In 2009, dancers from The Australian Ballet made two guest appearances on reality TV show So You Think You Can Dance to many a rave review. One corps de ballet member of the company has just returned from making a splash on China’s version of the same show, known as Top Dancer. The Australian Ballet’s Chengwu Guo was a contestant in the competition, and finished up on top. Out of 20,000 hopefuls Chengwu danced his heart out before thousands of adoring fans, many of them screaming and waving home-made signs, and won the competition. Chengwu’s parents were secretly flown from Beijing to Guizhou to show their pride – a big highlight for Chengwu during his time on the show.
Chengwu also appears as the teenage Li Cunxin in the feature film, Mao’s Last Dancer. The Australian Ballet congratulates Chengwu on his recent successes!
How exciting to see Chengwu win, and Talia, too, on our version. It is the year of ballet!