School Directors & Staff

Liang Fu was born in Qingdao, China. He trained at Beijing Dance Academy for 6 years before graduating in 2001. He then went on to dance with Singapore Dance Theatre, Universal Ballet Company in Seoul, South Korea and as a Senior Soloist with Cincinnati Ballet before joining Kansas City Ballet in 2014.

Mr. Fu was invited to perform at the Gala of Benois de La Danse Competition at The Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia in 2003.

In 2005, he was awarded 1st Prize at the 10th Asian Pacific International Ballet Competition in Tokyo, Japan.

Some of his repertoire includes leading roles such as Siegfried in Swan Lake, Prince Desire in The Sleeping Beauty, Albrecht in Giselle, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, James in La Sylphide, Dracula in Dracula, Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, D’Artagnan in The Three Musketeers, Escamillo in Carmen, Lucien in Paquita, Jean de Brienne in Raymonda, Snow King and Cavalier in The Nutcracker. As well as in George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, Theme and Variations, Diamonds and Serenade.

He has been featured in contemporary works including Stamping Ground, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Forgotten Land and Petite Mort by Jiří Kylián, In the Upper Room by Twyla Tharp, In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated by William Forsythe, Tabula Rasa by Ohad Naharin, Maninyas by Stanton Welch, The Man in Black by James Kudelka, Lambarena and Vivace by Val Caniparoli, Wunderland by Edwaard Liang and Petal by Helen Pickett.

Mr. Fu joined Ballet Tucson in 2022 as a Principal Dancer and as a Co-School Director of The School of Ballet Tucson along side his wife Danielle Fu. His repertoire with Ballet Tucson includes leading roles in Raymonda Variations by Chieko Imada, In Creases by Justin Peck, The Nutcracker, Allegro Brillante and Walpurgisnacht Ballet by George Balanchine, Romeo and Juliet Pas de deux by Margaret Mullin, Himiko by Chieko Imada, First Light by Price Suddarth and Bossa Nova by Chieko Imada.

Throughout the 22 years of his career, Mr. Fu taught at many ballet schools, summer intensives and master classes including Singapore Ballet Academy, Cincinnati Ballet Academy, Ballet Tech of Ohio, Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre, Georgia Academy of Dance & the Performing arts as well as The School of Ballet Tucson.