Never Dance Alone

{{Short description|2014 Hong Kong television series}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox television | native_name = 女人俱樂部 | image = NeverDanceAlone.jpg | caption = Official poster | alt_name = M Club | genre = Modern, inspiration, comedy-drama | creator = Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited | developer = | writer = | director = | starring = [[Carman Lee]] [[Rachel Lee (actress)|Rachel Lee]] [[:zh:袁潔瑩|Fennie Yuen]] [[Flora Chan]] [[Gloria Yip]] [[Angie Cheong]] [[Elvina Kong]] [[Lawrence Ng]] [[Lawrence Cheng]] [[Eliza Sam]] | open_theme = 星斗群 by [[Shirley Kwan]] & Mag Lam | end_theme = ''Let's Dance'' by Anjaylia Chan, Cheronna Ng, [[Winki Lai]], [[Venus Wong]], [[Kandy Wong]] & Annice Ng ''Girls Just Wanna Have Fun'' by Cyndi Lauper | theme_music_composer = | composer = | country = Hong Kong | language = Cantonese | num_episodes = 32 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = Joe Chan [[Eric Tsang]] | editor = | location = | camera = [[Multi-camera setup|Multi camera]] | runtime = 45 minutes | company = [[TVB]] | network = [[TVB Jade|Jade]] HD Jade | first_aired = {{start date|2014|4|21|df=y}} | last_aired = {{end date|2014|6|1|df=y}} | related = {{Plainlist| * [[Ruse of Engagement]] * [[The Ultimate Addiction]] }} }} {{Infobox Chinese|title=''Never Dance Alone:''|t=女人俱樂部|s=女人俱乐部|l=Ladies Club|j=jyu1 jan4 geoi1 lok6 bou6|p=nǚ rén jù lè bù}} '''''Never Dance Alone''''' ({{lang-zh|c=女人俱樂部}}); filmed under the working title "Aerobic Girls" ({{lang-zh|c=Aerobic Girls 舞室保衛戰}}), is a [[Television in Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] television modern inspiration comedy-drama series produced and broadcast by domestic broadcaster [[TVB]] in 2014, starring [[Carman Lee]], [[Rachel Lee (actress)|Rachel Lee]], [[:zh:袁潔瑩|Fennie Yuen]], [[Flora Chan]], [[Gloria Yip]], [[Angie Cheong]] and [[Elvina Kong]] as the main cast. It is a remake of a 2011 South Korean film ''[[Sunny (2011 film)|Sunny]]''.

==Synopsis== The series revolves around a group of six women: Siu-Sze, Julie, Akina, Yuen Chau, Jenny, and Cyndi, with regular flashbacks to their secondary school days in mid-1980s Hong Kong. The school is named St. Laurent Girls' Secondary School, a pun on the French designer [[Yves Saint Laurent (designer)|Yves Saint Laurent]] (Yves' Chinese name is translated as ''sing3 lo4 laan4'' in Cantonese, which is also a pun on TVB's veteran actress [[Law Lan|Helena Law Lan]].) During their secondary school days, the six women formed a tight-knit dancing group called "M Club", based on the theory of [[menstrual synchrony]], as well as a desire and hope for other "M"s in life in the years to come: good memories, marriage, and wealth (money).

Due to various events, as well as progression in life, the six women drifted away. Before that happened, the group mocked and eventually kicked out another woman: Diana, who then went on to hold a grudge against the rest of M Club.

Over two decades after their graduation, the women lead different lives. Siu-Sze is a housewife, as well as Akina. Yuen Chau works for the Hong Kong Government, while having an affair with a prospective [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|chief executive]] candidate who is also her boss. Jenny initially worked as an airline hostess, but eventually quit to care for her mother, who suffered a stroke. Julie became obsessed with money, and was set to marry the son of a wealthy [[New Territories]] tribal elder until she discovered he is gay. Meanwhile, Cyndi continued with her passion for dancing, and operates a dance studio that is ailing.

Through happenstance, Cyndi reunited with Julie and Siu-Sze, and managed to bring the entire M Club back together through a stint at a psychiatric hospital, with Siu-Sze and others reuniting to help preserve Cyndi's dance studio. This helped the women rediscover their dream, as well as their purpose in life.

