Hong Lei commenced her training at The Shenyang Conservatory of Music and Dance School in China and graduated in 2006. A year later, she furthered her studies for a Diploma in Dance with the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, in Singapore, under a scholarship awarded by Singapore’s Ministry Of Education. While she was with the academy, she was involved in numerous productions such as Don Quixote, Coppélia and La Bayadère. In between, she was also recruited in some of SDT’s productions, such as The Nutcracker, Giselle and Serenade.

Hong Lei joined SDT in March 2011 as an apprentice and was promoted in September 2012. She has performed in Romeo & Juliet, Peter & Blue’s Forest Adventure, Peter & Blue Go Around The World, Swan Lake, Paquita and Sleeping Beauty and Coppélia.