Le ZHANG

Like a white cloud floating in, I saw the girl in a white dress coming. Her name is Zhang Le. She was the youngest dancer in the Sydney Chinese Dance Company at that time, and is also an indispensable young dancer with comprehensive development potential in the Sydney Chinese Dance Company today.

Zhang Le started studying dance at the Jilin Art Institute at the age of 9. His first teacher was Li Shunyang, vice chairman of the Jilin Dancers Association. At the age of 11, he studied under the famous Chinese dancer Wang Xiaoyan. At the age of 17, he came to Australia to join the Sydney Chinese Dance Company and became an excellent solo dancer in our company.

After coming to Australia, Zhang Le studied at Concord High School. During the two years of high school, he won six outstanding academic awards and the DUX Awards when he graduated. Zhang Le studied translation at the University of Sydney for undergraduate studies. He was on the Dean’s Merit List for three consecutive years. In 2012, he won the William Chiu Award for Interpreting & Translation and the Dean’s Medal for Outstanding Scholarship. He also passed the Australian National Level 3 Translation Certificate and became an honorary member of the Golden Key International Honor Society in the same year.

After that, she studied for a Master of Media Practice at the University of Sydney and interned at 2AC Australian Chinese Radio and Australian Oriental Chinese Radio. Since 2009, she has been nominated by the principal of Concord High School and selected by the New South Wales Education Department to become an International Student Ambassador. She has been in this position ever since, attending various state education department meetings and activities to promote educational exchanges between China and Australia.

Zhang Le’s father is a comprehensive artist who combines culture and calligraphy. Under the influence of her father, Zhang Le has become a girl with connotation and artistic temperament. Zhang Le has the qualities of a standard dancer: a handsome face and a slender figure, always a highlight on the stage. She has a solid foundation in dance, and is proficient in Chinese classical traditional dance, ballet, and modern dance. Her graceful and soft dance posture on the stage, and her sometimes soaring movements are surprising and unforgettable. Although she suffered from a waist injury during training, it did not reduce her love and pursuit of dance in the slightest. “Dance art is an indispensable part of my life, it is the light of my life,” Zhang Le once said. In Zhang Le’s eyes, dancers are the most glorious identity in the world.

In addition to dance, she has a wide range of hobbies and is very talented in languages. In addition to English, she also taught herself Cantonese and Japanese. She loves literature. During her university years, the Australian New Times published a literary academic review written by Zhang Le. She also has a deep attainment in stone carving, and many calligraphy lovers love her seals. She doesn’t talk much, but she is very serious and organized in her work. She never cares about personal gains and losses and is humble and honest.

This lovely and pretty girl always dances in the wind like the flawless white dress she wears, like a white cloud flying from the horizon, agile, beautiful and free. Let us hope that her graceful dance can continue to be performed freely on the Australian stage.

Le Zhang started learning dancing when she was nine years old in Jilin College of the Arts. Le came to Australia in 2007 and only one year later, she joined the Sydney Chinese Dance Group and has now become one of the excellent leading dancers.As a full time student, Le’s academic achievements could not have been more impressive. Le was awarded Outstanding Academic Achievements six times during her two years study at Concord High School from where she graduated in 2009 as the School DUX. During her three years at the University of Western Sydney studying Bachelor of Translation and Interpreting, Le was on the Dean’s List every year, and graduated with William Chiu Award for Interpreting & Translation and Dean’s Medal for Outstanding Scholarship. In In 2010, Le became a NAATI accredited professional translator and member of Golden Key International Honor Society.After finishing her Master Degree in Media Practice at the University of Sydney, Le started her internship at 2ac Australian Chinese Radio and 2OR Australia Oriental Radio where her horizons of media and arts were broadened. In 2009, Le was appointed by the NSW Department of Education & Communities as International Student Ambassador and has been representing NSW government schools in various functions and events ever since, contributing to the educational communication between Australia and China.Le believes that she inherits her love of arts from her father who is a calligraphy artist. Dance, as one major form of performing arts, has long been Le’s favorite. Le loves and excels at various types of dancing, including Classical Chinese dance, ballet , folk dance and contemporary. Even though Le suffered from serious waist injury which nearly destroyed her dream of dancing when she was 13 years old, Le has never given up her love and passion towards the art of dance and has now become one of the excellent leading dancers of the Sydney Chinese Dance Group, enjoying her life in Australia as a dancer. “The art of dance is an indispensible part of me. It is the light of my life,” Le once said. Dancer, in Le’s eyes, is the most glorious identity in this world.Apart from dancing, Le also has great passion in language learning, literature, and Chinese traditional seal engraving. As an excellent dancer of Sydney Chinese Dance Group, Le hopes that she can contribute through her knowledge and skills to the promotion of Chinese culture and art in the amazing multicultural nation of Australia.