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Xiao nan yu biography template
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Xiao Nan Yu
Canadian ballet dancer
Xiao Nan Yu (Chinese: 于晓楠; pinyin: Yú Xiǎonán; born 1977/1978) is a principal dancer in the National Ballet of Canada.[1][2] As of 2016[update] she lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Early life
Yu was born in Dalian, China.[3] She studied at the Shenyang School of Dance (part of the Shenyang Conservatory of Music) under Xie Huizhen, and in 1991 received a performance prize in the junior division of the national Tao Li Cup (桃李杯).[4][5] She went on to the Beijing Dance Academy, and then moved to Canada in 1995 to attend the National Ballet School on a scholarship.[6][7][8]
Career
In 2000, Yu, a second soloist,[9] performed the role of Tatiana in the ballet Onegin.[1] In 2001 she became a principal dancer, and she danced the role of Tatiana again in 2003.[10]
In 2008 Yu took part in a dance show set to the music o