Artists

Principal

Misun Kang

Birthplace : Misun Kang was born in Korea
Career

- Promoted to Principal Dancer in 2012

- Promoted to Senior Soloist in 2010

- Promoted to Soloist in 2006

- Promoted to Demi-Soloist in 2005

- Joined Universal Ballet in 2002

- Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington, D. C.

- Sun Hwa Arts Middle School

Awards

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award, Republic of Korea in 2023

- Best Female Dancer at Benois de la Danse in 2023

- 2022 Best Dancer at Dancers' Career Development Center in 2022

- Korea Dance Association’s Kim Baek Bong Award in 2018

- Seoul Dance Festival's Best Dance Performance Award in 2016

- Korea Ballet Association’s Prima Ballerina Award in 2009

- 1st Prize at Seoul International Dance Competition in 2007

- Top-Place at New Dancer National Dance Competition in 2003

- Chairman Prize at Korea Ballet Association Competition in 1997

- 1st Prize at Seoul Arts High School in 1996


Repertory

Leading roles in John Cranko’s Onegin (Tatiana), Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo & Juliet (Juliet), The Nutcracker (Clara), Giselle (Giselle), Sleeping Beauty (Aurora), Graeme Murphy's Giselle (Giselle), Swan Lake (Odette, Odile), La Bayadere (Nikia, Gamzatti), Don Quixote (Kitri), Shim Chung (Shim Chung), Bingxian Liu's The Love of Chunhyang (Chunhyang), Jiři Kylian's Petite Mort, Nacho Duato’s Duende, Nacho Duato’s Multiplicity, Nacho Duato’s Na Floresta, Hans Van Manen’s Black Cake, William Forsythe’s In the Middle and Somewhat Elevated, Ohad Naharin’s Minus 7, Yong-Soon Hue’s Imperfectly Perfect, Jiři Kylian's Sechs Tanze, Heinz Spoerli’s All Shall Be, Yong-Soon Hue’s This is Your Life, Bingxian Liu's Korea Emotion and many other roles.