出生於馬來西亞，為編舞家、表演者及教育工作者。王氏為南群舞子創辦團員，1997至2001年間出任南群舞子藝術總監一職。2002年，王榮祿與周金毅成立不加鎖舞踊館，致力推廣和普及現代舞。王氏自創團起至2021年間出任不加鎖舞踊館藝術總監並由2022年起以創意總監（公眾參與）一職繼續參與舞團事務，專注外展及社區計劃。

王氏於1989年加入香港舞蹈團，及後於1993年加入城市當代舞蹈團。1989 年隨澳洲艾思普森現代舞團演出布里斯本藝術節節目。同年應邀赴日本教授現代舞，並為馬來西亞第十九屆華人舞蹈節開幕儀式擔任編舞及教授現代舞。2000年，應邀赴日本東方之龍舞蹈節和世界舞蹈節參與演出。2002年為香港演藝學院創作芭蕾舞作品《新舞動——4in》，憑其巧妙編排獲香港舞蹈聯盟頒發香港舞蹈年獎。2002年迄今獲香港藝術發展局委任為舞蹈界別之藝術顧問，並於2014獲頒「香港藝術發展獎」舞蹈界別的年度最佳藝術家獎。

王氏活躍於舞蹈創作，作品曾應邀於亞洲藝術節、國際華人華裔舞蹈節、馬來西亞華人舞蹈節、香港藝術節、香港舞蹈節及二十週年國際舞蹈學院節演出。曾合作的舞團包括香港舞蹈團、城市當代舞蹈團、北京雷動天下舞蹈團、廣東現代舞團、廈門現代舞團、香港芭蕾舞團、香港演藝學院、西澳洲演藝學院、昆士蘭科技大學。王氏的重要長篇作品包括《10夜II——夢的10日10夜》、《愛息》、《甩色》、《功和豆腐》、《蕭邦 VS CA幫》、《牆四十四》及《游弋蒼穹》等。其中《游弋蒼穹》更榮獲2015年香港舞蹈年獎「最值得表揚獨立舞蹈製作」作品獎。

近年王氏積極推行「＃非關舞蹈」公眾參與計劃，創作出一系列供公眾參與演出的作品。其中作品《#DANCELESS 03 - bolero》更獲邀於多個國際舞蹈節演出，至今曾參與此作品的公眾表演者已累積超過二百多人。

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.