Edwaard Liang
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| name = Edwaard Liang
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| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|29|2005|3|13}}
| birth_place = Taipei, Taiwan
| occupation = dancer, choreographer
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| former_groups = New York City Ballet
| website = [http://www.edwaardliang.com www.EdwaardLiang.com]
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Edwaard Liang (born c. 1975/1976{{cite web | first = Jennifer | last = Dunning | title = DANCE; The Instant Choreographer | work = The New York Times | date = March 13, 2005 | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9404E6D81F3DF930A25750C0A9639C8B63 | accessdate = February 28, 2012 | quote = Mr. Liang, 29 }} Also available at [http://www.edwaardliang.com/press5.htm EdwaardLiang.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710173025/http://www.edwaardliang.com/press5.htm |date=2011-07-10 }}.{{cite web | first = Christa | last = Palmer Bigue | title = Marin's Edwaard Liang emerges as top choreographer for hire | work = Marin Independent Journal | date = March 6, 2008 | url = http://www.marinij.com/lifestyles/ci_8484276 | accessdate = February 28, 2012 | quote = Edwaard Liang, the 32-year-old choreographer}} in Taipei, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese-born American dancer and choreographer. He grew up in Marin County, California.
Career
Liang began studying dance at the age of 5. He entered the School of American Ballet in New York City in 1989,{{cite web | title = Interview: Edwaard Liang | work = Oberon's Grove | date = October 15, 2007 | url = http://oberon481.typepad.com/oberons_grove/2007/10/interview-edwaa.html | accessdate = February 28, 2012}} joined New York City Ballet in 1993 and was promoted to the rank of soloist in 1998. In 2001, Liang left the New York City Ballet to dance in Fosse on Broadway. He returned to New York City Ballet from 2004 to 2007 where he danced in ballets by Jorma Elo (Slice to Sharp) and Mauro Bigonzetti (In Vento). Liang began choreographing around 2003. He created FLIGHT OF ANGELS for Nederlands Dans Theatre and in 2005 his pas de deux DISTANT CRIES was premiered at the Joyce Theatre, NYC, by Peter Boal and Wendy Whelan and was later performed by the same dancers at the New York State Theater. In July 2013 Liang became artistic director of BalletMet the professional company based in Columbus, Ohio.{{Cite web |url=https://www.balletmet.org/new-artistic-director |title=2013 Artistic Director Announcement |access-date=2014-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223032427/https://www.balletmet.org/new-artistic-director |archive-date=2014-02-23 |url-status=dead }} In 2023 he became the artistic director of The Washington Ballet.
Awards
- 1993, Mae L. Wien Award{{Broken anchor|date=2024-06-13|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=School of American Ballet#Mae L. Wien Award recipients|reason= The anchor (Mae L. Wien Award recipients) has been deleted.}}.
- 2006, "25 to Watch" by Dance Magazine for choreography.{{cite web | title = 25 To Watch: Edwaard Liang | work = Dance Magazine | date = January 2006 | url = http://www.dancemagazine.com/issues/January-2006/25-To-Watch | accessdate = February 26, 2012 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120214044637/http://www.dancemagazine.com/issues/January-2006/25-to-Watch | archivedate = February 14, 2012 }}
- 2006, National Choreographic Competition, winner.
- Prince Prize Grant for Choreography
- Choo San Goh Award for Choreography
- 2008, Golden Mask Award nominee for Whispers in the Dark
References
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.edwaardliang.com}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120207104422/http://www.nycballet.com/nyci/support/nyci_liangbio.html New York City Ballet: Edwaard Liang biography]
- [http://jpointe.blogspot.com/2008/07/edwaard-liang-interview.html Joffery Ballet: Edwaard Liang interview (July 14, 2008)]
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