Selection of Key Performances:
Fire
Washington NBA Wizards Game Halftime Guest Performance
Capital One Arena
Washington DC, USA 2022
The Inspiration of Shape in Water
Asia Contemporary Ballet Festival
November 26-28, 2021
Gangdong Art Center
Gangdong, Seoul, South Korea
Citizen. Sunflower
DC Choreography Dance Festival
September 18, 2021
Washington DC, USA
Shape in Water
Festival International de Danza Contemporanea de Mexico
August 15, 2021
Centro Nacional de las Arts Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico
Fire
Water
In My Mother’s Footsteps
Washington International Gala
February 26, 2021
Washington DC, USA
Shape in Water
Peabody Dance! Festival
January 31, 2021
Baltimore, MD USA
Shape in Water
Seoul Choreography International Dance Festival
December 3-7, 2019
Arko Arts Theatre - Main Hall
Seoul, South Korea
Shape in Water
The Dance Gallery Festival
September 28 8PM
September 29 3PM
Ailey Citigroup Theater
New York, NY USA
Shape in Water
Detroit City Dance Festival
August 24, 2019
Detroit, MI USA
Fire II
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
August 17 @6:00PM
Inside/Out Stage
Becket, MA USA
Bodies. Water. Fire
Beijing Dance Festival
July 24, 2019
Tianqiao Performing Arts Center
Beijing, China
Equinoxe and Solstice
July 20, 2019
Directing and performing an evening Dance Production
Taiyuan Dance Festival
Star Light Theater
Taiyuan, Shanxi China
Shape in Water
May 18-19
SAI Dance Festival
Sainokuni Saitama Arts Theater
Saitama, Japan
Shape in Water
Richmond Dance Festival
May 10-11
Dogtown Dance Theatre
Richmond, VA USA
Fire
China, America 2019 Chinese New Year Gala
February 11, 2019
The Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Washington, DC USA
Reunion, Shutong, Red
Washington 2019 Chinese New Year Gala
February 9, 2019
Center for the Arts- George Mason University
Fairfax, VA USA
Shape in Water
2019 Baltimore Dance Invitational
February 6, 2019
The Gordon Center for Performing Arts
Owings Mills, MD USA
A Man's Requiem
November 21-22, 2018
Soloist in A Man's Requiem with Busan Metropolitan Dance Company
by KIM Yongchul
Busan Cultural Center Main Theater
Busan, South Korea
Earth. Water. Fire. Bodies
Global Perspectives Festival
October 27-28 2018
Dance Place
Washington, DC USA
Drowning to Death act 2: Shape in Water
Beijing Dance Festival
July 2018
Tianqiao Performing Arts Center
Beijing, China
Casita by PrioreDance
Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival
July 2018
inside/out stage
Becket, MA USA
Confucius
May 24 2018
Shakespeare Theater
Washington, DC USA
Fire
Maryland Campaign
May 2018
(Equinoxes and Solstices)
The Clarice Performing Art Center Dekelboum Concert Hall
College Park, MD USA
Drowning to Death act 2: Shape in Water
Shared Grad Concert
April 2018
The Clarice Performing Art Center Dance Theatre
College Park, MD USA
Ink
Peabody Spring Dance Showcase
2018 March
Guest performer
Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall
Baltimore, MD USA
Equinoxes and Solstices
2018 March
Directing and performing a 40 minuet Dance Production
UMD MFA Dance Thesis Concert
The Clarice Performing Art Center Dance Theatre
College Park, MD USA
Another Side of You
The Clarice Performing Art Center Second Season
2017
Length 30 min
Choreographer and Dancer
The Clarice Performing Art Center Dance Theatre
College Park, MD USA
Emotion. Memory. Desire.
