Canadian ballet dancer
Frances Chung is a Canadian ballet dancer. She is currently a principal dancer at the San Francisco Ballet.
Early life.
Chung was born in Vancouver and is of Chinese descent. Her father worked for an electronic company, her mother was a cook, and her sister works in finance. She started ballet and playing the piano when she was five, at a community centre near her home. She attended Magee Secondary School and trained at Goh Ballet Academy. Though most of Chung's teachers are Chinese, she was trained in multiple dance styles, such as French, Russian and English. She also did contemporary, jazz, and Asian dance. However, she did not have any American training. When she was 16, she attended a summer intensives at Boston Ballet, she was then asked to join the studio company, but her mother insisted she graduate high school.
Career.
In 2001, after she finished high school, Chung joined the San Francisco Ballet, at the age of 17. Chung stated that part of the reason she joined the company was because she wanted to stay on the west coast. She was named soloist in 2005 and principal dancer in 2009. Chung has danced roles such as Odette/Odile in "Swan Lake", Princess Aurora in "The Sleeping Beauty" and the title role in "Cinderella". She has participated in San Francisco Ballet's co-production with other companies, such as a stepsister in "Cinderella" with Dutch National Ballet and Elizabeth Lavenza in "Frankenstein" with The Royal Ballet. She has also originated roles such as in Stanton Welch's "Bespoke" and Dwight Rhoden's "LET'S BEGIN AT THE END".
Outside of San Francisco Ballet, Chung has danced in galas in Canada, United States, Mexico, Germany, Australia, France and Italy. In 2018, she danced in Welch's "Swan Lake", with Houston Ballet.
Selected repertoire.
Chung's repertoire with the San Francisco Ballet includes:
Personal life.
Chung is married. The couple welcomed a son, Forest Tan, in 2019. They welcomed they second child, a daughter, Faye Ella in 2023.
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