Finnish-born Jorma Elo danced with Finnish National Ballet and Cullberg Ballet before joining Nederlands Dans Theater. He began creating works in the year 2000, and since then he has become one of the most sought-after choreographers in the world. Elo is currently Resident Choreographer at Boston Ballet and he has won numerous accolades including the first ever Rudolf Nureyev Prize for New Dance, the prestigious Prix Benois de la Danse for best choreography, the Choo San Goh Award for Choreography and a Prince Charitable Trust award.

Born in Okinawa, Japan, Yuh Egami trained locally at Fumika Morishima Ballet & Jazz dance school and later at The Royal Ballet School in London before joining Hong Kong Ballet in 2002. He assumed the additional role of Répétiteur for the Company in 2014. Egami has presented works at Hong Kong Ballet’s Choreographers’ Showcase and he also contributed choreography to full-length production Firecracker (2010) as an associate choreographer to Yuri Ng. Egami was invited to re-choreograph Yuri Ng’s Devil’s Tale for Architanz in Japan (2015) and also choreographed Sonographer (2011) and Firefly (2016) for E-side Dance Company in Hong Kong. 

Born in Jiangxi, China, Ricky Song-wei Hu trained at Shanghai Dance School, and later at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Hu joined Hong Kong Ballet in 2008. Hu’s choreographic works include Voicing (2011), Twins (2010) for Hong Kong Ballet’s Choreographers’ Showcase. Rush (2013), Play with Abandon (2012) for Hong Kong Arts Festival. Lost in Memory (2013) for D. Lab Dance in Shanghai. Additionally, Hu choreographed DiviNation (2016)with Allen Lam-presented by Muse Motionin Hong Kong. Hu received the Award for Young Artist in Dance at the Hong Kong Arts Development Council Awards in 2012. 

Jiří Kylián started his dance career at the age of nine at the School of the National Ballet in Prague. After studying at the Royal Ballet School in London with scholarships, he joined the Stuttgart Ballett led by John Cranko. In 1975, Kylián became Artistic Director of the Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) in The Hague. In 1978, he put NDT on the international map with Sinfonietta. That same year, he founded NDT 2, which was meant to function as a breeding ground for young talent. He also initiated NDT 3 in 1991, the company for older dancers from forty till “death”. This three dimensional structure was unique in the world of dance. After an extraordinary record of service, with an oeuvre of almost 100 ballets, Kylián handed over the artistic leadership in 1999 and remained associated to the company as house choreographer until December 2009. He directed four dance films Car-Men (2006), Between Entrance & Exit (2013), Schwarzfahrer (2014) and Scalamare (2017).

Kylián received many international awards including: Officer of the Orange Order (Netherlands), Honorary Doctorate from The Juilliard School, three Nijinsky Awards (best choreographer, company and work), Benoit de la Dance (Moscow), Honorary Medal of the President of the Czech Republic and Commander of the Legion d'honneur (France). In 2008, he received the distinguished Medal of the Order of the House of Orange from Her Majesty the Queen Beatrix from the Netherlands. In 2011, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award (Dance & Theatre) by the Czech Ministry of Culture.

Jiří Kylián started his dance career at the age of nine at the School of the National Ballet in Prague. After studying at the Royal Ballet School in London with scholarships, he joined the Stuttgart Ballett led by John Cranko. In 1975, Kylián became Artistic Director of the Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) in The Hague. In 1978, he put NDT on the international map with Sinfonietta. That same year, he founded NDT 2, which was meant to function as a breeding ground for young talent. He also initiated NDT 3 in 1991, the company for older dancers from forty till “death”. This three dimensional structure was unique in the world of dance. After an extraordinary record of service, with an oeuvre of almost 100 ballets, Kylián handed over the artistic leadership in 1999 and remained associated to the company as house choreographer until December 2009. He directed four dance films Car-Men (2006), Between Entrance & Exit (2013), Schwarzfahrer (2014) and Scalamare (2017).

Kylián received many international awards including: Officer of the Orange Order (Netherlands), Honorary Doctorate from The Juilliard School, three Nijinsky Awards (best choreographer, company and work), Benoit de la Dance (Moscow), Honorary Medal of the President of the Czech Republic and Commander of the Legion d'honneur (France). In 2008, he received the distinguished Medal of the Order of the House of Orange from Her Majesty the Queen Beatrix from the Netherlands. In 2011, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award (Dance & Theatre) by the Czech Ministry of Culture.