Yuan Yuan Wang

CHOREOGRAPHER AND DIRECTOR

Wang Yuan Yuan is co-founder and artistic director of the Beijing Dance Theater (BDT). She is an honorary fellow of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and a board member of the Beijing Dancers Association. Yuan Yuan is an internationally celebrated modern dance and contemporary ballet choreographer. She holds degrees from the Beijing Dance Academy and the California Institute of Arts School of Dance.

Since she co-founded the BDT in 2008, Yuan Yuan has led the company in creating numerous works in contemporary ballet. Yuan Yuan was resident choreographer at the National Ballet of China, and guest choreographer at the Royal Danish Ballet, the HK Academy for Performing Arts, New York City Ballet, Thüringer Staatsballett, Shanghai Ballet, Liaoning Ballet, and Tianjin Ballet.

Yuan Yuan has won Best Choreography Awards at the French International Ballet Competition, the Varna International Ballet Competition, the USA International Ballet Competition, the Moscow International Ballet Competition, and the Shanghai International Ballet Competition.

Yuan Yuan also served as director of the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games 2008 and the Beijing Olympic Winter Games 2022,. She sat on the judging panels of the Seoul International Dance Competition, the Modern Dance Award of the China Lotus Awards, the NCPA International Ballet and Choreography Competition, and the Shanghai International Arts Festival Rising Artists Works. She is also the Director of Dance for the CPAA Theaters.