Tours
"Never-never Land"
In a world of extreme development, lives sigh. What is the use of human bodies?!
- Ong Yong Lock x Chou Shu Yi
- In a world of extreme development, lives sigh. What is the use of human bodies?!
- Unlock Dancing Plaza staged its production "Never-never Land", with a duet dance by Artistic Director Ong Yong Lock and Taiwanese dance artist Chou Shu-yi, in 2016. Irrespective of their age, Ong and Chou can genuinely feel the usefulness and uselessness in their bodies through their dance, and notice that people change along with the world’s ups and downs.
In a society of extreme development, we are all striving to keep up with the time while human evolution is becoming more complicated. ‘Usefulness’ is a war of fight, a void of emptiness, some sedimentation and hopes. Faced with all these, how shall our body proceed?
- Touring//
- Jan 2018 - Festival Pharenheit de Danse, Le Havre, France
Jun 2019 - Cloudgate Theatre, Taiwan
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- Between obedience and alienation, let the game begin!
- The premise was simple, let’s combine two childhood games: Simon says and the electronic parlour game Simon with its four coloured buttons where players have to recreate sequences associating sounds and colours. What they both have in common is the risk-taking, self-control, concentration, adrenaline rush… as well as the fact that both happen in a space of obedience and alienation.
With this basic idea of two games with four players, dancers from Hong Kong – who Emmanuelle Vo-Dinh met during a workshop there – travelled to Le Havre to continue working with her. Improvising, making and breaking rules as they went along, reflecting on the results, then letting go – a new challenge for the four more used to learning and assimilating choreographed steps – Simon says grew out of the artistic interface between these two approaches, blending efficiency, mastery, a love of games, and ever-reformulating situations. Between submission and rebellion, let the game begin!
- Team//
- Choreographer, Concept & Set Designer: Emmanuelle Vo-Dinh
Artistic Co-ordinator: Ong Yong-lock
Interpreters: Joseph Lee, Carman Li, Tracy Wong, James Yau
Music: David Monceau, Emmanuelle Vo-Dinh
Lighting Designer: Françoise Michel
- Touring//
- Nov 2017 - Guangdong Dance Festival, Guangzhou, China
Jan 2017 - Festival Pharenheit, Le Havre, Frace
Boy Story ‧ Reborn @ Taiwan Cloudgate Theatre
Boys of Two Generations Come Together to Revive a Classic and Subvert the Present
- Boys of Two Generations Come Together to Revive a Classic and Subvert the Present
- Hong Kong choreographer Yuri Ng, known for his quirky genius, was awarded the Prix d’Auteur at the Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis (Bagnolet) in France in 1998 for his "Boy Story". The prestigious work, premièred in Hong Kong back in 1996, is a classic which marks a glorious chapter in the history of Hong Kong dance. Ingeniously choreographed for six male dancers, it explores the anxiety towards self-positioning and identity. It portrays the boys’ romantic yet persistent pursuit of dreams in the city through body language.
19 years later in 2015, Ong Yong Lock, a dancer in the première of "Boy Story" and now the Artistic Director of Unlock Dancing Plaza, has reunited with the original cast comprising performers from Malaysia and invited veteran Taiwanese dancer Chou Shu-yi to revive the classic. The reunion also gave birth to a new combination, "Boy Story • Reborn", which undermines the allure
of its predecessor and delineates the fearlessness and tenacity of a new, reinvigorated generation. Through drama, deconstruction, reinterpretation, and the 20 years of history between Boy Story and Boy Story Reborn, dancers of a new generation gradually assume their predecessors’ mantle with each body movement and leap on stage.
The coming performances of "Boy Story • Reborn" at the Cloud Gate Theater will mark the 20th anniversary celebration of this legendary dance work. Don’t miss out!
