Qi Jiang is an award-winning teacher, dancer and choreographer. After graduating from the Yinchuan Dance School and Beijing Dance Academy in China, Mr. Jiang performed with the Yinchuan Song and Dance Ensemble, Beijing National Song and Dance Ensemble, and the National Ballet of China. In 1980, Mr. Jiang earned the top prize in China's National Dance Competition and earned the title of Premiere Artist from the Chinese government in 1985. After his arrival in the U.S., Mr. Jiang danced with the Joffrey Ballet Concert Group and Twyla Tharp Dancer in New York, then joined Ballet West in 1986 as a soloist and was promoted to principal dancer in 1988. He has performed leading roles in many classic and contemporary works, and has served as guest dancer, teacher and choreographer for companies and schools around the world, including the Hong Kong Ballet, Guangzhou Ballet (in China), Singapore Dance Theater, Toshiko Sato of Japan, Cincinnati Ballet, Balletmet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Beijing Dance Academy, Hong Kong Jean M Wong Ballet School, Shanghai Dance Academy, Joffrey Ballet School, Alaska Dance Theater, Metropolitan Ballet of Dallas, Utah Ballet, Utah Regional Ballet, Mount Holyoke Dance Ensemble and Joffrey Midwest Workshop. Mr. Jiang was Ballet Master of Ballet West from 1999 to 2001, and joined the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati Dance Division as an Associate Professor and Artistic Director of Ballet in 2001. Mr. Jiang has served as a dance panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts. He has also served as an adjudicator for the Ohio Choreography Competition and Guangzhou Ballet Dancers' Competition.

His recent choreographic works for Dance China NY include "The Dream of Red Chamber", "Some Seasons", When the Leaves Turn", "Wu/Wu", "Morning Song", and "Mountain and Water."  He was recently invited to guest choreograph and teach for Guangzhou Ballet of China, Shanghai Dance Academy, and Singapore Ballet Theater.  He is also commissioned to create a new musical production of Mulan for the Cincinnati Children's Theater.   

An artist, teacher, and choreographer who travels frequently between the United States and China, Mr. Jiang is at home in both the Chinese and American dance worlds. The combination of his roots in traditional Chinese dance and his wide-ranging experience in the United States make him an ideal candidate to interpret and evolve Chinese dance in the American context.  He has just recently joined NYCCC as the Artistic Director of Dance China NY in June, 2005.

Mr. Jiang received his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts from the University of Utah.         www.Jiangqi.net