Mao has received funding from the Polaroid Foundation, the Dolfinger McMahon Foundation, the National Endowment's American Dialogue Program, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Rockefeller Foundation, and George Soros' Open Society Foundation. Michael Mao Dance has been presented at major theatres in Beijing, Suzhou, Nanjing, Guangzhou/Canton and Shanghai and New York, including: The Joyce Theater, Dance Theater Workshop, Riverside Dance Festival, LaMama, Danny and Sylvia Kaye Playhouse, Symphony Space, Bryant Park, Chelsea Art Museum, China Institute, Madison Square Garden, Purchase/PepsiCo Theatre, Webster Hall, BAM-Fisher, and Kaatsbaan International Dance Center. Educational work While working on his MA, Mao taught literature and language at Harvard University, Boston University and Clark University. He has taught dance & choreography at David Howard Dance Center, Princeton University, Boston Conservatory, Jacob's Pillow Dance, University of Wisconsin at Madison, and Agnes Scott College. Mao has served as a panelist for Mid-Atlantic Arts Alliance, Pennsylvania-On-Tour, Center for Arts Education, Tribeca Performing Arts Complex, New York State Council On the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Center for Arts Education, and the National Endowment for the Arts. For his work with teenage immigrants using modern dance movements to master the English language through his trademarked training method, ESLdance, Mao was awarded by the New York State Foreign Language Teachers Association. In honor of his career achievements and his contributions to the dance field at large, Mao was awarded by Alto Jonio Dance Festival in 2011. Currently, in addition to mentoring The Italian International Dance Festival and evaluating Albania's Tirana Youth Ballet, Mao is a planner, writer, and facilitator for the New York City Department of Education’s BLUEPRINT FOR DANCE. References External links Michael Mao Dance (Official Website) Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American choreographers American directors American male dancers American people of Chinese descent Harvard University alumni American LGBT people of Asian descent Modern dancers Princeton University alumni Educators from Shanghai