huiwangzhang@hotmail.com
Education
2017 M.F.A. Modern Dance, School of Dance, University of Utah
2012 B.F.A. Chinese Classical Dance, Beijing Dance Academy
OPERA & COLLABORATION
2026
Tristan and Isolde, The Metropolitan Opera House, NY
2025
The Monkey King 猴王悟空, The San Francisco Opera, CA
2024
Aida, The Metropolitan Opera House, NY
2023
Doppelgänger, The Park Avenue Armory, NY Hydro Parade, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
2022
M.Butterfly 蝴蝶君, The Santa Fe Opera, NM Barber of Serville , The Santa Fe Opera, NM
2021
Review, Performa Biennial at the Hamilton Fish Pool, New York, NY
2020
Our Labyrinth, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY Peony Dreams: On the other side of sleep, the Ringling Museum, Sarasota, FL
Dancer with The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company 2017-2025
2025
Still/Here, Gammage Theater, Arizona State University, AZ Story, Kaatsbaan Black Box, Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, NY D-man & Story, Jacob’s Pillow, Ted Shawn Theater, MA D-man & Continuous Replay, Bates Dance Festival, Schaeffer Theater, ME People, Places and Things, New York Live Arts Theater, NY
2024
Still/Here, Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY Dance for Sunset: Playing the Long Game, Bellport the H.O.G. Farm, NY People, Places and Things, Harlem Stage, NY Curriculum II, New York Live Arts, NY
2023
Curriculum II, New York Live Arts, NY Curriculum II, Quick Center for the Arts, Fairfield, CT Curriculum II, Boston ICA, Boston, MA Curriculum II, American Dance Festival, Durham, NC Dance for Sunset, The Post Morrow Foundation in Brookhaven, NY What Problem? Centreventos Can Hansen, Joinville Dance Festival, Brazil Love Redefined & Story, The Egg, Albany, NY
2022
What Problem?, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA What Problem?, Carolina Performing Arts, Chapel Hill, NC What Problem?, Penn State, Pittsburgh, PA What Problem?, Dancer’s Workshop, Jackson Hole, WY What Problem?, Meany Hall, Seattle, WA What Problem?, ASU Gammage, Tempe, AZ What Problem?, Del E Webb Center, Wickenburg, AZ, WA Deep Blue Sea, Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA Curriculum II, Kasser Theater, Montclair, NJ What Problem?, First Works & Brown Arts Initiative, Providence RI What Problem?, UCSB Arts & Lectures, Santa Barbara, CA What Problem?, Center for the Art of Performance, UCLA, CA
2021
Afterwardsness, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY Deep Blue Sea, NYC Premiere, Park Avenue Armory, NY Afterwardsness, UMASS Fine Arts Center Amherst, MA Afterwardsness, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA Afterwardsness, Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
2020
What Problem?, George Mason University Concert Hall, Fairfax, VA What Problem?, Indiana University Auditorium, Bloomington, IN What Problem?, Lied Center for Performing Arts, Lincoln, NE Afterwardsness, Park Avenue Armory, New York I Know , Holland Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2019
Analogy Trilogy, ICA Boston, Boston, MA A Letter, State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ Analogy Trilogy, Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South Carolinas
2018
Deep Blue Sea, New York Live Arts Theater, New York, NY Analogy Trilogy, Meany Hall, Seattle, WA What Problem?, Fenwick Theatre, College of Holy Cross,Worcester, MA D-Man In the Water & Story, Ravello Theater, Ravello, Italy D-Man In the Water & Story, Civitinova Theater, Civitinova, Italy A Letter, Florence Theater, Florence, Italy A Letter, Ravenna Theater, Ravenna, Italy Water & Story, Bolzano Theater, Bolzano, Italy Analogy Trilogy, Skirball Theater, New York, NY Analogy Trilogy, Dancers Workshop, Jackson Hole, WY A Letter, Michigan Opera Theatre, Detroit, MI Analogy Trilogy, Center for The Art and Performance UCLA, Los Angles CA
2017
A Letter, Harvey Theater, Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY Analogy Trilogy, Gammage Hall, Arizona State University, Tempe
Masterclasses
2024-25 New York Live Arts, Open Company Class, New York, NY 2025 Arizona State University, Department of Dance, Tempe, AZ, Oct. 23 2022 UCLA Department of World Arts & Cultures, CA, Nov.19
2022 Pennsylvania State University, Pittsburgh, PA February 10
2021 University of Massachusetts, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Oct. 25
2021 Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, New York, NY, May 19 2021 Montclair State University, Monclair, NJ, March 9
2020 Dance Department, Nebraska University, Lincoln, NE February 26
2020 College of Visual and Performing Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax,VA
2019 Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South Carolinas, May 30
