A young dancer and first-class performer, LIU Jia graduated from the PLA Academy of Art of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. He formerly worked with the Frontline Song and Dance Troupe of the Political Department of the Nanjing Military Region, and is currently employed at Nanjing University of the Arts. He was awarded an individual Third-Class Merit once.

He has won numerous domestic and international awards, including the Performance Gold Award at the Seoul International Dance Competition in South Korea, the Performance Gold Award of the China Dance Lotus Awards, the Performance Gold Award at the PLA Art Performance, as well as the Performance Gold Award and Best Choreography Award at the CCTV Television Dance Competition. He has also appeared multiple times in major gala events such as the China Media Group Spring Festival Gala, the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics, and celebrations marking the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.

His representative works include Peacock, A Red Scarf, Ode to the Earth, Norma Amei, Sing to the Motherland, Dance Smash, Call Me by Fire, Frankenstein, The Great Dye House, etc.

WANG Jinge is a young dancer, principal performer at the Beijing Opera and Dance Drama Theater, guest professor at Shandong Youth University of Political Science, and a doctoral candidate in dance performance at the Shanghai Theatre Academy.

She has won numerous major awards in domestic dance competitions, including the Wenhua Grand Prize, the Gold Award of the China Dance Lotus Awards, the Gold Award at the National Ethnic Minority Arts Performance, and the First Prize at the PLA-wide Dance Competition. She has also participated many times in international visits and diplomatic performances.

Representative works include the dance dramas Dream of the Red Chamber, Cavalry, Heavenly Road, XIAN Xinghai, Breaking the Ice, Yellow River, Deeply AI You, and Splendid Homeland; as well as the dance theatre productions The Rite of Spring, Fat Tang and Thin Song, and TANG Shiyi Dance, among others.

ZHANG Zhenguo is a first-class performer, a commissioned choreographer under the China Dancers Association's Peiqing Program, and a Hesheng artist.

He graduated from the PLA Academy of Art and previously worked at the Shanghai Song and Dance Ensemble. His independently created and collaboratively created works have won the Wenhua Award, the "Five-One Project" Award, the Lotus Award, the Outstanding Production Award at the National Dance Performance Exhibition, the Jury Special Award at the Seoul International Dance Competition in South Korea, and the Gold Award in the Dance Film Category at the Rome International Dance Competition.

Representative works include guest choreographer-director for The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting; choreographer and lead performer in The Eternal Wave; executive choreographer-director and guest lead performer in Wing Chun; one of the initiators of Harvest Theatre: Masters Night; director of the dance theatre production Home; as well as Back Side, That Fallen Leaf, The Last Leaf, Seven Feet, Dance Art, Metamorphosis, Territory, Rehearsal, Look, This Man!, and others.

ZHU Jinhui is a second-class performer, a member of the China Dancers Association, a council member of the Guangdong Dancers Association, and a four-time Top Dancer of the China Dancers Association. She has won numerous national and provincial gold awards.

She played leading female roles in numerous dance dramas, including Everlasting Glory of Yongle, The Great Footprint of the World, Only My Blue-and-White, Child Pillow - Harmony Brings Prosperity, Awakening Lion, Thousands of Lights, and the dance epic The Yellow River. Her works Return, Red Cotton in February, and Yi'an Drunk were shortlisted in the Contemporary Dance and Classical Dance categories of the 12^th and 13^th China Dance Lotus Awards, receiving nomination awards. Her modern dance work Return won the Modern Dance Lotus Award at the 14^th China Dance Lotus Awards.

She was awarded the title of “Young Dancer” and the Gold Award for Performance at the Leading Dancers Showcase of the Six Provinces and Autonomous Regions of Central and South China; the Gold Award for Performance at the Guangdong Lingnan Dance Competition. She was selected in 2024 as a “Rising Star of Literature and Art in the First Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area”; and her work Return won the 11^th Guangdong LU Xun Award for Literature and Art.

GAO Derui’s solo dance work The Snail won the Tanja Liedtke Award for Best Choreography, the highest honour at the 38^th Hannover International Choreography Competition, as well as the Nuremberg Ballet Production Award, a nomination for the Contemporary Dance category at the 13^th Lotus Awards, and the Second Prize at the 2024 Lecce International Dance Competition in Italy.

