Edwaard Liang (born c. 1975/1976 Also available a

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Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...

) is a Taiwanese-born American

dancer Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoire ...

and

choreographer Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who cr ...

. He grew up in

Marin County, California Marin County is a county located in the northwestern part of the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 262,231. Its county seat and largest city is San Rafael. Marin County is across ...

Career

Liang began studying dance at the age of 5. He entered the School of American Ballet in New York City in 1989, joined

New York City Ballet New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. Léon Barzin was the company' ...

in 1993 and was promoted to the rank of soloist in 1998.In 2001, Liang left the New York City Ballet to dance in '' Fosse'' on Broadway. He returned to New York City Ballet from 2004 to 2007 where he danced in ballets by

Jorma Elo Jorma Elo is a contemporary choreographer. Early life He was born 30 August 1961 in Helsinki, Finland. His father, Jaakko Elo, is a urological surgeon, mother Ruth Elo née Carlstedt, a dentist. Jorma Elo's partner since 1994 is Nancy Euverin ...

(''

Slice to Sharp ''Slice to Sharp'' is a ballet made for New York City Ballet's Diamond Project by Jorma Elo to music by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber and Antonio Vivaldi. The premiere took place on 16 June 2006 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center with ...

'') and

Mauro Bigonzetti Mauro Bigonzetti (born 1960) is an Italian ballet dancer and choreographer. He trained at the ballet school of Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and entered their company in 1979. In 1983 Bigonzetti joined the Reggio Emilia company Aterballetto, renow ...

('' In Vento''). Liang began choreographing around 2003. He created FLIGHT OF ANGELS for Nederlands Dans Theatre and in 2005 his pas de deux DISTANT CRIES was premiered at the Joyce Theatre, NYC, by Peter Boal and

Wendy Whelan Wendy Whelan (; born May 7, 1967) is an American ballet dancer. She was principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and performed with the company for 30 years, and toured in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Whelan has also been an influential gu ...

and was later performed by the same dancers at the

New York State Theater The David H. Koch Theater is a theater for ballet, modern and other forms of dance, part of the Lincoln Center, at the intersection of Columbus Avenue and 63rd Street in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Originally ...

. In July 2013 Liang became artistic director of BalletMet the professional company based in Columbus, Ohio.

Awards

*1993, Mae L. Wien Award. *2006, "25 to Watch" by ''

Dance Magazine ''Dance Magazine'' is an American trade publication for dance published by the Macfadden Communications Group. It was first published in June 1927 as ''The American Dancer''. ''Dance Magazine'' has multiple sister publications, including '' Poin ...

'' for choreography. *2006, National Choreographic Competition, winner. *Prince Prize Grant for Choreography *Choo San Goh Award for Choreography *2008, Golden Mask Award nominee for ''Whispers in the Dark''

References

External links

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New York City Ballet: Edwaard Liang biography

{{DEFAULTSORT:Liang, Edwaard Date of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Taipei American choreographers American musicians of Chinese descent Ballet choreographers American male ballet dancers Living people Morphoses dancers New York City Ballet soloists Taiwanese emigrants to the United States School of American Ballet alumni People from Marin County, California Year of birth missing (living people)