Born in: Taipei, Taiwan
Performing with Shen Yun since: 2013
Michelle Lian won first place in the 2018 New Tang Dynasty Television International Classical Chinese Dance Competition (adult female division) after having previously won consecutive first-place titles in the junior division of the biennial competition in 2014 and 2016. She studied classical Chinese dance at the New York-based Fei Tian Academy of the Arts and earned a bachelor’s degree, graduating summa cum laude, from Fei Tian College, where she also earned her Master of Fine Arts in Classical Chinese Dance.