Corinna Chamberlain

Corinna K Chamberlain is a multi-skilled Hong Kong artist. She is a musical theatre performer as well as singer, dancer, actress, model, and MC/Show Host. She was director of and a performer in the dance company, "Morethandance" until December 2008. She is noted for her rare excellent Cantonese speaking ability even though she is the daughter of an Australian mother and a father from New Zealand. Her family arrived in Hong Kong as missionaries. Her Chinese name is (陳明恩) which means "understanding and grace". She learned Cantonese from her mother and many Hong Kong Chinese friends. She likes a balanced mixture of western and Hong Kong culture.

Career

Chamberlain graduated from the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts majoring in Musical Theatre Dance. She received The Society of APA Scholarship, Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation Scholarships (Outstanding Awards) and Sir Edward Youde Memorial Scholarship. She won first place in the duet section of Olympic 2000 competition that took her on tour in HK and Australia. She has worked as vocalist, dancer, actress, instructor, choreographer, model and MC. Corinna’s musical performances include "Leaving" as Sally, "Vision Party" as B.B. Tang, "Disco Inferno" as Lady Marmalade, "The Boyfriend" as Masie, soloist for "Postcards From Broadway" with Michael Heath and Laurie Williamson, "And Then There’s You", "Annie" as Grace Farrell, and soloist in "Can’t Help It My Feet Love To Dance" and "Snowqueen". She has participated in numerous shows including "Side By Side", "On The Edge", "Yeah Show", Eternity’s 20th Anniversary Concert, APM shows, Sandy Lam’s 2007 Concert, "Q Zoo Zoo", "What’s Up The World", "R's Adventurous Drift" and many other commercial productions for companies including for Rene Martin, Hennessey, Addidas, Gucci and Miss Sixty.

Her choreographic work has included being assistant choreographer to Pewan Chau for Goodnews Communications International’s musical, "Burning My Life 201", choreographer for the musical, "Moses", produced at United Christian College Kowlown East for Media Evangelism’s musical, "An Ark Sparks in the Dark" and co-choreographer for Eternity’s concert performance at Queen Elizabeth Stadium with Morethandance, for a dance performance at the release of Gucci’s 2004 watch collection, for Millennium Centre’s ETV production, for Tsang Shui Tim Secondary School’s production of "The Sound of Music" and for Millennium Centre’s primary school musical production. She has taught musical theatre jazz, lyrical jazz, pop jazz, modern jazz, song & dance, tap, and singing at places including CCDC, 3ami and numerous highschools.

Chamberlain is a TVB artist as of May 2008. On 16 July 2008 Corinna appeared in Best Selling Secrets, a popular TVB comedy soap, demonstrating her excellent cantonese speaking ability as well as good acting and some martial arts skills.

Some viewers have likened her looks to Australian actress Nicole Kidman.

In 2008, she participated in William So's <So I Sing> concert series, and performed duets with the veteran singer.

References

• Partial Corinna's biography

External links

• Corinna's television interview Part 1
• Corinna's television interview Part 2
• Corinna's television interview Part 3

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