Last Friday evening, Ms. Meggy Cheng, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Dance Company, shared the unique journey of her transition from marketing to arts management at a 2GHK sharing session.
Having loved performing since childhood, Meggy nevertheless embarked on a commercial career after graduation. After years in marketing, she continually asked herself: could she merge her profession with her passion? This question ultimately led her to roles at several flagship cultural institutions in Hong Kong, and now, as the first female Executive Director of the Hong Kong Dance Company, she leads the team in achieving a winning balance between art and business.
Applying a market-oriented mindset, she helped clarify the company's positioning. The Hong Kong Dance Company has curated a series of dance dramas inspired by Hong Kong culture, such as The Way of the Warrior: Bruce Lee — Discipline & Infinity and the Hong Kong comic classic The Storm Riders series. The process of adapting The Storm Riders was particularly moving. For its premiere in 2014, the comic artist Mr. Ma Wing-Shing granted the Hong Kong Dance Company the pioneering opportunity to adapt the comic into a dance drama—a highly uncommon cross-disciplinary collaboration at the time. This pioneering partnership, which has now spanned over a decade and will see its third revival in 2025, stands as a testament to a profound mutual trust and a shared commitment to artistic creation.
Meggy's presentation was structured and strategic, resembling a business briefing, yet it was consistently infused with a palpable passion for the arts. She perfectly demonstrated that business and art are not opposites. When one engages in what they love with clear thinking and professional strategy, the two can indeed achieve mutual success. Her journey resonates deeply with the shared challenges and reflections of many 2GHK members, whether in steering family legacies or forging new ventures: how to balance passion with pragmatism, and vision with viability.
Thank you, Meggy, for such an inspiring sharing. May we all carry this belief forward on our own paths, walking with greater steadiness and purpose.
《2GHK 五月分享會回顧：在商業與藝術之間，走出共赢之路》
上周五晚，香港舞蹈團行政總監鄭禧怡女士（Meggy Cheng）在2GHK分享會上，以真摯的敘事分享了她從市場行銷走向藝術管理的獨特旅程。 從小熱愛表演的Meggy，畢業後卻進入商業世界。在累積多年行銷經驗後，她不斷自問：能否將專業與熱愛結合？這個問題最終引領她於香港多個文化旗艦機構工作，現在成為香港舞蹈團第一位女性行政總監，帶領團隊在藝術與商業間取得雙贏的平衡。
她運用市場思維，為舞團建立清晰定位，香港舞蹈團以藝術總監楊雲濤為首，過去策劃一系列以香港文化為主題的舞劇，如《武道》李小龍的有法與無限、以及港漫傳奇《風雲》系列。其中，改編《風雲》的過程尤為動人—— 2014年首演之時，漫畫家馬榮成先生讓香港舞蹈團首次將漫畫改編成為舞劇，當時來說是極為罕見的跨界合作，直至2025年舞團第三度重演《風雲》，這段超過十年的緣份，絕對是出於一份對藝術的真摯祝福與信任。
Meggy 的分享結構清晰、目標明確，宛如一場策略簡報，卻又處處流露對藝術的熱情。她完美示範了商業與藝術並非對立，當以清晰的思維、專業的策略投身所愛，兩者便可相互成就。她的這段經歷，與2GHK社群中許多會員在傳承家業或開拓事業時所面對的挑戰與思考——如何平衡熱愛與理性、願景與現實——深深共鳴。 感謝Meggy帶來如此深刻的啟發。願我們都能帶著這份信念，在各自道路上，走得更穩、更遠。