Biography 

Seo Hye Han was born in Seoul, Korea in 1988 and started learning ballet when she was 8 years old from her mom. She trained at Korean National University of Arts in the gifted development program from 1996–2005 and entered the university in 2005 when she was 16 years old.

Han earned a Scholarship at the Prix de Lausanne in 2005 and moved to Russia to attend the Vaganova Ballet Academy for one year, returning to Korea afterwards. In 2008, she graduated college and was recruited by Universal Ballet in Korea, where she danced for three years. She later joined Boston Ballet in 2013 after winning the gold medal at the Boston International Ballet Competition. She was promoted to second soloist in 2014, soloist in 2015, and principal in 2016. In January 2014, she graced the cover of Dance Magazine, an influential American trade publication for dance.

Repertoire

Mikko Nissinen, The Nutcracker (Sugar Plum Fairy); Florence Clerc after Marius Petipa, La Bayadère (Gamzatti); Wayne McGregor, Chroma; George Balanchine, Serenade, Jewels, Coppélia, Symphony in C, Symphony in Three Movements, Theme and Variations, Kammermusik No. 2; John Cranko, Onegin (Olga); William Forsythe, The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude; Jorma Elo, Bach Cello Suites; Mikko Nissinen after Petipa and Ivanov, Swan Lake (Odette/Odile); José Martinez, Resonance; Karole Armitage, Bitches Brew; Universal Ballet: Jiří Kylián, Sechs Tänze; Don Quixote (Kitri); Sim Chung (Sim Chung); Swan Lake (Odette/Odile); The Nutcracker (Sugar Plum Fairy)

Training

Korean National University of Arts, gifted development program (1996-2005); Korean National University of Arts (2005-2008); Vaganova Ballet Academy (2005-2006)

Career

Universal Ballet Company (Seoul, South Korea); Boston Ballet (Boston, MA): Corps de Ballet (2013); Second Soloist (2014); Soloist (2015), Prinicpal Dancer (2016)

Awards

Scholarship, Lausanne Ballet Competition (2005); Silver Medal, Varna International Dance Competition (2008); Gold Medal, Boston International Competition (2013)