Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese culture. 'Ballet, a Sex Change and a Small Revolution: The Odyssey of Jin Xing'. Even God's Mistake Could Not Block My Dream. 'Review/Dance An International Touch To American Festival'. 'Jin Xing: from Chinese army officer to dancing TV stardom'. ^ a b Branigan, Tania (10 September 2012).

^ Fontdeglòria, Xavier (24 April 2017).'Beijing Journal As China Changes, a Sex Change Can Bring Fame'. ^ a b c Faison, Seth (14 September 1999).^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Wang, Vivian Dong, Joy (16 July 2021).Resurrection of the Little Match Girl (2002).She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2017. In addition to her native Chinese, she can speak English, Korean, Japanese, Italian, and French. She currently lives with her husband and children in Shanghai. She married her German husband Heinz Gerd Oidtmann in 2005. At the age of 33, Jin adopted a son and then two other children she raised by herself until her marriage in 2005. She underwent sex reassignment surgery in 1995 in Beijing. When Jin was six years old, she went outside during a storm, hoping that 'lightning would strike and transform her into a girl'. In March 2022, Jin shared a post on Sina Weibo where she criticised President of Russia Vladimir Putin for launching military invasion into Ukraine. In May 2021, she appeared in an advertising campaign for Dior to promote the empowerment and independence of women.

She participated in the Stock Exchange of Visions project in 2007. Jin and her husband were contestants on The Amazing Race China 3 in 2016, where they finished 6th. If she were a male chauvinist, she said, she would have continued living as a man.' She has also advocated against gender discrimination in employment. According to Vivian Wang and Joy Dong of The New York Times, Jin 'bristles at being called a conservative. The show received criticism for portraying a conservative view on marriage and the role of women in the family. In 2016, she began hosting the dating show Chinese Dating with the Parents, where parents decide on a prospective wife for their sons. Jin hosted her own television chat show The Jin Xing Show on Dragon TV between 20. This is the biggest weakness of Chinese TV and I hate it! I hope that on 'So You Think You Can Dance' we won't use people's pain, we won't use people's sympathy, we won't use people's suffering.' Audiences appreciated her raw honesty, and nine months later she had her own nationally broadcast show. She stated, 'Chinese TV always digs at people's scars, consumes their pain. Jin went viral when she scathingly commented on the show's host's attempt to turn a contestant's injury into a sob story. In 2013, she began her television career as a judge on China's first season of So You Think You Can Dance. In 2005, she appeared in the Thai movie Tom-Yum-Goong as the villain Madame Rose. Her film debut was in the Korean movie Resurrection of the Little Match Girl in 2002. Jin's dancing works are described by the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture as 'startlingly original and provocative.' These include The Imperial Concubine Has Been Drunk for Ages ( Guifei zui jiu, an adaptation of the famous Peking opera title) and Cross Border–Crossing the Line ( Cong dong dao xi, a collaboration with British pianist Joanna MacGregor). In 1999, she opened her dance troupe, Jin Xing Dance Theatre. Her left leg was paralyzed for three months after the surgery. She underwent sex reassignment surgery in 1995. Career Dance įollowing her studies, Jin traveled and performed in Europe, and taught dance in Rome and Belgium, followed by a world tour, and returned to China in 1993. In 1989, Jin went to New York to study modern dance for four years, studying under modern dance pioneers such as Limon, Cunningham, and Graham. She won a scholarship to dance in New York. She later won the national dance contest with a Central Asian ethnic dance piece. After graduation, she returned to the Shenyang military dance troupe, eventually attained the rank of colonel. At age 12, she transferred to the People's Liberation Army Art Academy, graduating in 1984. At age 9, she joined the People's Liberation Army to receive dance and military training from a troupe affiliated with the Shenyang Military Region. She was very enthusiastic about dance performance. She was noted for her intelligence, and had won abacus contests many times. Her mother was a translator, and her father was a military intelligence officer. Jin studied in a local Chosonjok-Chinese elementary school. Jin was born in 1967 in Shenyang, China, to an ethnic Korean family ( Chosŏnjok). Jin Xing ( Chinese: 金星 pinyin: Jīn Xīng Korean: 김성 born August 13, 1967) is a Chinese ballerina, modern dancer, choreographer, actress, founder and artistic director of the contemporary dance company Shanghai.

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