He played the leading male role in the large-scale ethnic dance drama Awakening Lion, which won the 11^th China Dance Lotus Award for Dance Drama, a nomination for the 12^th Wenhua Grand Award, and the Guangdong Province "Five-One Project" Award.

He performed the second male lead in the large-scale ethnic dance drama Endeavor Restaurant, which won the 12^th China Lotus Award for Dance Drama and the Sichuan Province "Five-One Project" Award.

He was selected for the 2023 "Highlights from the Art World" National Outstanding Young Artistic Talent Programme.

He performed the lead role in the large-scale ethnic dance drama Five Stars Rise in the East, winner of the 17^th Wenhua Award and the 16^th National "Five-One Project" Award.

He performed the lead male role in the dance drama Awakening, awarded the Gold Award for Performance, Gold Award for Choreography, and seven other gold awards at the Guangdong Lingnan Dance Competition.

He was the lead performer in the large-scale ethnic dance drama Dongpo in Hainan, which was nominated for the 12^th Wenhua Award.

The work Ink Dancing Through White won the Gold Award in the Classical Dance category at the 11^th "Lotus Award" National Dance Competition.

The work The Climbers won the First Prize at the Dance Competition of the Five Provinces in North China, the Gold Award for Choreography and the Second Prize for Performance at the Beijing Dance Competition, and the Nomination Award at the 12^th China Lotus Awards for Dance.

He was the lead performer in the dance drama A New Account of Tales of the World.

The work Deep Dive, Deep Dive won the Gold Award at the 2013 PLA-wide Dance Competition, the Gold Award at the 7^th National Dance Competition, and the Silver Award at the 7^th CCTV Television Dance Competition.

The work Blade won the Gold Award at the 5^th National Dance Competition and the Gold Award at the 6^th CCTV Dance Television Competition.

WU Yutong has been studying at the Beijing Dance Academy since 2022. Her solo dance works include Your Name and Wandering in Time; large-scale dance dramas commissions Zhongguancun, Dancing Toward the Peak, and The Long Farewell.

Awards and honours include the Outstanding Performance Talent Award in the Youth Division of Modern Dance at the 13^th Taoli Cup, Nomination Award in the Contemporary Dance Division of the 13^th China Dance Lotus Awards, finalist for the final evaluation in the Contemporary Dance Division of the 14^th China Dance Lotus Awards, Special Grand Prize of the Organizing Committee at the 24^th Rome International Dance Competition, Gold Medal at the 21^st Seoul International Dance Competition, Gold Medal at the 22^nd Seoul International Dance Competition, Gold Medal at the 1^st Italy International Dance Talent Competition, Silver Medal at the 16^th Korea International Contemporary Dance Competition, Gold Medal at the 17^th Korea International Contemporary Dance Competition, Outstanding Work Award at the 15^th National Dance Exhibition and Performance, Second Prize for Performance and Second Prize for Choreography at the 19^th Beijing Dance Competition. She was awarded the honourary title of "Top Dancer of the Biennium" under the China Dancers Association's "Top Dancer" Talent Development Programme. She went on a nationwide tour of her solo work Your Name as part of the "Taoli Shining" Taoli Cup Outstanding Original Works, as well as the 2025 Lotus Awards Excellence Tour with the outstanding original solo work Wandering Through Time. She was specially invited guest performer at the Yiwu branch venue of the 2026 CCTV Spring Festival Gala.

LIULANG Huize is a 2024 master's student in the Department of Dance, School of Arts and Media, Beijing Normal University.

She is the recipient of the title "Top Dancer" for 2024 awarded by the China Dancers Association. Her work The Queen's New Clothes won the Gold Award at the 2026 Seoul International Dance Competition. Her performance of the duet Flower in the Valley earned a nomination for the Contemporary Dance Award at the 13^th China Dance "Lotus Award" in 2023, the Third Prize in the Professional Youth Group Performance at the 18^th Beijing Dance Competition, the Bronze Award at the Seoul International Dance Competition in South Korea, and the First Prize in Performance at the 11^th North China Five Provinces (Regions) and Cities Dance Competition in 2024. She created and performed the duet Days to Come which was shortlisted for the final evaluation of modern dance at the 14^th China Dance "Lotus Award" in 2025, and won the First Prize in Choreography and the Second Prize in Performance in the Professional Youth Group at the 19^th Beijing Dance Competition, as well as the Third Prize in the Youth Choreography Group at the Seoul International Dance Competition in South Korea.