- Boy Story
- Choreography / Costume Design: Yuri Ng
Original Set Design: ARCHI-TANZ
Original Lighting Design: Richard Lee
Executive Lighting Design: Ray Tseng
Original Sound Design: Wayne Wong
Rehearsal Master: Chan Yi-jing
Performance: Jay Jen Loo, Ong Yong Lock,
Yap Choong Boon, Ix Wong Thien Pau,
Goh Boon Ann, Chou Shu-yi
- Boy Story Reborn
- Choreography: Ong Yong Lock
Original Lighting Design: Samuel Chan
Executive Lighting Design: Ray Tseng
Sound Design: Migu Mianizt Leung
Costume Coordination: Gauze Lam
Performance: James Yau, Joseph Lee*,
Lai Tak-wai, Felix Ke, Skinny Ng
*This position is supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council's Artistic Internship Scheme
- Date//
- 2016 Dec 3-4 (Sat-Sun)
- Time//
- 3:00pm
- Venue//
- Cloudgate Theatre
"Chopin VS Ca"
Popular pianist of Hong Kong, Phoebus Chan, will exercise his diverse and hypnotic best to lead the dancers into the nooks and crannies of performance-form classical music to hip-hop, acrobatics, contemporary dance, dance theatre, modern dance, post-modern dance, pre-modern dance...
- Choreographer//
- Ong Yong Lock
- In a mundane and tedious city, the boys live out their own style of romance. Sketching the ideal blu
- Popular pianist of Hong Kong, Phoebus Chan, will exercise his diverse and hypnotic best to lead the dancers into the nooks and crannies of performance-form classical music to hip-hop, acrobatics, contemporary dance, dance theatre, modern dance, post-modern dance, pre-modern dance… and more. Well, we are not going to point an accusing finger at the government, the bankers, the developers… but we won't take things hands down either! We have our tricks up our sleeves. We would dance on tip-toe on the dead serious profile of our city mapped out by town-planning. We would do the hip-hop with romantic abandon. So take it from us—that's our attitude, those are our dream.
- Touring//
- Oct 2018 - Kuandu Arts Festival (Taiwan)
Jun 2018 - Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Oct 2013 - Shantou University, Shantou, China
Dec 2012 - Hong Kong．Shenzhen Creative Arts Festival, Shenzhen, China
Jan 2012 - Hong Kong Dance Company 8/F Platform
Jul 2011 - Guangdong Dance Festival, Guangzhou, China
Nov 2010 - HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity (Premiere)
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Lost & found(China Tour)
In a busy train station, there is a Lost & Found counter. A young man works there, feels curious, bored and lost. Day after day, he is busy handling all kinds of strange owners of lost properties. The Lost & Found counter is like a museum of daily lives. The young man begins to like his job, but he still loves to daydream.
Hose of Dancing Water
What's in a name? A hose is not a house, but a house is not a home. A rip-off of that other show, U say? Where's Ur complimentary casino hotel accommodation, U ask? Why are U here...
- Artistic Director/Touring version rehearsal//
- Ong Yong Lock
- Choreographer//
- Yuri Ng
- Sound Designer//
- GU Zhen Xia
- Costume Designer//
- Yuri Ng
- Perform//
- Ong Yong Lock, Cho Tak Po, James Yau, Lim Wei Wei, Tsang Ho Fung@Yat Po Singers
- Synopsis//
- What's in a name?
A hose is not a house, but a house is not a home. A rip-off of that other show,
U say? Where's
Ur complimentary casino hotel accommodation,
U ask? Why are U here? What role do
U play in the creative process? A house with
all-U-can-eat glitz-n-glamour dancing water? How do
U measure good art these days? Do
U always get what U pay for? What do
U want to get out of it anyway? Are
U listening? Are U watching? Are U feeling?
- Performance Details//
- Time//
- 27.7.2012
- Venue//
- Beijing Pla theater
Dance Moves, Kung Fu and Tofu
Dance Moves, Kung Fu and Tofu is a multi-media production jointly directed by Ong and Chan Chi Wah, with set and costume by Yuen Hon Wai, lighting by Lee Chi Wah, sound by Edmund Leung and visuals by Chris Chan...