2019 Bethany Arts Community, Ossining, NY, June 15
2019 Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY, May 10
2019 Dancers workshop, Jackson Hole, WY, February 19
Teaching Residency
2025 Tisch School of the Arts, Collaborative Arts Program, New York University, NY
Choreography presentation
Partnering workshop
Mentoring on students’ choreography
2024 School of Theater & Dance, University of Florida, FL
Contemporary Technique
Partnering workshop
New Work Creation
2024 Corcoran School of the Arts & Design, George Washington University, D.C.
Contemporary Technique
Partnering workshop
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company Repertory
2023 Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, The New School, New York, NY
Partnering
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company Repertory
2022 Linda Berry Stein College of Fine Arts & Humanities, Jacksonville University, FL
Contemporary Modern Technique
Partnering
New work creation
2020 College of Communication and Fine Arts, Dance Program, Loyola Marymount University, CA
Contemporary Technique
Improvisation/Partnering
Ballet
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIP
2025 New York State Choreographer Initiative 2023 Asian American Pacific Islander Choreography Residency at Topaz Arts, NY 2021 Dance and Democracy Research Fellowship at the NYPL Jerome Robbins Dance Division 2021 Emerging Choreographer Series, Mare Nostrum Elements 2020 New Work Grant, Queens Council on the Arts 2019 The Flushing Town Hall, Artist Space Grant 2018 Tisch Summer Dance Residency
SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE
2025 Thompson, Candice. on Curriculum III: People, Places, and Things for Fjord dance Review, https://fjordreview.com/blogs/all/people-places-and-things
2024 Seibert, Brian. on Still/Here for the New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/arts/dance/bill-t-jones-still-here-review.html
2020 Glous, Gia on Afterwardsness for the New York Times,
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/arts/dance/review-bill-t-jones-the-armory.html
2020 Document Journal. Nominated by Kyle Abraham as “artist in the next generation who most inspire him” https://www.documentjournal.com/2020/08/the-new-wave-of-modern-movement-according-to-bill-t-jones-kyle-abraham-and-rashaun-mitchell-silas-riener/
Selected Choreography Credits
2025 Monkey King, San Francisco Opera, California (Choreography on Solo Principal Track)
2023 Terrain, Topaz Arts, New York.
2022 M. Butterfly, Santa Fe Opera, New Mexico (Assistant Choreography)
2021 Degrees of Freedom, Green Space, New York.
2019 Remembrance, Flushing Town Hall, New York
2018 Virtues, Bethany Arts Community, Ossining, New York
2018 About Petroleum, Chinese Socialism and Postmodern Agenda, Movement Research at Judson Church, New York
2017 All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray, Salt Lake City Library, Utah
AWARD & Nomination
2022 Outstanding Choreography/Creator, with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company in Deep Blue Sea Premiered at Park Avenue Armory
“…a nontraditional use of space and production elements, culminating in a creation both universal and deeply personal.”—Bessies Selection Committee
2021 Outstanding Performer nomination for performance in Our Labyrinth Premiered at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts
“…Zhang imbues commitment with focus, and connects time together through sensitized and accumulated gestures.”—Bessies Selection Committee
Broadcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGt3cHHCcJs&t=11840s
2020 Princess Grace Award nominated by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane company for his excellence and contribution in company works
“Huiwang is one of the most exceptional dancers that I have worked with.”-Bill T. Jones