Edwaard Liang
Edwaard Liang (born 1975 in Taipei, Taiwan) is a Tawanese-American dancer and choreographer. He grew up in Marin County, California.
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[edit] Training
He began dance training at the age of five at Marin Ballet. In 1989, Liang entered the School of American Ballet.
[edit] Career
He joined New York City Ballet in the spring of 1993 and was promoted to soloist in 1998. In 2001, Liang joined the Broadway cast of Fosse in a principal role. In 2002, he was invited by Jiri Kylian to become a member of the Nederlands Dans Theater 1, where he began his career as choreographer. Returning from Holland, Liang again danced with the NYCB from 2004-2007.
His piece Flight of Angels, has been performed by various companies around the world. He was invited to participate in the 2004 New York Choreographic Institute. That same year, Distant Cries, danced by NYCB principal dancers Peter Boal and Wendy Whelan, was premiered to excellent reviews from the New York Times and had performances at the Joyce Theatre, New York City Ballet, and City Center. Since establishing himself as a freelance choreographer, numerous companies have performed his ballets Some of the recent companies that have performed his works include New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Hamburg Ballet, Shanghai Ballet, Washington Ballet, Hubbard Street 2, National Ballet of Novosibirsk, Colorado Ballet, Guggenheim's Works and Process and Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company.
Edwaard Liang has recently made works for the Joffrey and Washington Ballets and has upcoming creations for the San Francisco and Tulsa Tulsa Ballets, his first full-length production, Romeo and Juliet.
[edit] Awards
1993 medal winner at the Prix de Lausanne International Ballet Competition and the Mae L. Wien Award.
In 2006, Liang was named one of the "TOP 25 to Watch" by Dance Magazine for choreography. He was also the winner of the 2006 National Choreographic Competition, and was also invited to be apart of the 2007 National Choreographers Initiative. In 2008, Liang was invited to create a new work for the Joffrey Ballet. The resulting ballet, AGE OF INNOCENCE, with costumes by Maria Pinto, was deemed " a newly minted masterpiece" by the Chicago Sun Times.
Liang has also been featured in the New York City Ballet Workout book and it's accompanying video and Richard Corman's book of photographs "Glory". His television appearances include the nationally televised PBS Great Performances broadcast "Dance in America: From Broadway: Fosse," which has subsequently been made into a DVD. He is one of the winners of the Prince Prize Grant for Choreography and the Choo San Goh Award for Choreography. In 2008, he was also nominated for the Golden Mask Award for WHISPERS IN THE DARK in Russia.
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