The Interdisciplinary Collaboration between Dance and Cantonese Opera: A Case Study of Hong Kong Dance Company’s Waiting Heart

In Chinese, 跨 (kua, to cross) means to move or cross over by raising one’s foot; 界 (jie, border) is the boundary between things or realms of concepts or disciplines such as professions and genders. Therefore, when these characters combine to form the Chinese vocabulary of 跨界 (kuajie), it means moving between different fields or interdisciplinary that involves two or more different subjects or areas of knowledge. According to the definition by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), ‘The performing arts range from vocal and instrumental music, dance and theatre to pantomime, sung verse and beyond. They include numerous cultural expressions that reflect human creativity and that are also found, to some extent, in many other intangible cultural heritage domains.’