Hae Kyung Lee received Bachelor of Arts at Ewha University in Seoul, Korea and Master of Arts from UCLA. She is the artistic director, founder and choreographer of “Hae Kyung Lee & Dancers “ and has performed throughout Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the United States.  She is a founding member of the Chopsticks & Sneakers Dance Company, Fall Ahead Dance and Performance Festival and Seoul Contemporary Dance Company. Hae Kyung Lee has performed in the Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival; The Asian American Choreographer’s Showcase; Café de la dance and the Mandapa Theater in Paris, France; the International Korean Dance Festival in Seoul, Korea; Festival Drummondville in Quebec, Canada; Danse Fraiche at Sushi Performance Gallery. Soho Arts Festival in New York, Universitaet Mainz, Germany, Belluard Bollwerk International (BBI) Festival in Fribourg, Switzerland, Festspielhaus Hellerau in Germany, Tanzwoche Festival in Dresden, Germany, the Getty Museum, and the ODC Theatre in San Francisco the ChangMu International Dance Festival and at the LG Arts Center in Seoul, Korea.

Hae Kyung Lee has been the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, U.S. Artists at International Festivals, the California Arts Council, (COLA) City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Fellowship from Cultural Affairs, the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, the James Irvine Foundation California DanceMaker Choreography Fellowship, the National State County Partnership and the National Endowment for the Arts Choreography Fellowship, and The Durfee Foundation. Currently, she is a faculty in the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance at California State University, Los Angeles.