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Tao Ye

Tao Ye

Founder, Artistic Director and Choreographer of TAO Dance Theater ; Founder of TAO Studio ; Founder of Circular Movement System

Tao Ye

Biography

Born in Chongqing, graduated from Chongqing Dance School. He once performed as a dancer in the Art Troupe of the Political Department of the Shanghai Armed Police Force, Shanghai Jin Xing Dance Theatre and Beijing Modern Dance Company. At the age of 23, he founded TAO Dance Theater. Inspired by oriental thoughts, he created the Circular Movement System and Numerical Series performance including sixteen productions, Infinity Series performance Contrast, and Artistic Site performance such as The Twelve Hours, Infinite Walk, and The World of Movements. He was selected as one of the six choreographers in the world by the Sadler's Wells institution in the UK for its New Wave Associates program. As a guest choreographer, he has been commissioned by Cloud Gate Dance Theatre and the Netherlands Dance Theatre 1 (NDT 1) to create dance performance. He has participated in many cross-border artistic creations in theatre, fashion and video. In 2023, he won the Silver Lion Award for Dance at the Venice Biennale.