Mai Jingwen

Mai Jingwen majored in Chinese Folk Dance at the Central University for Nationalities’ School of Dance in 2001. She then received her Master of Fine Arts in Public Performance at Joongbu University in Korea on scholarship and founded her own dance studio upon graduation.

In 2008, her choreography career took off and notable works include The Wall (Shanghai Opera House), Xi Yuan (Liaoning Ballet), Memory (Liaoning Song and Dance Troupe), Bolero (Shanghai Singing and Dancing Troupe), Yi Yi (The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts), Everlasting Flower (Shanghai Theatre Academy), Never Resting Footsteps (High School Attached to the Hunan Normal University), look up (National University of Singapore) and Blood Bird (Korean Arts Festival), among others. Mai has participated in various global cultural exchanges as a representative of China. Her original choreographic works Festival, Sunny Girl and Don’t Want to Say Goodbye were awarded First Prize at the National Arts Exhibition and National Outstanding Choreography Awards.

Mai joined China Central Television’s Dance and Choreography Section in 2017 and was the dance consultant and choreographer for Hunan TV’s Dance Smash Season in 2020. She was twice invited to share her expert opinion for the national magazine China Music Education.

Source: Hong Kong Ballet