Justin Lui was born in Toronto and began dancing at age 13, learning Chinese classical dance and folk dance from Chaminade Chan Man-Bun at Norman Dance Company. He has since trained in a variety of Chinese ethnic minority dances, classical ballet, and street dance styles. He has performed with the Little Pear Garden Dance Company under Artistic Director Emily Cheung and Toronto International Ballet Theatre under Artistic Director Tatiana Stepanova. He currently lives in Ottawa and is a collective member of the Autumn Melody Collective.

Katherine is actively working as a professional dancer since 2014. Born and raised in Ottawa, she graduated from The School of Dance Contemporary Dance Diploma under director Sylvie Desrosiers. Her career began in Montréal, where Katherine participating in many international dance festivals. She also had the opportunity to work on a touring production called Pearl Production with choreographer Daniel Ezralow. Where East meets West, Pearl Production had an exchange with dancers from Nanjing, China. Her last contract was with MGM in Macau, where she had worked with Michael Jackson’s trusty choreographer Travis Payne. Now based in Ottawa, Ontario, she has begun exploring her own visions as a choreographer and solo artist and has been the recipient of Ottawa Arts Council, City of Ottawa, Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts funding for professional development, creation and public presentation. Katherine is still continuously dancing for Canadian Choreographers, and is actively training in the circus discipline contortion. 

William Lau is a graduate of York University’s Master of Fine Arts program in dance. A refined performer and passionate cultural worker, he was trained in both Chinese traditional dance and Western classical ballet and now specializes in the Dan (female roles) in Peking opera. William has promoted the richness of Chinese dance and opera to a wide range of audiences nationally and internationally as well as training and mentoring of a new generation of Chinese-Canadian dance artists. He has toured nationally and his international performance engagements include the United States including Hawaii and Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, China, Indonesia, Thailand and Mexico. William has also brought Chinese performing arts to mainstream communities by conducting workshops, lectures and demonstrations at various academic institutions and artistic companies as well as museums and cultural organizations. He has pushed the boundaries of traditional arts practices by collaborating with professional performers of different artistic disciplines and diverse cultural backgrounds and has collaborated in various musical and theatrical projects. With a deep passion for the arts, his professional experience includes work as an artist, program officer, manager, producer, and researcher.