UMD Shared Grad Concert
2017 April
Choreographer and Dancer
The Clarice Performing Art Center Dance Theatre
College Park, MD USA
Dancing in the Closet
UMD On the Move at the Kennedy Center
2016
Choreographer and Dancer
the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Washington, DC USA
Invoking Justice by Curtis Stedge
UMD Spring MFA Dance Thesis Concert
2016
Length 50 min
The Clarice Performing Art Center Kogod Theatre
College Park, MD USA
Un Castell built for two by Orange Grove Dance
2016
Length 60 min
Joe's Movement Emporium
Washington, DC USA
Another Side of You (Part 1)
UMD Shared Grad Dance Concert
2016
Choreographer and Dancer
The Clarice Performing Art Center Dance Theatre
College Park, MD USA
Ink
NextNow Dance Festival
2016
Choreographer and Dancer
The Clarice Performing Art Center Dance Theatre
College Park, MD USA
Rapture by Sara Pearson and Patrik Widrig
UMD Faculty Dance Concert
2015
Length 50 min
The Clarice Performing Art Center Dance Theatre
College Park, MD USA
Noam Chiem by Sinclair Ogaga Imogene
UMD Fall MFA Dance Thesis Concert
2015
Length 50 min
The Clarice Performing Art Center Dance Theatre
College Park, MD USA
Goodbye My Esmeralda
Guest Performer
2013 SU Dance Concert
Salisbury University
Salisbury, MD USA
Forbidden Fruit Under the Great Wall by Jigang Zhang
2007-2011
Length 120 min
Performed over 300 times (Including at China Greater National Theatre, Shanghai Greater Theatre, the Kennedy Center Opera House, Shanxi Greater Theatre, Hong Kong Tunmen Theatre, Hangzhou Greater Theatre, Daqing Greater Theatre, Chongqing Greater Theatre, Ningxia Greater Theatre, Ningbo Greater Theatre). Tragic love story that tells the tale of 20th century class differences in China set in the format of a traditional dance drama.
Dancing Miracle
2007-2011
Length 90 min
Showcase of Chinese Classical Dance and Chinese Folk Dance.
Youyu Tourism and Culture Festival
2010
Performed in the opening ceremonies
Youyu, Shanxi China
Shanghai World Expo
2010
Performed in events in celebration of the expo
Shanghai, China
Length 180 min
Performed in Beijing including for the President of China in the Great Hall of the People.
A grand music and dance theatre production
Beijing, China
Ningxia International Expo
2009
Performed in the Cultural and Artistic Tourism Show
Ningxia, China
CCTV New Year’s Gala (Also known as the Spring Festival Gala)
2008
Length 270 min
The CCTV Gala has the largest audience for any entertainment show in the world
Beijing, China
Shanxi Television New Year's Gala
2006, 2007, 2010
Taiyuan, Shanxi
Across
2008
Length 120 min
Performed in Ningbo Grand Theater
Ningbo, China
Beijing Olympic Games
2008
Performed in events in celebration of the games.
Tianqiao Performing Arts Center
Beijing, China.
Ancient City Cultural Performance
2007.1-2007. 7
Yunjing Cheng Theater
Pingyao City, China
Allen Xing is a dancer, choreographer, and teaching artist based in DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) area. He began professional dance training in ballet and Chinese classical dance at age thirteen, holds a B.F.A in dance from Shanxi Academy of Arts in China, a M.Ed. from Salisbury University, and a M.F.A in Dance from University of Maryland.
He is a former member of Huajin Dance Drama Ensemble from 2007-2011. He performed as a dancer in production Forbidden Fruit Under the Great Wall and toured over 100 cities including the China Greater National Theatre, Shanghai Greater Theatre, Hong Kong Tunmen Theater and the Kennedy Center Washington D.C. From 2010 to 2015. He worked as faculty in a tenured position at the Shanxi Academy of Arts.
Xing has received multiple scholarships and accolades including: 2021 Singapore International Dance Festival Choreography Gold Award, 2021/2022 Baker Artist Award, 2021 First Place Award Baltimore Relief Grant, 2021 Russian Season School Choreography Residency, one life time award-2020 Maryland State Independent Artist First Place Award, 2020 Baltimore Regional Independent Artist First Place Award, 2020 China top 100 Dance Aesthetic Education Ambassador by Aesthetic Education China, 2020 Baker Artist Award nominee, 2019 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Chance to Dance top 3, First Place China Dance Association Performance of the Latest Research and Pedagogical Results (2010), Shanxi Academy of Arts Scholarship (2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008), Zhang Jigang Scholarship (2009 and 2010), and the First Place China National Scholarship (2010).
Xing recently performed in many company projects including: Rapture by PEARSONWIDRIG DANCETHEATER, Casita at Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival by PrioreDance, A Man’s Requiem as soloist by Korea Busan Metropolitan Dance Company, and all productions from Xing Dance Theater.
