Li De was born in 1988 and raised in Guangzhou, China. At the age of 12, he was selected to attend Guangdong Dance School from where he graduated in 2007. Subsequently, he was invited to audition for the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and then offered a full scholarship to the academy’s 4-year dance program.
Li De graduated in 2011 with first class honors & a Bachelor of Fine arts in Dance. Since then, Li has danced in and created performances for many other companies & festivals, including the Hong Kong City Dance Company, Mindelcat Theatre Arts Festival, Edinburgh International Fringe Festival ,Taipei Kuandu Arts Festival,The International Chinese Festival in Singapore,Internationale Tanzmesse nrw 2016 and Seoul International Dance Festival.
Li’s artistic work extends from the stage, to the screen as he makes his film debut in the role of Frankie in the upcoming movie “Passing Rain”. The feature will debut in Spring of 2017.Li has also choreographed, performed and co-produced several dance and music videos that have toured Hong Kong, San Francisco, London & Amsterdam film and arts festivals. His dance film <let’s say> awarded best choreographer from Augenblick Festival in Genoa Italy.