Jumping Frames – Hong Kong International Movement-Image Festival
Twenty Years of Dance, Media, and Interdisciplinary Innovation

Since its founding by the City Contemporary Dance Company in 2004, Jumping Frames – Hong Kong International Movement-Image Festival has established itself as a pioneering platform at the intersection of embodied practice and visual media. More than a film festival, Jumping Frames has continuously redefined the boundaries of artistic experimentation and interdisciplinary exchange, acting as a vital nexus for local and international creative communities and serving as a microcosm of Hong Kong’s vibrant cultural landscape.
This anthology presents a multifaceted exploration of screendance and movement-image arts, bringing together a carefully curated collection of essays, roundtable discussions, and artistic reflections. It examines the reimagining of traditions, the body as a site of cultural critique, and the evolving interplay between movement and media technologies.
Spanning experiences from Hong Kong, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, and beyond, this volume provides fresh perspectives for artists, curators, and scholars. It invites readers to reconsider the role of dance and moving images within contemporary art and to reflect on their broader cultural, social, and political implications.
Marking the 20th anniversary of Jumping Frames, this anthology celebrates two decades of artistic innovation, offering an inspiring resource for those seeking to explore the dynamic convergence of dance and media arts and envisioning new possibilities for the future of movement-image practices.


Dong, Xianliang, Elysa Wendi, and Emilie Sin-yi Choi, eds. Still Jumping: Mediated Performance and Moving Image Across Asia and the Global Stage, 2004–2024. Hong Kong: Typesetter Publishing, 2026.

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  • With Elysa Wendi and Emilie Sin-yi Choi. “Introduction.” In Still Jumping: Mediated Performance and Moving Image Across Asia and the Global Stage 2004–2024, edited by Dong Xianliang, Elysa Wendi, and Emilie Choi Sin-yi. Hong Kong: Typesetter Publishing, 2026.

  • “Jumping Frames as a Screendance Festival: A Historical Overview (2004–2024).” In Still Jumping: Mediated Performance and Moving Image Across Asia and the Global Stage 2004–2024, edited by Xianliang Dong, Elysa Wendi, and Emilie Sin-yi Choi. Hong Kong: Typesetter Publishing, 2026.

  • (In Chinese) “福見秀雄：醫學研究與戰爭陰影” [Hideo Fukumi: Medical Research and the Shadow of War]. In 鑽燧薪傳：香港城市大學中文及歷史學系研究生論文集 [Exploration and Legacy: Collected Papers on Chinese Literature and History], vol. 1, edited by Fan Ka Wai, 177–214. Hong Kong: Chung Hwa Book Company. Chinese translation and revised version of the article published in the Journal of Medical Biography.

  • (Bilingual) “史料價值與過程批判：「研究計劃：香港舞蹈口述歷史」” [The Value of Historical Materials and Criticism on the Archival Process: ‘Research Project — Oral History of Hong Kong Dance Development’], 香港舞蹈概述 2018 [Hong Kong Dance Overview 2018], edited by Felix Chan, Evelyne Wong, and Joanna Lee, 34–45. Hong Kong: Felixism Creation, 2021.

  • With Xiaoye Zhang, “The Archived Criminal: Mandatory Prisoner Autobiography in China,” in The Emerald Handbook of Narrative Criminology, edited by Jennifer Fleetwood, Lois Presser, Sveinung Sandberg, and Thomas Ugelvik, 427–444. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.

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