His work has been invited and selected to present at the 2016 NextNow Festival, 2017 The Clarice Performing Art Center Second Season, 2018 Maryland Campaign, 2018 Peabody Spring Dance Showcase, 2018 Washington DC Global Perspectives Festival, 2018 Beijing Dance Festival, 2018 Maryland Dance Festival, 2019 The Kennedy Center China Spring New Year Festival Gala, 2019 Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival, 2019 Beijing Dance Festival, 2019 Richmond Dance Festival, 2019/2021 Japan SAI International Dance Festival, 2019 Detroit City Dance Festival, 2019 City Dance Festival Choreography Showcase-Taiyuan, 2019 Seoul Choreography International Festival South Korea, 2019 Dance Gallery Festival New York City, 2020/2021 Joy of Dance OY Finland International Dance Gala, 2020/2021 Mexico City International Contemporary Dance Festival, 2021/2022 Asian Contemporary Ballet Festival South Korea, Dance Place 2020 Season Washington DC, 2021 DC Choreography Dance Festival, 2021 Singapore International Dance Festival, 2022 SpectorDance’s Choreographers Showcase. 2022 Contemporary Dance Choreography Festival, 2022 NBA Washington Wizards Game Halftime guest performance, 2022 Battery Dance Festival, and 2023 Booking Dance Festival.
He currently is the artistic director of Xing Dance Theater ,Xing Dance Education and City Dance Festival.
Photo: Tina Leu
Selected Original Works:
Shape in Water (Solo)
Man in Dance Festival, Seattle, WA 2022
Peabody Dance! Festival, Baltimore, MD, USA 2021
The International Dance Gala, Helsinki, Finland 2022
The Contemporary Ballet of Asia, Osan, South Korea 2020 (Postponed to 2021)
Mexico City International Contemporary Dance Festival, Mexico City, Mexico 2021
Seoul International Choreography Festival, Seoul, South Korea 2019
Taiyuan New Choreography Exhibition, Taiyuan, China 2019
The Dance Gallery Festival, New York City, NY 2019
Detroit Dance City Festival, Detroit, MI 2019
Richmond Dance Festival, Richmond, VA 2019
SAI International Dance Festival, Tokyo, Japan 2019
Baltimore Dance Invitational, Baltimore, MD 2019
Maryland Dance Festival, Easton, MD 2018
Beijing Dance Festival, Beijing, China 2018
UMD Shared Grade Dance Concert, College Park, MD 2018
Waster II (Solo)
Singapore International Dance Festival, Singapore City, Singapore 2021
Washington International Gala, Washington DC, USA 2021
Beijing Dance Festival, Beijing, China 2019
Sunflower (Evening production)
Asian American Chinese Gala, Rockville, MD, USA 2022
Peabody Dance! Festival, Baltimore, MD, USA 2022
SpectorDance’s Choreographers Showcase, Carmel Valley, CA, USA 2022
DC Choreography Dance Festival, Washington DC, USA 2021
Singapore International Dance Festival, Singapore City, Singapore 2021
In my Mother’s Footsteps (Solo)
Singapore International Dance Festival, Singapore City, Singapore 2021
Washington International Gala, Washington DC, USA 2021
Equinox and Solstice (Evening production)
Dance Place 2019-2020 Performance Season Washington DC, USA 2020
Citizen (Evening production)
Booking Dance Festival, NYC 2023
The International Dance Gala, Helsinki, Finland 2022
Battery Dance Festival 2022
Detroit Dance City Festival 2022
Contemporary Dance Choreography Festival, Orlando, FL, USA 2022
SpectorDance’s Choreographers Showcase, Carmel Valley, CA, USA 2022
Singapore International Dance Festival, Singapore City, Singapore 2021
DC Choreography Dance Festival, Washington DC, USA 2021
Russian Season School Festival, Sevastopol, Russian 2021 (Postpone)
SAI International Dance Festival commission, Tokyo, Japan 2022
Taiyuan New Choreography Exhibition, Taiyuan, China 2019
The Contemporary Ballet of Asia, Osan, South Korea 2022
Fire II
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Inside/Out, Becket, MA 2019
Bodies. Water. Fire.