==Production== Great effort was made in recruiting the two main casts: the modern cast, as well as their counterpart during the characters' secondary school days. TV host [[Eric Tsang]], who produced the series in his producer debut, used his personal connections to assemble a cast of former TVB artists for the modern cast, most of whom have not appeared in a TVB series for a long time. The younger cast was matched for physical resemblance and the ability to portray the characters during their secondary school days. One of the filming locations of the series is [[New Asia Middle School]].

==Cast==

===Main characters=== *[[Carman Lee]] as Mo Siu-Sze **Anjaylia Chan as teenage Siu-Sze *[[Rachel Lee (actress)|Rachel Lee]] as Julie Chu Li **[[Venus Wong]] as teenage Julie *[[:zh:袁潔瑩|Fennie Yuen]] as Luk Yuen-Chau **Cheronna Ng as teenage Yuen-Chau *[[Flora Chan]] as Diana Yung Dan-Dan **[[Jeannie Chan]] as teenage Diana *[[Gloria Yip]] as Akina Leung Kam-Yin **[[Kandy Wong]] as teenage Akina *[[Angie Cheong]] as Jenny Hui Chun-Nei **[[Winki Lai]] as teenage Jenny *[[Elvina Kong]] as Cyndi Law Fung-Sin **Annice Ng as teenage Cyndi *[[Lawrence Ng]] as Alan Yiu Tsz-Lun, Diana's ex-husband. **[[Matthew Ho]] as teenage Alan

===Other characters=== ====Siu Sze's family==== *[[Lawrence Cheng]] as Wong Kwok-Leung, Siu-Sze's husband *Heidi Lee as Wong Ho, Siu-Sze's daughter *Miu Gam Fung as Wong Chiu Wing Mui, Siu-Sze's mother-in-law *David Lo as Mo Wah, Siu-Sze and Chi-kin’s father *[[Steven Cheung (actor)|Steven Cheung]] as Mo Chi-Kin, Siu-Sze's little brother and Carrie Tong's boyfriend *[[Babe Tree (actress/songwriter)]] as Daisy, the funny yet sarcastic Domestic Helper of the family.

====Julie's Family==== *[[Eliza Sam]] as Carrie Tong, originally named "Lorelei" and Julie's biological daughter, but estranged shortly after her birth. *Joe Cheng as Robert Poon, Julie's husband and Carrie's biological father **Amigo Choi as teenage Robert Poon *[[Pal Sinn]] as Lek Lek, Julie's ex-fiance. *[[King Kong Lee]] as Tim, Lek Lek's assistant and lover.

====Jenny's Family==== *Rosanne Lui as Hui Sin, Jenny's mother *[[Luk Wing]] from [[FAMA]] as Fok Gam Fai, Jenny's boyfriend

===Miscellaneous characters=== *Koo Ming-wah as Yue Dai Hung, Akina’s husband. *[[Koni Lui]] as Mandy, Diana’s assistant. *Anderson Junior as Law Fook-Chuen, Cyndi's half-brother. **Dolby Kwan as teenage Law Fook-Chuen *Patrick Dunn as LY Lee, Luk Yuen-Chau's supervisor, secret lover, and immediate supervisor. A prospective candidate for Hong Kong's chief executive. *Lily Poon as Mrs. Lee, LY Lee's legitimate wife. *Ernesto Maurice Corpus (Ernie) as Benny Aguilar, love interest of Hui Sin *Alan Wan as Jason, Carrie's friend. *[[Brian Burrell]] as Dr. House, Akina's new boyfriend at the end. *[[Eric Tsang]] as himself, appearing in the finale as a television producer to ask Siu-Sze to write a script for a TV series based on their experience (essentially, a script for Never Dance Alone)

==Viewership ratings== {|class="wikitable" |- style="background:cornflowerblue; color:white" align="center" ||'''Week'''||'''Episodes'''||'''Date'''||'''Average Points'''||'''Peaking Points''' |- |1||01－05|| 21–25 April 2014||26||28 |- |2||06－10||28 April – 2 May 2014||24||26 |- |3||11－15|| 5–9 May 2014||25||28 |- |4||16－20|| 12–16 May 2014||25||27 |- |5||21－25|| 19–23 May 2014||26||28 |- |rowspan="2"|6||26－30|| 26–30 May 2014||25||27 |- ||31－32||1 June 2014||27||31 |- |}

==See also== *[[Sunny (2011 film)]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://programme.tvb.com/drama/neverdancealone/ Official Website] *[http://k-tvb.net/new-series-never-dance-alone/ K-TVB.net]

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