From Sept. 7 to Sept. 10, 140 dancers from North America, Europe, and Asia are competing in the 10th NTD International Classical Chinese Dance Competition in Purchase, New York.
The preliminary rounds on Sept. 7 and Sept. 8, the semifinal round on Sept. 9, and the finals on Sept. 10 will be livestreamed.
Dancers are competing in four divisions: junior male and female, and adult male and female.
The second day ended with 50 adult division dancers making it to the semifinal round.
Female Adult Division
- Qinghui Pan
- Jenni Song
- Kathy Rui Wu
- Amy Yu
- Jiayuan Yang
- Judy Lo
- Tara NcDonnell
- Jessica Si
- Yingmei Zheng
- Justina Wang
- Claire Jiao
- Victoria Li
- Angela Lin
- Olivia Chang
- Anna Huang
- Laura Li
- Anna Wang
- Jenna Chen
- Madeline Chen
- Luna Yu
- Grace Huang
- Bella Fan
- Amber Liu
- Nancy Xu
- Cecilia Wang
- Lillian Parker
- Yinian Chen
- Carol Huang
Male Adult Division
- Yuanming Chen
- Daniel Sun
- Nick Zhao
- Tony Zhao
- Alex Chiang
- Lee Rubacek
- Johnny Tsai
- Henry Hung
- Aaron Huynh
- Jesse Browde
- Alan Lee
- Bill Huang
- Felix Sun
- Rusong Sun
- Ethan Gao
- Michael Hu
- Ben Huang
- Hungwei Sun
- Daniel Zhang
- Guanxiang Guo
- David Xiao
- Yoshiaki Morita
Yingmei Zheng performs in the preliminary round of the NTD International Classical Chinese Dance Competition in Purchase, New York, on Sept. 8, 2023. Larry Dye
Competition Schedule
Preliminary–Junior Division: Sept. 7, 10 a.m.–4:50 p.m. ET Preliminary–Adult Division: Sept. 8, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. ET Semifinals: Sept. 9, 10 a.m.–6:30 p.m. ET Finals: Sept. 10, 1 p.m.–6 p.m. ET Technical Showcase and Awards Ceremony: Sept. 10, 7 p.m.–8 p.m. ET
Dancers take to the stage for the preliminary round of the NTD International Classical Chinese Dance Competition in Purchase, New York, on Sept. 8, 2023. Larry Dye
Watch Livestreams Here
TV: Find NTD on your local channel: NTD.com/TV
Gan Jing World: NTD Gan Jing World
App: NTD app from Apple Store and Google Play
YouTube: NTD YouTube and The Epoch Times YouTube
Facebook: NTD Facebook
Jenni Song performs "Faith" in the preliminary round of the NTD International Classical Chinese Dance Competition in Purchase, New York, on Sept. 8, 2023. Larry Dye
