Siye Tao is a dancer, choreographer, and dance filmmaker of the post-90s Cenozoic era in China. She currently based in Shanghai and New York.
Siye Tao started her rigorous and professional dance training at the age of 11 in Beijing. For over fifteen years, she studied and practiced under the guidance of some prominent dance educators, who are from Tibet, Xinjiang, inner Mongolia, Yanbian, and Yunnan provinces. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree (MFA) in Dance Performance, and a Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) in Dance Education from Minzu University of China College of Dance, Beijing. Since 2015, Tao has worked as a director, choreographer, performing artist on stage and on screen.
Tao was the prize winner in choreography at the 15th Beijing Dance Competition (at the national level). She was also the dance director and choreographer of the music and dance gala ‘The Poetry of China (2015-2017)’. Tao’s choreographies and dance films have been showcased nationally and internationally, such as Beijing Tian-Qiao Performing Arts Center, Nanshan Culture and Sport Center in Shenzhen, Shanghai Film Art Center, Glór Theater in Ireland, Dansmuseet in Stockholm, Glorya Kaufman Performing Arts Center, Sophia Gordon Center for Performing Arts, Théâtre du Marais in Val-Morin, Detroit Film Theater of Detroit Institute of Arts, etc. In particular, her recent two dance films, ‘Watch, and Being Watched’ and ‘Shattered Ripples’ have gained international recognitions and awards.
Recent years, Tao has been working on a public screen dance series with people who had no previous dance experiences, and questioning “Why not dance everywhere and any time?”
