Lin Yee Goh & Choo Chiat Goh
William j.S. Boyle Dance Luminaries
Lin Yee Goh & Choo Chiat Goh
Choo Chiat Goh began his training as a dancer on a scholarship at London’s Royal Ballet, where he studied with several great pioneers of ballet. At age 16, he was invited to join the London Festival Ballet, but declined to study in Beijing. Graduating from the Beijing Dance Academy in 1959, he joined the Central Ballet of China, becoming principal dancer and performing lead roles in the ballet classics.
Lin Yee Goh’s early training was at the Beijing Dance Academy where she also learned the art of teaching. Upon graduation, she was invited to join the Central Ballet of China, where she danced for nearly two decades and became one of the company’s ballet mistresses. She further cultivated and fine-tuned her teaching skills by attending courses at the Royal Academy of Dance and later returned to China to complete her studies.
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In 1978, on a quest to establish a prestigious dance institute in their new home of Vancouver with a goal of artistic excellence and cultural awareness, the Gohs founded the Goh Ballet Academy. And in 1979, The Goh Ballet Youth Company was created for aspiring young dancers to transition from students to professionals. The Academy has worked with Canadian ballet luminaries such as Anna-Marie Holmes, Evelyn Hart, and Rex Harrington, and has toured and arranged collaborative productions with companies in Canada, China, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, and the U.S.
In recognition of their accomplishments, the Gohs were presented with the 2003 City of Vancouver Civic Merit Award and the 2006 BC Community Achievement Award.
