Profile | King Maker V winner Lyman Heung quit school to follow his dance dreams – now he gets to do it every day
- US-born, Hong Kong-raised dancer Lyman Heung won the 2023 edition of ViuTV talent show King Maker. A year later, and he has debuted live dance show Unspoken
- Heung shares how he dropped out of college to study drama and theatre, and reveals how his new show explores death and loss through dance, and words
For as long as he can remember, Lyman Heung has been restless and full of energy.
In primary school, he found it difficult to sit still and his teachers would lament how loud he was in class. Even while he was doing sports, his parents would notice him singing to himself and looking for a way to express himself.
“I was a kid – I am still a kid – that is overtly energetic,” Heung says. “I’m always just moving about.” It is no wonder then, that Heung became a dancer – something which allows him to move every day.
Born in Honolulu in the US state of Hawaii and raised in Hong Kong, Heung spent several years as a dancer in New York before returning in 2023 to Hong Kong to compete in the ViuTV talent show King Maker V.
Fast forward a year and Heung has just debuted Unspoken, a live dance show centred around the idea of a lost love that promises to reveal a previously unseen side of him. The concept show, which can also be described as a piece of dance theatre, will be staged at the Hong Kong Arts Centre in Wan Chai until May 12.