Photo by: Lee Wai Leung

Hong Kong-born choreographer and performer Chan Wai-lok obtained a degree in architecture from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and studied dance at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, Austria and the Performing Arts Research and Training Studios (P.A.R.T.S.), Belgium, where he was awarded scholarships from the Dance Network Association. His latest solo works, Click, Drink and Dance and An Auction without Bass, explore performativity and choreography. In 2021, he presented {POV [TWINK / COUPLE (ASIAN) / EXPERIMENTAL]} and the video version POV to demonstrate the textural differences between live and recorded dance performances. In 2020, he established the independent art space ngau4 gat1 dei6.

Photo: Pamela Tsui

Journalism graduate Dick Wong left the publishing industry to pursue a career in contemporary dance and theatre. Since 2006, he has toured extensively in Europe and Asia with the productions B.O.B.* (2005), 1+1 (2009) and Tri_K (2010). Recent works include The Rite of Spring (2016), We Are Now Six (2019), I See (2019), U & I (2021) and MMXXII (2022). Named Artist of the Year (Dance) in the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards 2018, Wong is also an avid practitioner in devising creative research projects. He has collaborated with local dance and theatre companies such as City Contemporary Dance Company, Hong Kong Dance Alliance, Unlock Dancing Plaza and Zuni Icosahedron.

Photo: Rae Fung

Kerry Cheung devoted herself to the performing arts after graduating from the Bachelor of Nursing programme at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. As a freelance dancer, she continues to explore different aspects of self and performing. Cheung has been a resident artist of Unlock Dancing Plaza since 2019. Through their #DANCELESS creative workshops, she reaches different people in the community and opens up the public’s imagination of dance.

Cheung‘s performances include Unmixed from the New Force in Motion series; FIT in WHAT from the REAL Showcase series; Maze: Shifting Boundaries by Passoverdance; Untitled III from the Dance On series; Elephant in the Room (Beijing) from The Hong Kong Jockey Club Contemporary Dance Series; KU-SO-OLYMPICS by Unlock Dancing Plaza X Namstrops X SunFool; and Kerry & Frieda in #DANCELESS complex.

Larry Shuen is a Hong Kong composer and multidisciplinary artist. Heavily inspired by classical music and composition training, he derives his works from music, sounds and listening. Shuen expresses his thoughts on life and his surroundings through an artistic practice that includes concert music, film scoring, interactive programming, video essay, sound art, installation art, and media art.

Shuen has been active in theatre production in recent years. He is the sound designer of Six Mouths, the annual production by Unlock Dancing Plaza in 2022. His recent multidisciplinary work Goin’ Goin’ is a collaboration with artist Cheng Nga-yan, exploring the overlapping relationship of sound, virtual navigation and an exercising body.

Carman Li Ka-man graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2014 with a degree in Contemporary Dance. She is currently a freelance dancer. Li received an award for Outstanding Actress at the 13th Hong Kong Theatre Libre for her performance in Who Killed the Elephant (2021).

Photo: John Lau

Human Wu is an architectural designer and educator based in Hong Kong. After working at world-renowned architectural firms in New York, Basel and Hong Kong, he founded his own practice Human Architects. Wu graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture at The University of Hong Kong.