ZOU Hanbing graduated from the Dance School Affiliated to the Shanghai Theatre Academy and the Choreography Department of the Creative College at Beijing Dance Academy.

The work Caravan Boys participated in the 12^th National "Peach and Plum Cup" Dance Education and Teaching Achievement Exhibition. The Wild Geese Never Return won the Gold Award for Chinese Dance (Solo) at the "Bauhinia Cup International Dance Competition" as well as the Second Prize for Creation in the Youth Professional Group of the 11^th North China Five Provinces (Regions) Dance Competition. The work Full Moon won the Second Prize in the Modern Youth Group at the Seoul International Dance Competition. He won the Hong Kong "Bauhinia Cup" International Dance Competition Gold Award for Contemporary Dance Group and Best Male Performer Award. His choreographed work On the Verge won the Best Choreography Award in Vienna. His choreographed work Spring Breeze Revives was shortlisted for the final evaluation of the 14^th Contemporary and Modern Dance Group.

NIU Muhan's performance in the dance drama Spring River Song won the first prize for performance at the Beijing Dance Competition and the North China Five Provinces Dance Competition, and was shortlisted for the final evaluation of the 14^th "Lotus Award" classical dance.

The work Girl won the gold medal in the choreography category of the Seoul International Dance Competition and the gold medal in the modern dance category of the Greek National Dance Competition. She participated in the performance of Blazing Ice at the Jeju International Dance Festival in South Korea. She performed in the dance theatre The Garden and played the role of Dream Immortal in the dance drama Three Dreams. She was specially invited to co-create Crossing the Threshold at the 2^nd Zhengzai International Dance Festival.

WANG Shengxi is an outstanding graduate of Beijing Dance Academy, majoring in Chinese Ethnic and Folk Dance, and is a member of Beijing Dancers Association, and a member of Beijing Xicheng District Dancers Association.

He won the 20^th China Culture and Art Government Award - Qunxing Award, the 7^th and 8^th "Lily Flower Award" Gold Award for Performance, the Nomination Award for the 14^th Lotus Award for Dance Drama, the "Yiyuan Xieying - National Outstanding Young Artistic Talents" by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, the title of "Top Dancer" of the Year by the China Dancers Association, and was the lead actor in Kirin at the 2025 CCTV Lantern Festival Gala.

His starring works include Break of Dawn, Heroes in Fire, Kirin, Thermos, Chinese White – Porcelain. Directing works include Existence, Not a Play, Soulmate, Umbilical Cord, Mountain Top, Xiao Ye, Ninety Years - Set Off Again, and Awakening Lion. His starring dance dramas include China Oriental Performing Arts Group's ethnic dance drama Child's Pillow - Harmony and Prosperity, and National Defense University of the People's Liberation Army dance drama Long March. Dance theatres include Beijing Opera and Dance Theatre's dance theatre Garden, Intangible Cultural Heritage dance theatre Moon - Rabbit, Tibetan dance theatre commission Land of Extremes.

In 2017, WAN Yu participated in Silk Road Red and won the First Prize for Choreography and the First Prize for Performance at the 15th Beijing Dance Competition. At the 4^th "Lotus Youth" National Dance Exhibition, she was specially awarded the honourary title of "Starlight Youth". In July 2018, she participated in the 15^th Seoul International Dance Competition in South Korea and won the Third Prize in the junior group. In June 2019, she participated in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Secondary Vocational Skills Competition and received an Excellence Award. In July 2021, she participated in the large-scale situational epic The Great Journey celebrating the 100^th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and received the "Outstanding Individual Award". In August 2023, the group dance Musical Flying Apsaras won the "Outstanding Award" at the exhibition of the 13^th Taoli Cup.

