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Fangqi Li
Zhengzhou, China
Joined ABT 2018
Biography
Photo: Jon Taylor.
Originally from Zhengzhou, China, Fangqi Li studied ballet at the Secondary School of the Beijing Dance Academy and with The National Ballet of China. She won scholarships for six consecutive years (2010-2016) from her school and the government, and was regularly honored as a Merit Student. She participated in summer intensive programs at American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Heritage, and the Beijing IBCC.
Li’s awards include first prize in Group C at Beijing Dance Academy’s 5th Annual International Ballet Competition for Dance Schools (2014), third prize at the Youth America Grand Prix Asian Regional Semi-Finals (2015), and second prize at the Helsinki International Ballet Competition (2016). In 2017, Li was a finalist at the Prix de Lausanne.
Li joined ABT Studio Company in September 2017, became an apprentice with the main Company in January 2018, and joined the corps de ballet in June 2018. Her repertoire includes Myrta and Moyna in Giselle, Rosaura in Like Water for Chocolate, the Spanish Dance in Alexei Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker, The Swallow in The Seasons, the pas de trois, a big swan, and the Polish Princess in Swan Lake, Young Clarissa and “Becomings” in Woolf Works, and featured roles in Deuce Coupe, La Follia Variations, Petite Mort, and Sinfonietta.
ABT is grateful to Irene Shen for supporting the Dancer Fund in honor of Fangqi Li.
Upcoming Performances
2:00 pm
David H. Koch Theater
Gemma Bond World Premiere
7:30 pm
David H. Koch Theater
(Sonya)
2:00 pm
David H. Koch Theater
(Sonya)
Repertoire
- Deuce Coupe - Featured Role
- La Follia Variations - Featured Role
- Giselle (McKenzie) - Myrta; Moyna
- Like Water for Chocolate - Rosaura
- The Nutcracker (Ratmansky) - Spanish Dance
- Petite Mort - Featured Role
- The Seasons - The Swallow
- Sinfonietta - Featured Role
- Swan Lake (McKenzie) - pas de trois; Big Swan; Polish Princess
- Woolf Works - Young Clarissa; "Becomings"