PO-LIN TUNG
Company Wayne McGregor JESSICA WRIGHT
Company Wayne McGregor
Born in Yilan, Taiwan, Po-Lin
Tung is Atayal, one of the
Taiwanese aboriginal tribes.
From 2009—13 Po-Lin studied
dance performance at the Taipei
National University of the Arts.
Po-Lin toured Taiwan and the
United States in 2012 as a
member of Fang Yi Sheu and
Artists for a year whilst studying
at the school. In 2013 Po-Lin
worked with the Gelsey Kirkland
Ballet in New York City for one
season, followed by the Mexican
company Tania Pérez-Salas
Compañía de Danza in Mexico
City, and the United States from
2014—15. In 2015
Po-Lin worked as a freelance
dancer in New York City with a
number of companies whilst
training with Zvi Gotheiner and
Jon Ole Olstad. Po-Lin joined
Company Wayne McGregor
in 2016. Jessica Wright trained at
Central School of Ballet, London,
before joining D.A.N.C.E., an
interdisciplinary programme
based in Brussels, Aix-en-
Provence and Dresden. During
this time Jessica performed
with the Forsythe Company in
Human Writes and danced in
new works by Wayne McGregor,
Preljocaj and Flamand. Jessica has
restaged excerpts of Company
Wayne McGregor works Entity
and FAR for Milano City Ballet
and Compagnie Grenade (Aix en
Provence). Jessica also makes
dance films in collaboration with
choreographer Morgann Runacre-
Temple. Their films have screened
at international festivals including
FIFA, Cinedans, Agite y Sirva and
ScreenDance. The Try Out was
nominated for two awards at
IMZ’s prestigious DanceScreen
Festival (2016). Curing Albrecht
(2017) was commissioned by
ENB as a curtain-raiser to Akram
Khan’s Giselle. It was awarded
Best Dance Film at the New
Renaissance Film Festival (UK)
and Best Director at Portland
Dance Film Festival (USA) in 2017.
Jessica joined company Wayne
McGregor in 2008.