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Patsy Lo

ex-Apple turned Performance Artist

Patsy Lo is a Hong Kong native who, at 48, made a radical life change—leaving a high-powered career at Apple Inc., after years of working across several countries, to become a full-time dance student in Paris despite having never danced before.

 

Her works reBIRTH and ANAMNESIS have gained international recognition: reBIRTH was developed during a residency at Orsolina28, and both have been presented at major dance festivals and featured on platforms such as Numéro China and Nowness Asia.

 

Her artistic practice is rooted in nature and in our shared humanity. Her work begins with landscape—the texture of earth, the weight of air, the pull of tides and seasons. Nature is not as a backdrop but an active partner. At the same time, it is a call to journey within ourselves: she is drawn to the marks left by time and experience—the fractures, failures, and tender places we often hide from—and asks how these scars can be transformed into beauty.

 

For Patsy, art carries a responsibility to contribute to humanity. Her practice is a way of returning—to the ground beneath us, to the inner landscapes we too often avoid, and to the possibility that what has broken us might also make us luminous. She continues to shape her distinctive voice as a performance artist, choreographer, and producer, dividing her time between Hong Kong, Paris, and Tokyo.

Why she Dances: A Journey from Despair to Passion

Patsy's body was failing her. Swollen and bedridden, Western medicine offered only a cocktail of sedatives. "I'm going to die from a drug overdose," she thought, staring at the pills.

 

But life had other plans.

 

In tears, Patsy surrendered: "God, if this pill-dependent life is my fate, I accept it." This desperate prayer became her turning point.


Five months later, through acupuncture and natural therapies, Patsy emerged reborn and was medication-free. 

A Cirque du Soleil performance sparked a yearning for presence she couldn't ignore. A poignant movie quote resonated deeply: those rare moments of clarity when feeling trumps thinking.

This is why she dances – each movement a celebration of life reclaimed, each step a testament to the power of listening to one's heart.

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