Ui-Seng François began her performing arts journey at a young age, performing in community productions and school plays. In 2007, at age 7, Ui-Seng began formal dance training in the Baltimore School for the Arts’ (BSA) after-school TWIGS Program. She later moved on to study Theatre at BSA (2018) and upon graduating high-school, attended the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University for a year of dance training before making her Broadway Debut in the revival of West Side Story in 2020. Ui-Seng has since produced various creative projects such as short films and interdisciplinary plays. She is currently a company member in Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE while continuing to freelance and develop her personal creative practice.
Throughout the years Ui-Seng has performed in works nationally and internationally including: Max Roach 100 at the Joyce Theater (2024), The Broadway Revival of West Side Story (2020), The Brighton Fringe Festival (2018); Everyman Theatre’s production of ‘Wait Until Dark’ (2016); The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s production of ‘Hairspray! In Concert’ (2016); Palm Springs Dance Festival (2019); Lauren Gunderson’s one woman show, ‘Natural Shocks’ (2018); Baltimore Ceasefire Festival (2019); and Dance & Bmore’s musical ‘Voices of Carmen’ (2020) among many others.
She has worked with choreographers such as: Ronald K. Brown, Brinae Ali, Mike Esperanza, Kevin Iega Jeff, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Sidra Bell, Yin Yue, Katherine Helen Fisher, and Matthew Cumbie to name a few.