Chun Wai Chan

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 Chun Wai Chan dancing Giselle at the Prix de Lausanne in 2010
Born	1992 Guangdong, China
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

Chun Wai Chan
Traditional Chinese	陳鎮威
Simplified Chinese	陈镇威[1]
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chén Zhènwēi Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Can4 Zan3wai1

Early life and education

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]

Career

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 [zh];^[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]