Edwaard Liang

American arts leader and acclaimed choreographer Edwaard Liang is the Artistic Director of The Washington Ballet and is also the first Asian American to lead a major American ballet company.

After studying at the School of American Ballet, he joined New York City Ballet in 1993. That same year, he was a medal winner at the Prix de Lausanne International Ballet Competition. By 1998, he was promoted to Soloist. In 2001, Liang joined the Tony Award–winning Broadway cast of Fosse. By 2002, joined the acclaimed Nederlands Dans Theater

Edwaard’s works have been performed by dance companies around the world including the New York City Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, San Francisco Ballet and many others. In 2017, he received an Emmy Award® for his short dance film Vaulted. In 2018, was invited to create a new work for the opening of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.