Born: China

Trained: The Royal Ballet School

Joined: 2013; Soloist, 2016; First Soloist, 2018; Principal, 2022

Guest performances:

Le Corsaire Pas de deux — Despertares, Mexico(2013)
Le Flammes de Paris pas de deux — Despertares, Mexico (2016)
The Polunin Project — London Coliseum (2017)
8th GALA SOMOS ARTE — Valencia (2023)
Carlos’s 50 — Royal Opera House (2024)
Carlos Acosta’s Carmen — Acosta Danza, Sadler’s Wells, London (2024)

Favourite full-length ballet: Romeo and Juliet has always been my favourite ballet, I am so grateful to have the opportunity to dance this master piece to feel the freedom on stage.

Most challenging role: Odette/Odile in Swan Lake – it’s technically the most challenging classical ballet, so also my most rewarding role.

Awards: Dame Ninette de Valois Award for the Most Outstanding Female Graduating Student, The Royal Ballet School (2013); Ballet Association Award (2011 and 2012); Gold medal, Beijing Ballet Dance Schools' Invitational (2010); Bronze medal, YAGP (2010)

REPERTORY

Carlos Acosta:Don Quixote (Kitri, Queen of Dryads)
Frederick Ashton:La Fille mal gardée (Lise)
George Balanchine:Apollo (Calliope), Theme and Variations
David Bintley:The Prince of the Pagodas (Princess Belle Sakura), Beauty and the Beast (Wild Girl), Cinderella (Cinderella), The Tempest (Miranda), Aladdin (Princess Jasmine)
Kenneth Macmillan: Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Solitaire (The Girl)
Peter Wright:Swan Lake (Odette/Odile), The Nutcracker (Sugar Plum Fairy, Rose Fairy, Snow Fairy), The Sleeping Beauty (Princess Aurora, Enchanted Princess)
Hans van Manen: 5 Tangos
Uwe Schulz: Seventh Symphony (Lead couple in 2nd movement)
Jiří Kylián:Forgotten Land (Grey Couple)
Goyo Montero:Chacona
Vicente Nebrada:Our Waltzes (Pink Couple)
Ben Stevenson: End of Time
Twyla Tharp:Nine Sinatra Songs (Softly as I Leave You)
Edward Clug: Radio and Juliet (Juliet)
Juliano Nunes: Interlinked
Pontus Lidberg (Raúl Reinoso, Cassi Abranches): Black Sabbath - The Ballet (kissing pas de deux)

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