ABOUT / DANCERS
dollie joy diaz
Dollie was born and raised in the Philippines. In 2011, she started her dance education abroad at Columbia College Chicago and graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Dance. She has training in many styles such as Filipino cultural dance, Chinese classical dance, ballet, modern, and hip-hop.
In 2013, She was casted in visiting professor from Central China Normal University, Mr. Zhang Yi's faculty concert piece named Walking (行). She received a training scholarship after joining BoomCrack! Summer dance intensive in 2015 and performed Chinese dance at various event across Chicago area with Yin He Dance Company. Currently, she's a dance instructor and dance director of WKPOP.
Aside from dancing, she is multilingual fluent in Tagalog, English, Mandarin and Fookien and is getting a degree for physical therapy.
Doremi Feng
Doremi started learning dance in kindergarten and has since developed diverse interests in a variety of dance styles. She obtained a Silver level certificate in International Latin during primary school, trained with her school dance teams throughout her teenage years competing in Chinese Classical and folk dances, tap and modern, and served as the captain of her high school dance team for three years. More recently at the 2016-2017 Overseas Taoli Cup Competition, she won a Gold award in the Midwest Regional with a solo Classical Chinese piece, and then another Gold in the World Final with a contemporary group piece. She now choreographs and dances with an audition-based contemporary dance group as well as multiple traditional Chinese dance groups at the University of Chicago, and actively attends classes and workshops in ballet, jazz, and ballroom. She joined Yin He in March 2017.
When not dancing, Doremi enjoys petting her foster cat(s), doing research in immunology and translating all kinds of fun stuff between English and Chinese.
Hana Liu
Born and raised in Chicago, Hana grew up regularly taking dance lessons with Qiu Yue Jin. She later joined Yin He Dance Company as an apprentice dancer and was awarded the Ethnic & Folk Arts Master Apprentice Grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency for an apprenticeship under Angela Tam. During her time as an apprentice, she was introduced to ballet and contemporary dance in addition to further refining her Chinese dance skills and technique.
She participated in the 2018 Taoli Cup Midwest Regional competition with a solo piece, Ta Xue (踏雪) and placed into the platinum rank.
Judy Liu
Judy's interest in dance began at five years old under the instruction of Pao Ling Ling. She was previously the president of Jade, the Chinese dance club at Walter Payton College Prep. Along with Sabrina, they led their team to a platinum ranking at the Tao Li Cup Midwestern Regionals in the 2017-18 school year and to the gold ranking at Tao Li Cup in New York in 2019. Her time with Yin He exposed her to the various genres of Chinese dance and even ballet. Currently, she is a student at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She plans to have a career in the dental industry as well as continue to dance with Yin He. Judy is looking forward to doing great things with Yin He Dance.
Sabrina Shih
Sabrina Shih began training in traditional Chinese dance from the age of 8, under the instruction of Pao Ling Ling. She has been dancing for 10 years, training in ballet, pointe in addition to Chinese dance. Her education can be attributed to the Chicago Multicultural Dance Center, Joffrey Ballet, Academy of Dance Alliance, Intrigue Dance and Performing Arts Center, Chicago Dance Academy, and the Ling Ling Pao Dance Troupe. In addition, Sabrina has had the opportunity to perform in Chinese Fine Arts Society’s Chinese New Year at Navy Pier, Chinese New Year Party of Greater Chicago Unity (2016-2018), and the Great Chicago Fire Festival. Recently, Sabrina participated in the Tao Li Midwestern Regionals, winning platinum with her school Chinese dance group and is currently an instructor for the group.
Sabrina was a part of Yin He’s Summer Apprentice Program and is thrilled to be continuing her Chinese dance adventures as a Yin He apprentice.
Angela Tam
Angela Tam is the founding Artistic Director of Yin He Dance Company. She is a dancer, choreographer, and teaching artist.
A Chicago native, Angela began dancing as a child under Qiu Yue Jin. Since then, Angela has studied Chinese dance under Margaret Yuen and Grant Zhuang among others. She has also received instruction in ballet, jazz, contemporary, and classical Japanese dance.
She has performed as a featured soloist at Choose Chicago's citywide Chinese New Year Kick Off events at Chicago Cultural Center presented by Chinese Fine Arts Society. She is a multi-year recipient of the Ethnic & Folk Arts Master Apprentice Grant from Illinois Arts Council Agency, most recently in 2022. She received her BA in East Asian Studies from New York University and holds a certificate in Arts and Culture Strategy from the University of Pennsylvania.
Since founding Yin He Dance Company, Angela has been devoted to sharing her love of Chinese dance as a performer and educator. She also choreographs folkloric and contemporary work.
Amy Xie
Amy, a founding member of Yin He Dance Company, began dancing as a child with Qiu Yue Jin. In her teens, she developed a strong interest for various Chinese dance styles, specifically Chinese classical dance. In addition to dancing, she is also a dance instructor who has taught in various schools and programs around the Chicago area. She has a bachelor’s degree in business management and is currently pursuing her Master’s in Accounting.
Over the years, she has participated in several international and local competitions. At the 2017 Midwestern Regionals Taoli Cup Competition, she placed gold for a duet and group dance and placed silver for a trio. At the 2012 Global Chinese Dance Competition in Shenzhen, China, she won Best Team Award for group dance Tao Yao.
Apprentice Dancers
Kelly Liu
Kelly Liu was born and raised in Chicago. She started doing Chinese traditional dance at the age of 5 under Pao Ling Ling, and further improved her dancing technique in modern, jazz, hip hop, and ballet at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School as a part of the school’s pre-professional dance company, Guys and Dolls. She is currently an undergraduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is excited to continue improving her skills in Chinese dance through her being a part of Yin He’s apprenticeship program.
Wendy RuAn
Wendy Ruan began dancing at the age of 7 at the Chinese American Service League and continued dancing during her years at Walter Payton College Prep. As vice president of the Chinese dance club at her high school, she won gold with her team at the 2019 Taoli Cup Midwestern Regionals and platinum at the 2017 Taoli Cup Midwestern Regionals.
Wendy participated in Yin He's Summer Apprentice Program and is eager to continue learning and improving her dance skills as a company apprentice.