Xing Liang (China)

Born in Beijing, Xing Liang graduated from the classical dance division at the Beijing Dance Academy in 1991. He joined the Guangdong Modern Dance Company in March 1993 and has won numerous awards including the Gold Award in the male solo class at the 6th Paris International Dance Competition in 1994, the Gold Award in the modern dance section at the 8th Paris International Dance Competition in 1998, the Silver Award in the modern dance section at the 1st Italy International Dance Competition. He was named Outstanding Young Artist in the dance category by the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards in 2007. Xing, whom LA Times described as “a star dancer of inexhaustible energy and fabulous pliancy”, is fast gaining international recognition for his choreography. Currently the Resident Artist of City Contemporary Dance Company in Hong Kong, his first full-length work with the company, Nijinsky, in 2006 and its subsequent DVD release in the Greater China region met with enthusiastic reception. He has also participated in residencies and choreographed dance works for leading festivals. At Dance Salad 2008, he choreographed and performed the solo piece, Existence, which was applauded by Dance Europe for its “simplicity of form and conceptual depth…structured in amazingly fluid movements punctuated by finely detailed gestures”.