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

Hsiao-Hung 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

Tian Ge
Tenor

Qu Yue
Baritone

Min Jiang
Soprano

Rachael Yu Ming Bastick
Soprano

Yuan Ling
Soprano

Xiaochun Qi
Erhu

Lu Sun
Erhu

Milen Nachev
Conductor

Dmitry Russu
Conductor

Gao Yuan
Conductor

Chia-Chi Lin
Conductor

Astrid Martig
Violin

Fiona Zheng
Violin

Kaspar-Laurenz Martig
Trumpet

Aleksander Velichko
Bassoon

Hung-Chieh Yang
Trombone

Pavlo Baishev
Bass Trombone

Eric Robins
Trumpet

Vladimir Zemtsov
Trumpet

Aleksandr Antonov
Trumpet

Chia-Jung Lee
Flute

Yevgeniy Reznik
Clarinet

Alistair Crawford
Trombone

Linda Wang
Erhu

I-Chen Huang
Cello