Trained in Beijing Dance Institute of China, Hai Ying joined SDT in 1993 and has danced principal roles in SDT's classical repertoire including Anna in Anna Karenina, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Giselle in Giselle, Victoria Page in The Red Shoes, Cinderella in Cinderella and Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty. Other leading roles include George Balanchine's Who Cares?, Jiri Kylian's Forgotten Land, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Nacho Duato's Jardi Tancat, Stanton Welch's Maninyas, Goh Choo San's Birds of Paradise, Momentum, Unknown Territory and In the Glow of the Night, Marie-Claude Pietragalla's Les Noces and Rite of Spring, Mozart's Requeim, Lambarena and Stetl. She won the 1 st prize in Tao Li Cup Dance Competition of China in 1991 and the Grand Prix Prize at the 7th Asia Pacific International Ballet Competition in 1999. She was nominated for Benois de La Danse Prix 2003 and performed at the Gala at Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow. She was involved in Jeffrey Tan's The Nutcracker, QUEST, Legacy of Goh Choo San and played the lead roles in recent productions of La Sylphide, Swan Lake and Giselle In The Park.