Chengwu Guo

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Chengwu Guo
Born1988or1989(age 35–36) [1]
Occupation ballet dancer
Employer The Australian Ballet

Guo Chengwu (Chinese :郭承武; pinyin :Guō Chéngwǔ), also known as Chengwu Guo, is a Chinese ballet dancer, and a principal artist with The Australian Ballet.

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Dance career

Guo was born in China. At the age of 11 he joined the Beijing Dance Academy. After he won a scholarship in the 2006 Prix de Lausanne ballet competition he joined The Australian Ballet School at the age of 17. [1] While at the school Guo toured with The Dancers Company (the graduate year touring programme). He joined The Australian Ballet in 2008. [2] In 2011 he was promoted to coryphée and to soloist in 2012. In April 2013 Guo was promoted to Senior Artist, and on 25 November 2013 Guo was promoted to Principal Artist.

Guo won both the Telstra Ballet Dancer Award and Telstra People's Choice Award for 2011. He was the first male dancer to win both awards. [1]

Selected repertoire

Other activities

Guo was invited back to China in 2009 to compete in a Chinese television show, So You Think You Can Dance, which he won, with an audience of 80 million people. [3]

Guo played the young Li Cunxin in the 2009 film Mao's Last Dancer . [4]

Awards

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Morgan, Clare (3 December 2011). "Leap of faith: dancer scores rare ballet double after amazing journey". The Sydney Morning Herald . Archived from the original on 4 December 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Our Dancers: Chengwu Guo". The Australian Ballet. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  3. Lambert, Catherine (4 October 2009). "Melbourne dancer Chengwu Guo wins Chinese version of So You Think You Can Dance". Herald Sun . Melbourne. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  4. Kuipers, Richard (14 September 2009). "Mao's Last Dancer". Variety . Archived from the original on 28 September 2015.