Choreographer Zhang Xiao-Xiong
(Artistic Director of Taipei Crossover Dance Company / Associate Professor at the Department of Dance, Taipei University of the Arts )
Zhang Xiao-Xiong was born in Cambodia and went to the Mainland to study as a young man, graduating from the Jinan University with a degree in History.
He immigrated to Australia in 1983. A graduate of the Centre for Performing Arts, Adelaide, he was a principal dancer with One Extra Dance Company in Sydney, the Australian Dance Theatre and the Vis-a-Vis Dance in Canberra. He toured with these companies and performed all over Australia, in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Germany, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia etc. He was named the Best Male Dancer in Australia in 1989. In recent years, he has been active as a dance instructor and choreographer shuttling between Australia, the Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
