San Francisco Ballet Principal 

Wei Wang was born in Anshan, Liaoning, China and received his dance training at Beijing Dance Academy, San Francisco Ballet School and the San Francisco Ballet School Trainee Program. In 2012, Wang was named an apprentice of San Francisco Ballet and then joined the company as a member of the corps de ballet in 2013. In 2016, he was promoted to a soloist and then a principal dancer in 2018.

Wang danced in the 2015 film of Tomasson’s Romeo & Juliet (Acrobats) in the inaugural season of Lincoln Center at the Movies: Great American Dance. In October 2017, Wang performed Tomasson’s Concerto Grosso at Fall for Dance at New York City Center. In March 2019, he performed Liam Scarlett’s Frankenstein as The Creature at The Royal Opera House. In July 2021, Wang performed at the Tahoe Dance Camp.

Wang’s performances with San Francisco Ballet have included Tomasson’s Bartók Divertimento, Caprice (originated), Chaconne for piano and two dancers, Concerto Grosso, Criss-Cross, Don Quixote (Basilio and Seguidilla), The Fifth Season, Giselle (Peasant pas de cinq), Nutcracker (Dancing Nutcracker, Nutcracker Prince, King of the Snow, Chinese, Russian, and Grand Pas de Deux), On a Theme of Paganini, Romeo & Juliet (Acrobats), The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Desiré and Bluebird), Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried, Act 1 pas de trois, Peasants, and Russian), Trio; in Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante, Coppélia (Villagers), Symphony in C (2nd movement); in Bubenucek’s Fragile Vessels (originated); in Canipaoli’s Lambarena; in Cranko’s Onegin; in Dawson’s Anima Animus (originated); in Forsythe’s Blake Works I, Pas/Parts 2016 (originated); in Lifar’s Suite en Blanc (Pas de cinq); in Neumeier’s The Little Mermaid (The Sea Witch); in Peck’s Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (originated), In the Countenance of Kings (originated), Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes; in Pita’s Björk Ballet (originated); in Possokhov’s Classical Symphony, Firebird (Monsters), The Rite of Spring, Swimmer; in Robbins’ Glass Pieces, Opus 19/The Dreamer; in Ratmansky’s La Reveil de Flore (originated principal), The Promised Land (originated principal); in Scarlett’s Die Toteninsel (originated), Fearful Symmetries (originated), Frankenstein (The Creature); in Thatcher’s Manifesto; in Welch’s Bespoke; in Wheeldon’s Cinderella (Fates, Spirit of Autumn/Mystery, and Courtiers), Within the Golden Hour; among many others.