Dance
A dancer seeking to choreograph more, Rohan’s dance stems from their activism, as a way to advocate for human rights using the human body.
In 2019, they made their Off-Broadway debut in musical revival of Over Here! , which received a warm review on Broadway World. Other notable productions include Francois & The Rebels, a musical about the Haitian Revolution, written by Jaime Cepero and choregraphed by Angela Nicole Patmon, and Zhou-Lee’s solo choreography Homage, which raises awareness about Asian Americans killed by police. Homage premiered at the 2016 A-Squared Asian American Performing Arts Festival and later reimagined at the 2022 Unite Festival in Zurich, Switzerland. They also danced as an extra in pilot of Lovecraft Country.
At the 2025 Aktionstage Enough Festival in Zurich, they premiered Sandra | Song, a ballet poem honoring the lives of Sandra Bland and Song Yang.
Rohan trained at Northwestern University under Laura Wade, and later at the Ruth Page Center for The Arts with Birute Barodcaite, Vanessa Lake, Dolores Lipinski Long, Randall Newsom, and Tracey Von Der Haar. They completed the 2015 Dance Theatre of Harlem Summer Intensive.
View their full performance resume here.
From Off-Broadway to Lincoln Center, Rohan performs a wide range of music and dance.
Rohan dancing on a grey street wearing a blue Filipinx malong tube skirt. Photo credit Marvin Roxas
Rohan in rehearsal for the Lincoln Center Summer in the City opening concert. They are wearing a dark green shit and holing up a silver trumpet. Photo credit SIDEWALKKILLA
Trumpet
In 2024, Rohan made their Lincoln Center debut with Soundcake Orchestra’s Aural Confections by Sapphira Cristál & Monét X Change. Having previously performed with Lakeside Pride Symphony in Chicago, siya made their NYC trumpet debut with ChamberQUEER in 2021, performing Julius Eastman’s Joy Boy. At that same concert, Rohan co-wrote the lyrics for Michael Genese’s world premiere of It will look like you.
Rohan holds a Bachelor of the Arts degree in Ethnomusicology from Northwestern University.
Julius Eastman’s Joy Boy, with ChamberQUEER Ensemble
Voice.
Rohan Zhou-Lee is a tenor. See their performance of Lift Every Voice And Sing at the 2022 Unite Festival in Zurich, Switzerland.