Awards and Distinctions
- New York City Center Artist-in-Residence Fellow (2012)
- Artist to Artist Award for Exceptional Merit in Contribution to the Arts (2011)
- Park Avenue Armory Artist-in-Residence Fellow (2011)
- Algur H. Meadows Prize (2010)
- Asian American Arts Alliance Award (2010)
- Young Global Leader Honoree, World Economic Forum (2009)
- MacArthur Foundation Fellow (2007)
- US Artist Fellow (2007)
- The John F. Kennedy Performing arts Center Five Years Artist in Residency (2007–2013)
- Les Etoiles de Ballet at the Palais des Festival (2006)
- Helpmann Awards for Performing Arts in Australia: Best Ballet or Dance Work (2005)
- Nijinsky Award for Emerging Choreographer (2004)
- Guggenheim Fellow (2001)
- New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (2000)
- First Prize at the National Modern Dance Competition, China (1994)
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