Over the past decade, Yin Yue has developed a rich and extensive body of original choreographic work. In addition to works performed by her namesake company, YYDC, leading dance companies have commissioned Yin to create and perform works based on her FoCo Technique, among them: Gibney Company, Martha Graham Dance Company, Philadelphia Ballet, Limon Dance Company, Alberta Ballet, Balletto Teatro di Torino and many others. Yin has brought her teaching and choreography into outstanding school and university dance programs such as Tisch School of The Arts, Juilliard School, George Mason University, Rutgers University and Point Park University. Yin Yue was the winner of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago 2015 International Commissioning Project, winner of the 2015 BalletX Choreographic Fellowship, and winner of Northwest Dance Project’s 5th Annual Pretty Creatives International Choreographic Competition in 2013.

Commissions

2023 - BalletMet
2022 – Gibney Company, NW Dance Project, OutInner Space/Modus Operandi Dance Program
2021 – Martha Graham Dance Company, Boston Ballet
2020 – Gibney Company, Marymount Manhattan College
2019 – Philadelphia Ballet, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet (postponed), Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, NW Dance Project, Western Michigan University, Point Park University, Barnard College
2018 – Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Whim W’him, Alberta Ballet Summer Creation Project, Bruce Wood Dance Company, 10 Hairy Legs Dance, Boston Dance Theater, Ludwig Forum Museum, Rutgers University, Tisch School of The Arts, NYU, George Mason University
2017 – Limon Dance Company, Balletto Teatro di Torino, Bodytraffic Summer Intensive, Juilliard School of Dance Summer Intensive
2016 – New Dialect, NW Dance Project, Backhausdance
2015 – BalletX, Hubbard Street Dance 2, Springboard Danse Montreal
2013 – NW Dance Project

Performance, Touring, Residency

2023 - NOWHERE world premiere at Chelsea Factory
2023 - Residency at Chautauqua Institution, NOWHERE at Chelsea Factory, Gibney Presents
2022 - Asia Society Museum, Jacob's Pillow Inside Out, Rassegna Music in Italy
2021 - Residency at Bridget Street Theater, Works & Process at Guggenheim Museum, 92NY Harkness MainStage Series at Kaufmann Concert Hall
2021 & 2020 – Perry Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp, Steamboat Springs, CO; Work in Progress residency + Showing
2020 – City Center Studio 5 APAP Showcase, New York, NY
2019 – Schrittmacher Festival, Aachen, Germany
2018 – Schrittmacher Festival, Aachen, Germany; Work in progress residency + Performance at Ludwig Forum Musume
2016 – Schrittmacher Festival, Aachen, Germany
2019 – BAM Fisher, Brooklyn, NY; YYDC Production
2019 – Battery Dance Festival, New York, NY
2019 – Dance West Festival, Salt Lake City, Utah
2017/2013 – Peridance Theater, New York, NY; YYDC Production
2016/2014/2012 – Jacob’s Pillow Inside Out Festival, Becket, MA
2017 – SummerStage, New York, NY
2019 – Mason Gross Rutgers Summer Festial, New Jersey, NJ
2017 – Open Door Dance Festival, Coralville, Iowa
2018 – DanceNOW [NYC] Festival, New York, NY
2014 – Dixon Place, New York, NY
2013 – Irondale Theater, Brooklyn, NY
2013 – Jiangxi Grand Theater, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China

Awards

2021 - Harkness Promise Award presented by Dance Magazine
2019 – Nominated – Petronio Choreographer Residency Award
2018 – Nominated – Whim W’him – Princess Grace Award
2017 – Nominated – Bodytraffic – Princess Grace Award
2015 – First Place in Choreography – Shanghai Professional Dance Competition, China
2015 – Winner – BalletX Choreographic Fellowship
2015 – Winner – Hubbard Street Dance International Commission Project
2013 – Winner – NW Dance Project 5th Annual Pretty Creatives International Choreographic Competition
2013 – Audience Choice Award – DanceNOW[NYC] Festival
2010 – Finalist – The A.W.A.R.D Show by Joyce Theater Foundation
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