Chun Wai Chan  | |
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| Born | 1992 |
| Education | Guangzhou Art School 2004-2010, Houston Ballet Academy 2010-2012 |
| Occupation | Ballet dancer |
| Years active | 2012 - present |
| Career | |
| Current group | New York City Ballet |
| Former groups | Houston Ballet |
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| Traditional Chinese | 陳鎮威 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈镇威 [1] | ||||||||||
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Chun Wai Chan is a principal ballet dancer with New York City Ballet. [2] Chan is a former principal dancer with Houston Ballet. [2] [3]
Chun Wai Chan was born in Huizhou,Guangdong Province, [4] China. He began taking ballet classes at age six [4] and continued his ballet education at Guangzhou Art School from 2004 to 2010. Chan was a finalist at the Prix de Lausanne 2010. As a finalist,he earned a full scholarship to study at Houston Ballet Academy from 2010 to 2012. [2]
Chan joined Houston Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2012. He was promoted to principal dancer with Houston Ballet in 2017. [2]
In 2020,he was a competitor on the television program Dance Smash ; [5] he was eliminated after making it to the final four dancers in the competition. [4]
Chan joined New York City Ballet as a soloist in August 2021. [2] [6] Chan got promoted to principal dancer with New York City Ballet on May 20,2022,becoming the first Chinese principal at the company. [2]
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