Dance troupe finds the key to unlocking intimate dreams - in bed

For many, a bed is a space at most shared by a couple. But for Hong Kong choreographer Andy Wong Ting-lam, it can be a metaphoric venue where strangers and friends cross paths, where countless dreams meet reality.

Performed by Wong and five other dancers from Hong Kong and Taiwan, Individual Dreams ... Shared Bed is their search for identity, love, fear and desire.

The DanceArt Hong Kong production also sets out to explore the cultural similarities shared by the Chinese dancers even though they live in two different cities.

With intimacy being a key feature of the show, it helps that all the performers - Ku Ming-shen, Francis Leung Ka-kuen, Yang Mei-rong, Chen Qiu-yin and Yvette Huang - are close friends. It is the first time Wong has collaborated with the dancers, despite having known them all for 20 years. The production marks the 10th anniversary of DanceArt.

'We are all about 40 and very mature, artistically,' Wong says. 'We want to show our best to the audience through our collaboration.' He says each dancer is recognised for his or her performing experience and distinctive creative styles, such as sensibility, sentimentality, powerfulness and gentleness.

Ku, the founder of Ku & Dancers in Taipei, is well-known for her improvisation work, while two of her fellow islanders, Yang and Chen, are former members of the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre.