Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Frances Chung trained at Goh Ballet Academy before joining San Francisco Ballet in 2001. She was promoted to soloist in 2005 and to principal dancer in 2009. Chung has danced such major roles as Odette/Odile in Tomasson’s Swan Lake; Aurora in Tomasson’s The Sleeping Beauty; Swanilda in Balanchine’s Coppélia; Cinderella in Wheeldon’s Cinderella, Elizabeth Lavenza in Scarlett’s Frankenstein; Giselle in Tomasson’s Giselle; Sugar Plum Fairy and Snow Queen in The Nutcracker; Kitri in Tomasson/ Possokhov’s Don Quixote. Her repertory includes ballets by Balanchine, Forsythe, MacMillan, Nureyev, Robbins, and Christopher Wheeldon. As a guest artist, Chung has performed in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Chung has also received the Isadora Duncan Award for Outstanding Achievement in Performance.