Hong Kong Ballet Releases Its First-ever NFTs 

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If you read RADII regularly, then you’ll know that visual artists have been producing NFT art for a while now. More recently, performing arts companies like the Hong Kong Ballet have also begun to embrace the medium.

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Themed Cyberpunk Ballet, one of the company’s two NFT collections sees members of the Hong Kong Ballet dancing through Hong Kong’s neon-lit streets.

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The NFT artwork highlights the uptick in cyberpunk content produced by Chinese creatives in recent years.

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Celebrated Chinese American author Ken Liu, who penned the Dandelion Dynasty series, even invented the term ‘silkpunk’ to capture the essence of his sci-fi and fantasy worlds.

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Meanwhile, the Hong Kong Ballet’s second NFT collection revolves around Christmas and was released just in time for its live performances of The Nutcracker.

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The Nutcracker NFTs feature interactive artwork of four main characters from the ballet on one side and stunning stage photos on the other.

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Click the link below to learn more about how the Hong Kong Ballet has removed racist facets from the original Nutcracker ballet in its version.

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