Duan Ni

Duan Ni graduated from the Beijing Dance Academy modern dance choreography department. During school, Duan Ni received a scholarship of ACC to attend the American Dance Festival. Duan Ni taught "Relaxation Techniques" in China, and her cutting-edge teaching concepts subverted the inherent concept of body movement of domestic dancers.

Duan Ni used to dance with Shanghai Jin Xing Dance Theatre, Akram Khan Dance Company (UK), and Shen Wei Dance Arts (USA). In August 2008, she joined TAO Dance Theater as the Founding Dancer and Artistic Director. As the first Chinese contemporary dancer invited by international dance companies, Duan Ni accepted all concepts and styles with the inclusiveness of her body and formed her own body language and characteristics - softness and toughness, pure and open. She has performed three times at the Lincoln Center for Performing Art in New York with different three different dance companies. Each time, her performance was singled out by The New York Times, lauded by critics as "extraordinary”, “formidable” and “athletic control”. In 2019, she was recommended by VOGUE and selected as an outstanding woman of "Light of Power" by BVLGARI.