How modern ballet reflects a more accessible world | Septime Webre | TEDxTinHauWomen

Art is at its most powerful when people see themselves in it. Septime Webre, Hong Kong Ballet's Artistic Director, discusses the evolving roles of women in ballet, and the power of works which reflect the specificity of a particular place. While ballet often features traditional themes, it can also reflect the world around us in more direct and powerful ways, offering audiences a vision of their ideal selves. Septime Webre is an internationally recognised ballet director, choreographer, educator and advocate. He joined the Hong Kong Ballet (HKB) as its Artistic Director in July 2017 after 17 years as Artistic Director of The Washington Ballet (US) and 6 years as Artistic Director for the American Repertory Ballet in Princeton (US).
Much sought-after as a choreographer, Septime’s works appear in the repertoires of ballet companies globally; his latest creations for HKB, Romeo + Juliet, set in 1960s Hong Kong, and The Nutcracker, set in Hong Kong in 1915, world-premiered in June 2021 and December 2021 respectively. The latter work also won him Outstanding Choreography at the 2022 Hong Kong Dance Awards. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@NYWF1939]

Septime! I am so proud of you. Proud and humbled to have known you in the beginning. This talk was so interesting and thought-provoking. I am so happy for what you have achieved .

[@laneorsak]

Interesting and well presented! Bravo!