith has produced a variety of drama and theatre shows such as Luv, Cheers!, Pippin, Broadway Sounds, Leaving, etc. both in Hong Kong and Macau. In 2017, she joined R&T as the company manager.

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Ha Wai Him, MARCO Ha

Senior Administrative Officer

Graduated in the Chinese University of Hong Kong and majoring in Cultural Studies, he focused in popular culture, performing arts and cultural policy studies. He was an intern of Videotage, a local art organization presenting, promoting and preserving video and media art. He participated in the preparation and curation of the ‘Both Sides Now V: QUEER’ (2019) art festival. During his time in University, he was also a part-time production assistant in the New Media Unit of Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) and was responsible for website operation(content) and new project research. He is currently the Administrative Officer of R&T (Rhythm & Tempo) and is mainly responsible in project coordination, company operation and assist in tap dance education and outreaching. Coordinated projects include: 2020 Community Cultural Ambassador Tappy Feet in Neighbourhood, Tap Musical Man of la Central and 2021 Community Cultural Ambassador Buddha Trainee.

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June Lau

Administrative Officer
Graduated in Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a bachelor degree in Bilingual Studies, LAU then further obtained a Professional Diploma in Arts Administration from the School of Continuing Education of Hong Kong Baptist University. Joining the Music and Outdoor team of West Kowloon Cultural District as an intern, she assisted in festivals such as ‘Freespace Happening (2017)’ and ‘Freespace at Taikoo Place (2017)’, etc. After the end of the internship, she was given the opportunity to stay in the team as a full-time Performing Arts Assistant and coordinated for programmes such as ‘Ryuichi Sakamoto feat. Shiro Takatani: dis·play’, ‘Freespace Jazz Fest’ (2019-2021), ‘Freespace Ensemble Series’, ‘Choreographer and Composer Lab’ (2021), ‘Freespace Happening’ (2017-2019), ‘Freespace Fest’ (2020), Lau Bak Livehouse regular music programmes and ‘Freespace Mixtape Vol. 1-3’, etc. LAU has recently joined R&T (Rhythm and Tempo) as the Administrative Officer and is mainly responsible for the ‘Hong Kong Tap Festival 10th Anniversary Series’.