Beijing Dance Festival, Beijing, China 2019
City Dance Festival Taiyuan Choreography Showcase, Taiyuan, China 2019
Fire
Washington NBA Wizards Game Halftime Guest Performance, Washington DC, USA 2022
Washington International Gala, Washington DC, USA 2021
China/America Chinese New Year Gala at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington DC, USA 2019
Maryland Campaign, College Park, MD, USA 2018
Under the Moonlight, Red
Washington Chinese New Year Gala at the George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 2019
Equinox
Global Perspectives Festival, Washington DC, USA 2018
Ink (solo)
Peabody Spring Dance Showcase, Baltimore, MD, USA 2018
Washington Chinese New Year Gala at the George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA 2017
Taoli International Cup Gala, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2017
NEXT Dance Festival, College Park, MD, USA 2016
Reunion
Washington Chinese New Year Gala, Washington DC, USA 2017
Another Side of You (Evening production)
The Clarice Performing Arts Center, College Park, MD, USA 2017
Dancing in the Closet
UMD On the Move at the Kennedy Center, Washington DC, USA 2017
Goodbye My Esmeralda
SU Dance Company Concert Guest Performance at Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD, USA 2014
Education:
University of Maryland
M.F.A. 2015-2018
Master of Fine Art in Dance Performance and Choreography
Salisbury University
M.Ed. 2012-2014
Master of Education in Leadership
Shanxi Academy of Arts
B.F.A. 2005-2010
Dance Performance and Choreography
Shanxi Drama Vocational College
Secondary Degree 2002-2005
Dance Performance in Ballet and Chinese Dance
Recognition:
Baker Artist Award 2021
SpectorDance’s Choreographer Residency 2022
Singapore International Dance Festival Choreography Gold Award 2021
Baker Artist Award 2021
First Place Award Baltimore Relief Grant 2021
Russian Season School Choreography Residency 2021
Maryland State Independent Artist Award 2020
China top 100 Dance Aesthetic Education Ambassador by Aesthetic Education China 2020
Baltimore Regional Independent Artist Award 2020
Baker Artist Award nominee 2020
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Chance to Dance top 3 2019
Full scholarship/teaching assistantship for MFA in Dance study at University of Maryland 2015 - 2018
Gold Award Overseas Taoli Cup Chinese Dance Competition World Final 2017
Gold Award Overseas Taoli Cup Chinese Dance Competition Washington DC Region 2016
First Place,Zhang Jigang Encouragement Scholarship2010
First Place, Shanxi Academy of Arts Scholarship 2010
First Place, 57th CDA Performance of the Latest Research and Pedagogical Results 2010
First Place, Zhang Jigang Encouragement Scholarship 2009
First Place, China National Scholarship 2008
Third Place, Shanxi Academy of Arts Scholarship 2007
Third Place, Shanxi Academy of Arts Scholarship 2006
First Place, Shanxi Academy of Arts Scholarship 2005
Work Experience
University of Maryland
2015-2018
Teaching Assistant
Instructor:
Danc128 Fundamentals of Ballet, Danc138c Chinese Dance, Danc148 Fundamentals of Modern Dance.
Teaching Assistant: Dance History
Production Office: Theater and Dance Performance Study Department
2016-Present
Artistic Director, Choreographer, Dancer
Recognized for having unique vision and aesthetics.
Invited and performed domestically and internationally, including at Jacobs Pillow and the Gallery Dance Festival.
2018-Present
Director
Developed curriculum for technique and performance classes for students of all ages with over 100 students enrolled.
Established free online community program to introduce dance to the general public with 60-80 attendees per class.
City Dance Festival
2019-Present
Artistic Director
Developed framework for international collaboration and engagement.
Hosted inaugural festival including B.F.A./M.F.A programs from 24 universities in China.
Provided full scholarships for over 70 participants and funding for 7 international presenters/artists.
Amplotech
Program Director - OPT
Developed international relationships between schools in China and USA.
Counseled students on how to select schools and navigate the application process.
Evaluated mobile app to enable schools and potential students to communicate.
Shanxi Academy of Arts
2010-2015
Dance Instructor (Tenured Position)
Taught Dance Performance and Repertory classes in a program with over 700 B.F.A. students.
Huajin Dance Drama Ensemble
2007-2011
Dancer, Writer, Host
Performed in over 500 stage shows throughout China and internationally.
Documented and published articles following major tours to further promote the dance company.
Published Articles:
"Equinox and Solstice" College Park, MD 2018
“Forbidden Fruit, Conquer the American Audience” YiJing magazine, Taiyuan, China 2010
“The Road to Revival” Sanjin City Paper, Taiyuan, China 2009
“The Sacred Bear, Hone the Happiness” YiJing magazine, Taiyuan, China 2009