Classical Ballet

Soon Hue was born in Inchon (South Korea) and received her training at the "Sunhwa Arts School" in Seoul (with Adrian Dallas) and at the "Academie de danse classique de Princesse Grace" in Monte Carlo (with Marika Besobrasova). Engagements led the solo dancer to the Frankfurt Ballet (with Egon Madson and William Forsythe), the Zurich Ballet (with Uwe Scholz), the Ballet Basel (with Heinz Spoerli and Youri Vámos) and the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf/Duisburg. She has danced numerous principal and solo roles in choreographies by Mats Ek, Youri Vámos, Nils Christe, Heinz Spoerli, William Forsythe, Uwe Scholz, Hans van Manen, John Cranko, George Balanchine, Judith Jamison and Paul Taylor.
Young Soon Hue has been successfully working internationally as a choreographer since 2001 and has choreographed over 42 ballets in her career, including "Romeo and Juliet", "Carmen", "Carmina Burana", "The Firebird", "Noname?", "Imperfectly Perfect", "Reminiscence", "If" "Contrast", "The edge of the circle", "Illusion", "Wave of Emotions", and many more. Her works have been and are in the repertoire of international companies such as Tulsa Ballet/USA, Queensland Ballet/Australia, National Ballet of Korea/Korea, Universal Ballet Company/Korea, Ankara Ballet/Turkey, Ballett am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg/Germany, Aalto Ballett Theater Essen/Germany, Seoul Ballet Theater/Korea, Ballet Blanc/Korea, Staatstehater Augsburg/Germany and Landestheater Coburg/Germany. Young Soon Hue has been invited with her works to international galas and festivals such as Zagreb International Ballet Festival, Ballet EXPO in Korea, The Korea World Stars Dance Festival, International Ballet Gala of Ballet Kiel, Queensland International Ballet Festivals, Hagen International Aids Gala and Pusan International Ballet Festival. In 2006, she was named the best choreographer of the year by Korea's largest dance magazine. In 2009, she received the Dance Critics Award in Korea for "This is your life" as the best choreographer and for "Wave of Emotions" as the best piece. In 2010, her piece "El susurro del Tiempo" was awarded again by the Dance Critics.
In 2010 and 2011, Young Soon Hue was invited to work as artistic director for The Korea World Stars Dance Festival and Seoul International Ballet Festival. August 2012, she is invited to "Ballet EXPO 2012" as a choreographer & co-organizer and created the piece "Transparent Moment" for it. In December 2013, she again received the Korean Ballet Association Best Choreography 2013 award for the piece "The Moment". For the same piece, she won two more awards from dance critics and dance magazine "MOM" in 2014. She lives in Düsseldorf/Germany and is also invited as a guest teacher to different ballet companies and universities in Europe, Korea and Japan.