WU Husheng

Entering the Shanghai Dance School in 1997, WU became a dancer of Shanghai Ballet after his graduation in 2003, and was promoted to the first principal dancer in 2010. In 2020, he was appointed Chief of Creation Department of Shanghai Ballet.

Repertoire credits include: principal roles in Swan Lake (Grand Version, Derek Deane), Coppelia(Pierre Lacotte), La Sylphide(Jean-Paul Gravier),Romeo and Juliet(Derek Deane),The Sleeping Beauty(Shanghai Ballet Version, Derek Deane),TheLady of the Camellias(Derek Deane), Jane Eyre(Patrick de Bana),Echoes of Eternity (Patrick de Bana),Hamlet(Derek Deane),Giselle,The White-haired Girl,The Butterfly Lovers (XIN Lili),Bright Red Star (ZHAO Ming),A Sigh of Love (Bertrand d’At), The Last Mission of Marco Polo (José Martinez),The Burning Youth (LIU Ligong), andThe Nutcracker(Shanghai Grand Theatre Version, Derek Deane); important roles in Serenade (George Balanchine) andLa Valse (George Balanchine),Piano DanceDream Back to Shanghai, contemporary pieces Conversation with Chopin, La Danse du Stravinsky, Grand Pas du Bach, The Song of the Mother,Water,Bolero, etc.

Selected choreography credits include: middle-sized production Lost Star(listed in Chinese Dance for 12 Days at the National Centre for the Performing Arts; listed as one of the Shanghai International Arts Festival - Rising Artists’ Works, 2017); contemporary ballet Blackthorn (2018); Three Shades of Blue (2020);Kun Opera and ballet crossover A Dream of Floating Life (2020).

Selected award credits include: Silver Medal (no Gold Medal given) and Igor Youskevitch Award in the 9^th New York International Ballet Competition (2007); Gold Medal in the 4^th Shanghai International Ballet Competition (2007); Dramatic Silver Prize in the 7^th China Dance Competition (2009); Dramatic Silver Prize of the 8^th China Dance Lotus Award (2011); Best Male Dancer of the 9^th China Dance Lotus Award (2013); Best Actor of the 24^th Shanghai Magnolia Stage Performance Award (2014); Best Male Dancer of the 10^th China Dance Lotus Award (2016); Choreography Awardin the 6^th Shanghai International Ballet Competition (Contemporary piece Adieu, 2018); Best Choreographer in Excellent Performance of Young Dancers Exhibition (Smile In The Dream, 2018) ; Excellent Award in Shanghai Stage Art Works Selection and Performance (Small-sized Work A Dream of Floating Life, 2020); Gold Award of Dance Video Work Senior Division and International Outstanding Teacher Award in the 1^st International United Cloud Dance Competition (Blossom Season, 2020);Best New Work in the 6^th Shanghai New Artist Competition (A Dream of Floating Life, 2021); Best New Artist in the 6^th Shanghai New Artist Competition (The Upside, 2021).

Other credits include: Shanghai Literature and Art Award (2007, 2013, 2014); held a special Gala performance with his dance partner JI Pingping (2009); performed at the “Nijinsky with Hamburg State Opera” in Germany (2012); “Shanghai Outstanding Artist of the Year” (2012); Shanghai Labor Medal (2012, 2016); “Young Talent of Shanghai Arts Culture” (2012); China Youth Wusi Medal (2013); “Top Ten Outstanding Youth of Shanghai” (2014); “Advanced Worker in the National Cultural System” (2014); “Shanghai Outstanding Worker” (2014, 2020); “Shanghai Excellent Cadre of the Communist Youth League” (2020); Vice Chairman of Shanghai Dance Association (2014 - present); Vice Chairman of Shanghai Youth Federation of Literature and Art (2020 - present); “Shanghai Outstanding Communist Party Member” (2021).