Ivy Chung

Program Director & Ballet teacher, Professional Ballet Program

Ms. Ivy Chung started professional career in 1993 as a graduate from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, working with renowned artists all over the world and winning three Favorite Dancer awards from the Friends of Hong Kong Ballet. She founded her own school and ballet company in Hong Kong in 2002. In 2013, Ms. Chung was appointed Honorary President of Hong Kong Youth Art Appreciation Association and Adjudicator of Hong Kong Dance Federation. In 2014, Ivy founded the international dance education and competition organization Canaan Dance, which is supported by significant ballet organizations from all over the world. In 2018, she also received the Award for Outstanding Dance Artist from the Hong Kong Dance Federation for her work in developing the ballet scene in Hong Kong.

Five years ago, Ivy founded the Asia Ballet Academy (ABA) in Malaysia which focuses on the Vaganova method she will be teaching in the Professional Ballet Program here at Stagelights. ABA has been voted as the number one ballet school in Kuala Lumpur by Tally Press, and she was selected by British Publishing House to be featured in the Successful People in Malaysia in recognition of her work in the development of Ballet in Malaysia. She is also a Registered Teacher of the Royal Academy of Dance, The Commonwealth Society of Teachers of Dancing, and the Russian Ballet Association.

Ms. Chung is an incredibly accomplished, world-renowned performer-turned-teacher of ballet, with decades of achievement in the international ballet world. More details about Ms. Chung can also be found on her website at https://www.asiaballetacademy.com/ms-ivy-chung.