Joo Won Ahn

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{{short description|South Korean ballet dancer}}

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| birth_place = Wonju, South Korea

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| education = Y.J. Ballet People Academy
Sunhwa Arts School
Korea National University of Arts

| occupation = ballet dancer

| years_active = 2012–present

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Joo Won Ahn (born 1993){{cite news |last=Lee|first=Tae-hoon |url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/09/14/2020091401306.html |title=Ahn Joo-won Becomes 1st Korean Male Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theater |newspaper=The Chosun Ilbo |location=Seoul |date=September 14, 2020 |access-date=September 15, 2020 }} is a South Korean ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre.

Ahn was born in Wonju. He trained at the Y.J. Ballet People Academy and Sunhwa Arts School, then entered the Korea National University of Arts in 2012. In 2013, after he won a gold medal at the Youth America Grand Prix, he joined the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company. He became an apprentice with the main company in January the following year and was taken to the corps de ballet five months later.{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/American-Ballet-Theatre-Announces-2020-Promotions-20200910|title=American Ballet Theatre Announces 2020 Promotions|website=Broadway World|date=September 10, 2020}} He became a soloist in 2019{{cite news|url=https://www.pointemagazine.com/abt-2019-promotions-bell-ahn-2639095473.html|title=ABT's Aran Bell and Joo Won Ahn Have Been Promoted to Soloist|last=Lansky|first=Chava|date=July 5, 2019}} and principal dancer in 2020, at age 26.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/arts/dance/american-ballet-theater-promotions-pandemic.html|title=American Ballet Theater Promotes Dancers Despite Pandemic Slump|newspaper=New York Times|last=Jacobs|first=Julia|date=September 10, 2020}} He is the second Korean to reach this position, after Hee Seo.