Career
Chan-hon Goh began her career in 1978 at the Goh Ballet Academy. She entered the National Ballet of Canada in 1988, and was appointed Second Soloist in 1990 and First Soloist in 1992. She became a principal dancer in 1994.
She has performed with various ballet companies, including:
- Royal Danish Ballet
- American Ballet Theatre
- Pacific Northwest Ballet
- National Ballet of China
- The Suzanne Farrell Ballet
- American Pacific Ballet Company
- Ballet Arts, Inc.
- New York City Ballet
- Singapore Dance Theatre
- Hong Kong Ballet
- Washington Ballet
- Queensland Ballet
Goh is a winner of the Prix de Lausanne (1986) and a silver medalist in the Genée International Ballet Competition (1988).
She received training from British dancer/choreographer Anton Dolin as well as her husband Chun Che (a former principal dancer with the National Ballet of China).
In 2002, Goh's autobiography (co-written with Cary Fagan) entitled Beyond the Dance: A Ballerina's Life was released by Tundra Books. The book was a finalist for the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction. Goh is currently the director of the Goh Ballet Academy.
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