Dr. Jiang Dong: Chinese dance academic and critic. 

Senior Research Fellow, Professor, in the Dance Research Institute of Chinese National Academy of Arts (CNAA).

Consultant member for the State’s Post-graduates Education in Arts. UNESCO’s trainer on ICH-safeguarding. 

Both degrees of MA and Ph.D on Dance Studies in CNAA. Visiting scholar to India on the Indian dance culture. Being appointed as a cultural diplomat in Chinese Embassy in Nigeria. 

Close to 30 books and hundreds of academic papers on dance and culture published such as: Jiang Dong’s Writings on Dance (4 volumes), General Theory on Indian Dances, Nigerian Culture, Contemporary Chinese Dance etc.among others.

Dance-drama works such as: A Tale of Clay Figurines, Li Bai, Yang Jing-yu, etc. 

Involved actively in national and international cultural activities.