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Le Yin began his formal training at the Beijing Dance Academy and continued his training with the Houston Ballet Academy, where he soon became a principal dancer with the Houston Ballet.
From 2002 until 2007, he was a principal dancer with the Pacific Northwest Ballet and performed lead male roles in Swan Lake, Cinderella, Dracula, The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Cleopatra, Le Corsaire Pas de Deux, Lux in Tenebris. A 1998 Princess Grace Award winner, Le Yin brought his outstanding talent, incredible strength, grace and athleticism to Coppelia. In 2009, he joined the PNB School faculty, and continues to perform as a guest artist with ballet companies around the
world. In his spare time, he likes to relax with video games, loves to cook, play pool, and go to ballgames. His wife Rachel Foster is a principal dancer with PNB. He describes his role as an instructor as a matter of teaching both the physical as well as the mental focus: how to present oneself; how to show yourself, and how to connect with the audience. For more information about Le Yin, please see his press kit at www.prforpeople.com/leyin
On our cover, Le Yin, amazing dancer and faculty instructor with the Pacific
Northwest Ballet is wearing a highly stylized man bun and a Tee-shirt from the
Jailbreak collection by Madina Vadache and Roman Levitsky.
Le Yin, Principal Dancer and Teacher
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