Hangzhou | The World of Movement——When Body Language Comes Alive

BY ART MATTERS,Hangzhou.China
3 Sep 2024

Full-time dancers

Yan Yulin

Born in Ji'an, Jiangxi. Graduated from Jinggangshan University Affiliated Arts School in 2009 and received a degree in Dance Performance from the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts in 2015. Joined TAO Dance Theater in June 2016. During his tenure with TAO, he performed in TAO's repertoire including Weight 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and Contrast, touring across hundreds of theaters in over 30 countries. He contributed to the creative process of 12 and accompanied the artistic director to Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan to teach the company's choreographic material.

Appointed as a training instructor for TAO Dance Theater in 2021, he was selected for the TAO's Apprentice Program the same year, becoming the second inheritor of its Circular Movement System. In 2024, he became a founding dancer of TAO Dance Theater 2.
 

Project dancers

  • Jiang Nanyi

    24, Actress

  • Huang Shili

    64, Dancer of Hubei Jingzhou Sunshine Power Dance Troupe

  • Chen Xiuli

    62, Former coal mine union officer/founder of Jixiang Dance.

  • Yang Dayu

    44,Mindfulness teacher

  • You Li

    57,Free scholar

  • Xi Wenzhen

    34, Art creator

  • Liu Wei

    37,Tribal Fusion Belly Dance Instructor

  • Fu Ning

    56,Architecture Designer/Art Creator

  • Gao Yanrui

    23, Student

  • Jiang Tianning

    37,Freelancer

  • Liao Lindan

    23,Student

  • Su Rengwang

    29,Freelancer/Jazz Singer

  • Wu Bin

    57,Industrial Product Designer

  • Wen Chengzhong

    23,Freelance Dancer

  • Yang Mingxi

    23,Freelance dancer

  • Zhang Xi

    Freelance Dancer

  • Zhang Xiang

    29,Animator

  • Zhang Haoran

    29,  Founder of Beijing Gyrotonic & Pilates Studio

  • Zhao Yuanhao

    31, Director/Dancer/Choreographer/Leader of Fool’s Theatre

  • Zhang Shuyan

    26, Student

  • Zhang Jingru

    25,Freelance Dancer