- Artistic Director/Co-Director/Choreographer/Performer//
- Ong Yong Lock
- Co-Director//
- Chan Chi Wah
- Set and Costume Design//
- Yuen Hon Wai
- Lighting Designer//
- Lee Chi Wah
- Sound Designer//
- Edmund Leung
- Video Designer//
- Video Designer
- Synopsis//
- Dance Moves, Kung Fu and Tofu is a multi-media production jointly directed by Ong and Chan Chi Wah, with set and costume by Yuen Hon Wai, lighting by Lee Chi Wah, sound by Edmund Leung and visuals by Chris Chan. Ong will also perform some works inspired by classics from choreographers Willy Tsao, Helen Lai, Yuri Ng and Pun Siu Fai. Tofu represents Ong's philosophy of life - simple and down-to-earth and with hints of kung fu, the work reflects his enthusiasm and passion for dance. "As time passes, my body cannot be replaced nor can it be cloned. Through sweat and ideas, however, I hope the audience can feel every flowing part of me" Ong said.
- Performance Details//
- Time//
- 11-12.12.2010
- Venue//
- Guangdong Modern Dance Company Small Theatre
Love Sick
Three women put on their high heels and go on a treasure hunt in the Love Jungle. To their happy surprise, they find a crystal ball – which is actually the faun in disguise...
- Artistic Director/Choreographer/Performer//
- Ong Yong Lock
- Drama Concept/Text//
- Andy Ng
- Text/Performer//
- Kearen Pang
- Collective Creation / Performers//
- Lim Wei Wei, Flora Hon
- Performer//
- Chan Ka Ying
- Synopsis//
- Three women put on their high heels and go on a treasure hunt in the Love Jungle. To their happy surprise, they find a crystal ball – which is actually the faun in disguise. They scream and jump with joy, suddenly a man – a real man – emerges from the crystal ball, and the women's faces begin to change...
- Performance Details//
- Time//
- 28-29.11.2009
- Venue//
- Guangdong Modern Dance Company Small Theatre
Whisper of Love
His great sense of life and love, professional experiences in dance field for years and the recent choreography work "Beyond", had inspired him to continue the 'journey' to explore the depth of love that connected to us...
- Artistic Director/Choreographer/Perform//
- Ong Yong Lock
- Drama Concept//
- Andy Ng
- Collective creation & Perform//
- Leung Hiu Tuen, Lim Wei Wei, Flora Hon
- Synopsis//
- His great sense of life and love, professional experiences in dance field for years and the recent choreography work "Beyond", had inspired him to continue the 'journey' to explore the depth of love that connected to us. The limitation on the extraordinary sense of touch in living and love should not exist. It ought to be the existence of oxygen on this planet, to serve all the interdependent livings. Once you are ready, brave yourselves to breath, but at the same time, feel free to hold your breathe. "Whisper of Love" is to pursue the ordinary sense of touch from the extraordinary world.
- Performance Details//
- Time//
- 6.7.2007
- Venue//
- Beijing Oriental Pioneer Theatre
10 Nights' Wandering - Macau
It was the tenth morning after the tenth night. Ever since the beginning, I have walked on lonely BRIDGES... Sailed to the end of the world...
- Artistic Director//
- Ong Yong Lock
- Create and Perform//
- Ong Yong Lock, Kaiji Moriyama, Kevin Ma
- Synopsis//
- It was the tenth morning after the tenth night. Ever since the beginning, I have walked on lonely BRIDGES... Sailed to the end of the world... Met a lonely child in a FOREST... a lamb LOST in the wilderness... a dark and relentless black hole... In the realms of eternal time and place where form and shape no longer exist; me and myself chasing… In my DREAMS, I have no name, no identity, no age, no occupation, no status, no language, no lies, no manners, no culture... All have been stripped off... Everyone is EQURL... no more, no less.
- Performance Details//
- Time//
- 28.5.2005
- Venue//
- Macau Cultural Centre Small Auditorium