Distinguished Alumni: Jiang Qi

Ballet

Jiang Qi received his early ballet training at the Beijing Dance Academy, he also received BFA and MFA from University of Utah. Department of Ballet. He has performed with the National Ballet of China, National Song and Dance Ensemble, Twyla Tharp Dancers before joined Ballet West in 1986 as a soloist,and was promoted to a principal dancer in 1988 and ballet master in 2000. In 2001, he joined the College Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati as an assistant professor, and was promoted to an associate professor with tenure in 2005, and to professor in 2011. As a guest artist, he has danced or choreographed works or taught master classes for Hong Kong Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, Louisville Ballet, Balletmet, Singapore Dance Theater, Toshiko Sato Ballet of Japan, Utah Regional Ballet, Tianjin Ballet of China, Utah Ballet, Guangzhou Ballet of China, Suzhou Ballet of China, Joffrey Ballet School, HK Jean Wong School of Ballet, Beijing Dance Academy, Shanghai Theater Academy, and Shandong University of China.

In 1980, he won the top prize in All China Dance Competition and in 1985, he was deemed the premier artist of China by the Chinese government. His recent awards including Artistic Excelence in Choreography Project from The National Endownment For The Arts, and a Third Place for Choreography at 2008 China National Dance Competition. In 2010 he was featured on CCTV-China’s National TV’s documentry film “Artist”. He is Currently an Artistic Director of Dance China NY–a Manhattan based professional dance troupe where he present works with combine of tradition and contemporary themes.