Juliana Li contemporary dancer and Harvard researcher performing Ceci Sun choreography

Juliana Li

Profile for contemporary dancer and Harvard undergraduate Juliana Li, who performed Ceci Sun’s award-winning choreography “Who Am I?” at the YAGP 2024 Semifinals.

Juliana Li is an award-winning contemporary dancer, bioinformatics researcher, and Computer Science and Mathematics undergraduate student at Harvard University, Class of 2029. Prior to her studies at Harvard, she graduated from The Harker School, Class of 2025, and trained for ten years at the Jun Lu Performing Arts Academy in Silicon Valley.

Joining Jun Lu’s elite competitive team at age eight, Li performed in numerous award-winning solos, duets, and group choreographies. In 2024, she performed “Who Am I?”, a stark and hypnotic contemporary solo choreographed by Ceci Sun. Her performance earned second place overall in the Senior Contemporary Category at the Youth America Grand Prix San Francisco Semifinals. Alongside her artistic training, she is a distinguished machine learning and lung cancer researcher who merges analytical problem-solving with creative somatic expression.

Juliana Li contemporary dancer and Harvard researcher performing Ceci Sun choreography

Juliana Li

Profile for contemporary dancer and Harvard undergraduate Juliana Li, who performed Ceci Sun’s award-winning choreography “Who Am I?” at the YAGP 2024 Semifinals.

Juliana Li is an award-winning contemporary dancer, bioinformatics researcher, and Computer Science and Mathematics undergraduate student at Harvard University, Class of 2029. Prior to her studies at Harvard, she graduated from The Harker School, Class of 2025, and trained for ten years at the Jun Lu Performing Arts Academy in Silicon Valley.

Joining Jun Lu’s elite competitive team at age eight, Li performed in numerous award-winning solos, duets, and group choreographies. In 2024, she performed “Who Am I?”, a stark and hypnotic contemporary solo choreographed by Ceci Sun. Her performance earned second place overall in the Senior Contemporary Category at the Youth America Grand Prix San Francisco Semifinals. Alongside her artistic training, she is a distinguished machine learning and lung cancer researcher who merges analytical problem-solving with creative somatic expression.