Biography

Ao Wang began her training in 2008 at the Liaoning Ballet Academy of China. In 2014, she attended The Washington School of Ballet, under the direction of Kee Juan Han, on full scholarship. She later joined The Washington Ballet Studio Company. In 2016, Wang joined Miami City Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet.

Her repertoire includes George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Divertimento No. 15, Serenade, Jewels, Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.2, Theme and Variations, Walpurgisnacht Ballet, and Who Cares?, and The Nutcracker, Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot’s Giselle, Justin Peck’s Heatscape, Alexei Ratmansky’s Symphonic Dances, Jerome Robbin’s Glass Pieces and The Concert, Marius Petipa’s Don Quixote and La Bayadère, and Septime Webre’s Coppélia.

In 2012, Wang won the gold medal at the Osaka International Ballet Competition and received a bronze medal at The Taolibei Competition in China. She earned a bronze medal at the Seoul International Dance Competition in 2013.

Wang joined Boston Ballet as an artist of the Company in 2020.