Chung-Lin Tseng began his artistic career as a figure skater, and in 1984, won a gold medal for pair's figure
skating in the Taiwan National Championship. In 1990, he accepted a two-year, full scholarship to the Hong Kong Academy for
the Performing Arts where he developed a strong background in classical ballet and partnering technique. In the spring of
1992, Mr. Tseng had the great honor of performing in London in the production of Hong Kong Heartbeat where he was privileged
to meet Princess Diana.
Prior to coming to Texas, Mr. Tseng danced with the Universal Ballet
Company of Seoul. As a soloist for 6 years, he danced in 11 full-length and 19 one-act ballets. Mr. Tseng gained recognition
on the international stage, performing in over 100 cities and 16 countries around the world. In 1998, Mr. Tseng joined Texas
Ballet Theater where he performed as principal dancer under the direction of Ben Stevenson. He has been featured in Balanchine
roles such as Puck in Midsummer Night's Dream, Allegro Brillante, the Poet in La Sonnambula, the Waltz Boy in Serenade and
others. In the classical repertoire, he has appeared as Prince Sigfried in Swan Lake ( Second Act), the Sugar Plum Fairy's
Cavalier in The Nutcracker, the male lead in Paquita, and in Mr. Stevenson's Four Last Songs and Cinderella.
Mr. Tseng began his choreographic work as a student under the supervision of Aaron Wan. He continue developing his
talent choreographing for Universal Ballet and other professional groups in Taiwan and Italy under the supervision of Roy
Tobias. He has presented two full-length evenings of his choreography in Fort Worth with dancers from Texas Ballet Theater,
and his works were selected by the Star-Telegram as one of the "Ten Best Performing Events" of the year 2002.
In the summer 2004 Mr. Tseng staged the full-length production of La Sylphide for the Kaohsiung City
Ballet in Taiwan. Mr Tseng was appointed Visiting-Artist-In-Residence at Southern Methodist University, Division of Dance,
in 2004. In 2005-2006 has taught as part-time adjunct faculty at Texas Christian University, Department of Ballet and Modern
Dance.