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Kang Sue-jin

カン・スジン

Kang Sujin

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1967-04-24 (Seoul)
Nationality
South Korea
Languages
Korean
Residence History
Seoul, South Korea → Stuttgart, Germany

Career

Occupations
ballerina, principal dancer
Active Years
1986-2016
Affiliations
Stuttgart Ballet

Education

Sun Hwa Arts Middle School
Korean traditional dance
Country: South Korea
Sun Hwa Arts High School
Year of Graduation: 1982
Country: South Korea
Monte Carlo Dance School
Country: Monaco
Under Marika Besobrasova
Sookmyung Women's University
Degree: 名誉学位
Year of Graduation: 2016
Country: South Korea
Honorary degree

Awards

Prix de Lausanne
1985
Category: scholarship
Result: 奨学金受賞
Korean Young Artist Award
1998
Result: 受賞
Prix Benois de la Danse
1999
Category: 最優秀女性バレリーナ
Result: 受賞
Order of Cultural Merit (Hwa-Gwan)
1999
Organization: Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (South Korea)
Result: 受賞
Ho-Am Prize in the Arts
2001
Result: 受賞
Kammertänzerin
2007
Result: 称号授与
John Cranko Award
2007
Result: 受賞
Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
2014
Result: 受賞
Order of Cultural Merit
2018
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

I Don't Wait for Tomorrow

2013 memoir

Legacy

A South Korean ballerina who served as principal dancer at Stuttgart Ballet for many years. Known as the first and youngest Asian ballerina there, she received numerous awards.

In Popular Culture

  • In 1998, the German Orchid Society named an orchid from the Phalaenopsis genus in her honor.

Trivia

  • First Asian ballerina at Stuttgart Ballet.
  • Retired after her final performance in Korea in 2016.