BIOGRAPHY
With Shen Yun Since: 2007
William Li won second place in New Tang Dynasty Television’s 2012 International Classical Chinese Dance Competition and third place in the same competition in 2014. He also took second place in the junior male division of the competition in both 2009 and 2010. He studied classical Chinese dance at Fei Tian Academy of the Arts in New York before becoming Principal Dancer in Shen Yun’s production “The Monkey King.”
Repertoire Highlights
Monkey King and the Dragon Palace (2016)
Ne Zha Churns the Sea (2014)
Yang Zhi and His Sabre (2013)
The Monkey King Thwarts the Evil Toad (2014)
How the Monkey King Came to Be (2012)
Crazy Ji (2012)
The Monkey King Outwits Pigsy (2011)
Monk Ji Gong Abducts the Bride (2009)
Angelia Wang
Principal Dancer
Melody Qin
Principal Dancer
Tiffany Lin
Principal Dancer
Evangeline Zhu
Principal Dancer
Michelle Lian
Principal Dancer
Piotr Huang
Principal Dancer
Jay Huang
Principal Dancer
Luna Yu
Principal Dancer
Kenji Kobayashi
Principal Dancer
Victoria Li
Principal Dancer
Albert Yang
Principal Dancer
Carol Huang
Principal Dancer
Victor Li
Principal Dancer
Elsie Shi
Principal Dancer
Angela Xiao
Principal Dancer
William Li
Principal Dancer
Miranda Zhou-Galati
Principal Dancer
Daoyong Zheng
Principal Dancer
Chad Chen
Principal Dancer
Kaidi Wu
Principal Dancer
Jing Xian
Composer
Junyi Tan
Composer
Yungchia Chen
Choreographer
Michelle Ren
Choreographer
Guimin Guan
Tenor
Haolan Geng
Soprano
Qu Yue
Baritone
Min Jiang
Soprano
Rachael Yu Ming Bastick
Soprano
Yuan Ling
Soprano
Xiaochun Qi
Erhu
Milen Nachev
Conductor
Dmitrii Russu
Conductor
Gao Yuan
Conductor
Chia-Chi Lin
Conductor
Aleksander Velichko
Bassoon
Hung-Chieh Yang
Trombone
Pavlo Baishev
Bass Trombone
Eric Robins
Trumpet
Vladimir Zemtsov
Trumpet
Aleksandr Antonov
Trumpet
Maksym Bilash
Principal Flute
Gabriela Gonzalez-Briceno
Bassoon
Chia-Jung Lee
Flute
Yevgeniy Reznik
Clarinet
Alistair Crawford
Trombone
Linda Wang
Erhu
Yu-Chien Yuan
Cello
I-Chen Huang
Cello