"Ming Ri Institute for Arts Education" has been set up in 2002 after renaming from "Ming Ri Theatre Company". Having experienced different stage of attempt --- the amateur drama group "Anonymity Dramatic Club" in 1984 and Hong Kong's first professional children theatre company "Ming Ri Theatre Company" in 1996, the institute has been developed to a non-profit-making charitable organization emphasizing the importance of both arts and education in the 21st century.

We deeply believe that the art of drama is a key element to cultivate creativity, ability of problem solving, abstract thinking and the sense of cooperation. All these are the characteristics of a "all-rounded person". It is essential for the educational reform in the 21st century. The key element includes several aspects namely the requirements of learning to learn, learning in creativity, life-wide learning and lifelong learning, which can be fostered by artistic activities and art education. Arts are the social need in the high educational standard and rich community. It is also what people long for when they are satisfied by the basic necessities and hope to enhance their creativity and improve their living qualities.

Ming Ri Institute for Arts Education provides services about arts and education through her subordinate organizations which are: "Ming Ri Theatre", "Arts Education Centre", "Puppet School", "International Puppetry Arts Exchange Centre".

"Ming Ri Theatre", the well-known children theatre group in the field in Hong Kong, will continue to provide the marvelous children performances.

"Arts Education Centre" --- Continued from our preceding schemes, for instances, "Teachers' Training Courses", "Integrating Curriculum by Arts Education" and "Aesthetic Education", the Centre will introduce the art of drama into the schools to inspire the creativity of the students and stimulate the educational reform in the schools.

"Puppet School" and "International Puppetry Arts Exchange Centre", the emerging subordinating organizations, are responsible for the systematic learning system of puppetry and the puppetry art exchange programmes between China and the foreign countries respectively. This can further develop the children puppetry art in Hong Kong.

The birth of the institute that belongs to the field of culture and arts, as well as the field of education is one of the strategies and responses for the challenging world. Still, we deeply believe our objective remaining unchanged in this ever-changing world. The objective is: -

"Tomorrow's Children, Today's Creation"

Repertoires:
"Little Left Foot", "San Mao", "Mulan", "Cats Security", "Mr. OK", "Na Zha", "Journey to the West", "Mo Mo the Witch", "San Mao --- The Space Adventure", "Adventure of Chiu Yee", "The Legends of Hong Kong", "The Tribe Master", "The Red Imp", "The White Serpent", "Mr. Little Fatty"

Address:
Hong Kong, China

Homepage:
www.mingri.org.hk