Representative works include Miss Garden, The Kite Flying Over Winter, Pastoral, Chuan Yue Clash, and Juan Si Liang.

Award-winning works include Miss Garden, which received the “Best Dancer” award in the Competitive Creation Unit of the 2025 Zhizai International Dance Festival and was ranked among the Top 15 Solo Dancers at the 2024 Lecce Dance Competition in Italy. The Kite Flying Over Winter and Pastoral won the Silver Award at the 2023 Korea International Dance Competition and Second Place at the 2023 Dubai International Dance Competition. Reflections of Attachment won the Silver Award at the 2^nd IUCDC in 2022.

LI Yutong was awarded the First-Class Academic Scholarship for the 2021–2022 academic year, the First-Class Academic Scholarship for the 2022–2023 academic year, the Second-Class Academic Scholarship for the 2023–2024 academic year, and the National Scholarship for Master's Students for the 2025–2026 academic year.

Li Yutong is a top talent at the Dance Academy of Minzu University of China and played the male lead Tongzi in director ZHANG Jigang’s dance drama Thousand-Hand Bodhisattva. He was nominated for the Chinese Ethnic and Folk Dance Award at the 14^th Lotus Awards, won first prizes at the 18^th and 19^th Beijing Dance Competitions, received a third prize and the Outstanding Performance Award at the 18^th Beijing Dance Competition, won a first prize at the 11^th North China Five Provinces Dance Competition, earned first prize for solo performance and second prize for technique at the 20^th Newcomer Cup of the Dance Academy of Minzu University of China, received the Gold Award and Outstanding Choreographer Award at the Hong Kong Bauhinia Cup International Dance Competition, won first prize in the professional category of the 4^th Beijing “Dance Fengtai” Competition, and was recommended for admission to the master’s programme at the Dance Academy of Minzu University of China with the top score in the second-round examination.

His performance experience includes playing the male lead “Tongzi” in director ZHANG Jigang’s dance drama Thousand-Hand Guanyin, participating in the Outstanding Works Showcase of the Beijing Dance Competition, performing in Galloping nearly 20 times under the leadership of Dean JIANG Tiehong, and serving as a solo dancer for Minzu University of China’s 2024 cultural exchange delegation to Macao, China.

ZHAI Yujia's awards and honours include: being selected as one of the Top Ten Choreographers for aaaa at the 11^th "Xiaohe Cup Double Excellence Award" in 2018; First Prize for the group dance A Phoenix Arrives with Grace and Third Prize for the group dance Spring Plateau at the 16^th Beijing Dance Competition in 2019. He won the School-Level First-Class Scholarship for the 2020–2021 academic year, and honours as a School-Level Outstanding Student and Outstanding Communist Youth League Member. He received the "Outstanding Individual" Award in 2021 for participation in the large-scale epic theatrical performance The Great Journey celebrating the 100^th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China; Gold Award at the 27^th Vitosha International Folklore Arts Festival and Gold Award at the 25^th Veliko Tarnovo International Folk Art Festival in 2023.

ZHUO Ziran graduated from the Central Academy of Drama.

Representative works: Chase, A Battlefield Without Smoke, and Banquet After Dark.

He won the Gold Award at the 2023 PDE International Dance Competition for Chase and Third Prize at the 2022 “Jiangyi Cup” Skills Competition of the Central Academy of Drama. He has performed The Burning Ice at the Jeju International Dance Festival in South Korea. He also participated in the 14th China Dance Lotus Award-winning work Spring River Melody, the Spring River Melody at Blossoms Greet Spring Gala, the contemporary solo Lead at Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture and Arts Festival, the dance work Sister at the 8th Wuzhen Theatre Festival, and Transcendence, a film directed by Zhao Xiaoding.

CAI Qintao graduated from the Shanghai Theatre Academy, He has performed in works by the Beijing Dance Theatre, including Manolita Chen, Poison, Wild Grass, Beijing Sonata, and The Nightingale and the Rose; works by Beijing 9 Contemporary Dance Theater, including Cover Your Eyes to See You and Freeze Frame; IUNGO by Adriaan Luteijn; and Phoenix, a physical theatre work by Crazy Play Physical Theatre.