Shirley Loong

Under the influence of her grandmother Violet Wong (紫羅蘭), a famous Cantonese opera diva and movie star in the 1930s-50s, Shirley Loong started ballet training at the age of eight under the tutelage of Ms. Jean M. Wong. Shirley was admitted to the National Ballet School of Canada. Upon graduation, she honed her skills further at the John Cranko Ballett Schule in Stuttgart, Germany where she was the first Hongkonger ever admitted to this world-renowned dance institute. Shirley joined The Hong Kong Ballet as a dancer and soon promoted to Coryphee in 1990’s. In 2000, she was the General Manager of Hong Kong Ballet Group. She rejoined the Hong Kong Ballet from 2005 to 2011 as the Director of Education and Outreach Department under the directorship of Mr. John Meehan. Shirley is a registered teacher of the Royal Academy of Dance with over 20 years of teaching experience. She was the ballet instructor for the Hong Kong Sports Institute’s artistic gymnastics team, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Gifted Dancer Young Programme and City Contemporary Dance Company. Shirley is currently Fellow of the Greater Bay Area, Chairperson of the Performing Arts International Mediation Committee and the Royal Academy of Dance, Hong Kong Committee. She is also a Chinese Tea Artist.

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