Yvonne Ng, B.F.A, M.A. is a dancer, choreographer, presenter, producer, curator and arts educator. She is the Artistic Director and creative instigator behind tiger princess dance projects, which has been in operation since 1996. Yvonne founded the presentation series dance: made in canada / fait au canada Festival in 2001. Joined by festival co-directors Janelle Rainville and Jeff Morris, in 2011 Yvonne transitioned the series into a biennial festival that presents the work of contemporary choreographers from across Canada.
Of Peranakan Chinese descent, Yvonne was born and raised in Singapore and moved to Canada in the late ‘80’s where she completed her B.F.A. Honours (receiving the Dean’s Award for Excellence) at York University. Yvonne received her Masters in dance (York University) focusing on evaluating arts-based Intergenerational Practice programming. Ng began her training with Madam Goh Soo Khim at the Singapore Ballet Academy. Even before completing her BFA at York University, she had co-founded the dance company, Dance Allegro and was in demand in Toronto’s contemporary dance community. After a year in the Danny Grossman Dance Company and Northern Lights Dance Theatre, she left to work with choreographers such as Bill James (from 1992-2002), José Navas, Menaka Thakkar, Marie-Josée Chartier, Peter Chin, Dominique Dumais and Kevin O’Day (National Theatre Mannheim Ballett), Stephanie Skura, Deborah Hay and Tedd Robinson, to name a few.