2016 Contemporary Program Guest Choreographer
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Thang Dao is currently a freelance choreographer, teacher, and coach in New York City. He received his formal dance education from The Juilliard School and The Boston Conservatory, where he received his BFA in 2001. Dao danced for the Stephen Petronio Company from 2001 – 2006. He also worked for the Metropolitan Opera and Little Orchestra Society. He left to choreograph for Ballet Austin, Ballet Austin II, Ailey II, BalletX, Philadanco, and The Boston Conservatory. Dao’s ballet Stepping Ground, choreographed for Ballet Austin’s first Biennial New American Talent/Dance, received the “Audience Choice Award” all four evenings it was presented. Dao was the recipient of the Princess Grace Foundation’s Choreography Fellowship in 2008 and the Special Project Award Grant in 2009. He also received the 2012 Vilcek Foundation Prize for Creative Promise in Dance. Dao was on the creative team for the James Brown Project: Get On The Good Foot for the Apollo Theater with director Otis Sallid.