After his arrival in the U.S., Mr. Jiang danced with the Joffrey Ballet Concert Group, Twyla Tharp Dancers, and the New York Chinese Cultural Center, then joined Ballet West in 1986 as a Soloist and was promoted to Principal Dancer in 1988.

He has performed almost every leading role in the classical ballet repertoire, and has also danced a full range of contemporary ballets created by world-renowned choreographers such as George Balanchine, Antony Tudor, Frederick Ashton, John Cranko, Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, Glen Tetley, Birgit Culberg, Choo-san Goh, William Forsythe, Ben Stevenson, and Hans Van Manen.

Mr. Jiang has also served as guest dancer, teacher, and choreographer for companies and schools around the world, including the Hong Kong Ballet, Guangzhou Ballet of China, Singapore Dance Theater, Toshiko Sato of Japan, Cincinnati Ballet, Balletmet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Beijing Dance academy, Hong Kong Jean M. Wong Ballet School, Shanghai Dance Academy, Joffrey Ballet School, Alaska Dance Theater, Metropolitan Ballet of Dallas, Utah Ballet, Utah Regional Ballet, Mount Holyoke Dance Ensemble, and the Joffrey Midwest Workshop.

Mr. Jiang was Ballet Master of Ballet West from 1999 to 2001, and joined the College Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati Dance Division as an Assistant Professor and Artistic Director of Ballet in 2001; he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2005.

Mr. Jiang has served as a Dance Panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, from which he received an award for Artistic Excellence. He has also served as an Adjudicator for both the Ohio Choreography Competition and the Guangzhou Ballet Dancers’ Competition.

In 2005 Jiang Qi was appointed Artistic Director of Dance China NY in New York City. His recent work “Undetermined Space” — which he choreographed for the Shanghai Dance Academy — received the Bronze Award for Choreography at the 2008 Chinese National Lotus Cup Dance Competition.