ON VIEW: HONG KONG | Daniel Yeung

“Daniel Yeung is a powerful performer,a thinker who likes to raise questions with a critical mind.” ── Sue Healey

Daniel Yeung graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong with a major in Fine Arts and a minor in Chinese Music. He is a self-taught dancer and was twice awarded scholarships to study choreography in Holland and the UK. In 2002,Yeung was nominated by the European Ballettanz yearbook as “The Choreographer To Look At” and was awarded the “Rising Artist Award” by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. He is a six-time awardee at the Hong Kong Dance Awards (2000,2005,2009,2012,2013,2014),organized by the Hong Kong Dance Alliance,and has twice been named as one of the “Top Five Best Dance Works of the Year” by the South China Morning Post. In 2013,Yeung was recognized as “Best Artist of the Year (Dance)” by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council for his contributions as curator, choreographer, performer, teacher and critic for developing dance culture in Hong Kong.