Kyoko Suzuki has involved with BiG-i since its inception in 2000. Through planning, production, and management of arts and cultural activities, she has been working towards the realisation of a symbiotic society that accepts people with disabilities and other diverse people. Her main activities include human resource development and raising awareness in the fields of art and welfare, model projects, and network building.

Kyoko is also Director of non-profit organisation CUE-Arts since 2001; Deputy Director of BiG-i since 2011; and formerly Representative of Stage Production of event company Realize in 2000-2011.

Kyoko is a member of the Osaka Prefecture Committee on Culture and Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, member of the Expert Committee for the Promotion of Cultural and Artistic Activities for Persons with Disabilities Agency for Cultural Affairs: Expert member of the Cultural Council. She is also the author of Towards an Inclusive Theatre (Village Press). 

Born in Malaysia, Ong Yong Lock is now a choreographer, a performer, and an educator. Ong is a founder member of South 'ASLI' Dance Workshop (SADW) and served as the Artistic Director between 1997 and 2001. In 2002, Ong founded the Unlock Dancing Plaza with Elsie Chau. He had been the Artistic Director for almost two decades since its establishment in 2002 and has been dedicated to promoting and popularizing of modern dance. In 2022, he has taken on the role Creative Director (Public Engagement), focusing on outreach and community projects. 

Ong joined the Hong Kong Dance Company and the City Contemporary Dance Company in 1989 and 1993 respectively. In 1998 , Ong joined the Expressions Dance Company in Brisbane (Australia) to perform in Brisbane Festival. In the same year, he was invited to teach modern dance in Japan and Malaysia as well as choreographed for the 19th Chinese Dance Festival in Malaysia. In 2000, Ong was invited to perform in the East Dragon Dance Festival and World Dance in Japan. In 2002, he won the “Hong Kong Dance Awards” presented by The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in recognition of his lithe choreography of ballet 4 In. Since then, he has been appointed as an art advisor of dance by Hong Kong Arts Development Council. He was also the recipient of the “Award for Best Artist (Dance)” from the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards 2014. 

Ong is active in choreography. His works were featured in Asian Art Festival, International Sino Dance Week, Malaysian Chinese Dance Festival, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Hong Kong Dance Festival and 20th International Academy of Dance Festival. He had rich experiences of working in partnership with a wide range of organizations such as Hong Kong Dance Company, City Contemporary Dance Company, Beijing Dance/LDTX, Guangdong Modern Dance Company, Xiamen Modern Dance, The Hong Kong Ballet, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and The Queensland University of Technology. Ong's highly acclaimed full-length works include 10 Nights' Wanderings, Whispering of Love, Love Sick, Kung Fu and Tofu, Chopin VS CA, Walls 44 and Wanderer. In particular, Wanderer received "Outstanding Achievement in Independent Production" at Hong Kong Dance Awards 2015.

In recent years, Ong has been actively promoting #DANCELESS community engagement project and creates a series of works which encourage public participation in dance. #DANCELESS 03 – bolero is a success which has been invited to perform in different international dance festivals. At present, over 200 public participants have taken part in it.

Photography: eddielilil @tinysotiny.co

Credit: Unlock Dancing Plaza.