ArtsThe electrifying passion keeping Hong Kong's street dancers moving
Pandemic adds to problems performers already face in unforgiving city
From left, Hayboogie, Popper88, Kaspy, Fish, and Gerin: Performance artists who have kept dancing through protests, a pandemic and now a recession. (Photos by Paul Yeung)
NIKKI SUN, Nikkei staff writer
February 4, 2021 08:30 JST
HONG KONG -- Ramen chef Fish arrives in a park before midnight in Tin Shui Wai, a remote Hong Kong district close to Shenzhen, to join his friends who are blasting beat music from a dimly lit corner. At first glance, the group of five masked men can seem intimidating. But they are simply dancing and their masks, a sign of the times.