International Guest Teacher

Jiabo Li, surpassed  more than 15 years experience as a professional ballet dancer, former principal dancer with the Hong Kong Ballet for almost 10 years.

Born in Shanghai, China, Jiabo Li trained at Shanghai Far East Ballet School and The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. He joined Hong Kong Ballet as a member of the Corps de Ballet in 2005, was named Soloist in 2012 and became Principal Dancer in 2014.

Ballet Career experience:

With Hong Kong Ballet, Jiabo has danced principal and featured roles including Prince Siegfried in John Meehan’s Swan Lake, Prince Désiré and Blue Bird in Cynthia Harvey’s The Sleeping Beauty, Basilio in Nina Ananiashvili’s Don Quixote, Prince in both Stephen Jefferies’ and Terence Kohler’s The Nutcracker, Geppetto in Pär Isberg’s Pinocchio, Prince in David Allan’s Cinderella, Romeo in Rudi van Dantzig’s Romeo and Juliet, Camille in Ronald Hynd’s The Merry Widow, Armand in Val Caniparoli’s Lady of the Camellias, Pao Yu in Wang Xin Peng’s The Dream of the Red Chamber, Prince Calaf in Natalie Weir’s Turandot and José in Memory in Yuh Egami and Hu Song Wei Ricky's Carmen. He has also been featured in George Balanchine’s Serenade, Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort, Nacho Duato’s Castrati, Christian Spuck’s Le Grand Pas de Deux, William Forsythe’s Steptext, Jorma Elo’s Shape of Glow, Fei Bo’s A Room of Her Own and Edwaard Liang’s Sacred Thread.

International ballet performance :

At the time, as a principal dancer with the Hong Kong Ballet, not only cooperate with international ballet masters, but Jiabo has more wealth of international performance experiences:

His international guest appearances include Ballett Dortmund, Germany in 2015, where he reprised his role as Pao Yu in Wang Xin Peng’s The Dream of the Red Chamber, Prix Benois de la Danse Gala at the Bolshoi Theatre, Russia in 2014, The International Dance Gala in Weisbaden, Germany in 2011 and the 4th International Ballet Festival Gala in Cali, Colombia in 2010.

Jiabo Li is also an excellent choreographer, presented choreographic works include 

Wu Le Ge Kong(2018) Yu Hua Mi Die (2017) Night Thoughts (2016) with He Chaoya, Keep Watch (2015), Going Home (2014), Something We Always Carry (2013). Unable to Rewind (2012) and Ambush (2008).