Unlock Dancing Plaza is a contemporary dance company founded in 2002, with Ong Yong Lock as Artistic Director and Joseph Lee as Associate Artistic Director (having joined in 2020). Through their productions, they commit to pursuing innovative breakthroughs and theatrical liberation. In recent years, the company re-examines dance from the perspective of the individual. Defining dance through the uniqueness of the individual body and detaching from the institutionalised aesthetics of dance, Unlock firmly believes in the notion of ‘Everyone can dance’.
By curating cross-media, cross-regional and experimental projects, Unlock Body Lab was developed to discover and showcase the possibilities of dance in various forms. #danceless is a series of creative work, performances and workshops with public participation as its main artistic practice. It promotes and develops a diversified vision of dance and facilitates the exchange between artists and the public through the experience of dance.
Unlock is a three-time Hong Kong Dance Awards recipient and is highly recognised by the dance industry. Their representative work includes Jump to Mars, Dance with me, Boy Story. Reborn, Wanderer, serial dance theatre Walls 44, Chopin VS Ca, and more. The company is financially supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council since 2009.