Maverick Mak Chau Shing

Biography

Maverick Mak Chau Shing is a Hong Kong dancer, television host, and actor, born on 18 September 1979. He began learning dance in 1998, inspired by Aaron Kwok's performances, and studied fashion and textile design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In 2000, he made his stage debut as a dancer for singer Zhang Lijian, and in 2001 left Hong Kong for the first time to participate in Elva Hsiao's concert tour in Shanghai. After graduating from university in 2002, he devoted himself fully to dance while working part-time as a model. In 2003, he became a permanent member of Aaron Kwok's dance team, appearing in his music videos and concerts, and also performed as a dancer for Andy Lau's Chinese concert tour. He travelled to the United States in 2004 to further his dance studies at schools in Los Angeles and New York, then returned to work as a choreographer for many top artists. In 2010, he founded a children's dance school called "Neverland Dance House." He entered the film industry in 2011, designing dance sequences for several films, and received a nomination for "Best Action Choreography" at the 50th Taiwan Golden Horse Awards in 2013 for "The Way We Dance," becoming the first Hong Konger nominated for a dance film. In 2014, he participated as the sole Hong Kong representative in the Chinese dance competition program "So You Think You Can Dance China." In 2016, he produced Hong Kong's first large-scale dance theatre production "Dance Extravaganza" for the Hong Kong Arts Festival. He joined TVB as a contracted artist in 2019 and remained until 2023.