Shum Pui-yung graduated with a Master of Arts from London Contemporary Dance School in 2019. She began classical ballet training in the Christine Liao School of Ballet at the age of five, and was awarded Distinction from the Royal Academy of Dance in Ballet in Advanced 2 and Grade 8. She was also invited to participate in ‘The Genée International Ballet Competition’ in Antwerp, Belgium.

With keen interests in object-movement relationship, she is eager to explore object-oriented ontology through creative movements. She performed in several physical theatre works with the Papergang Theatre and the Contingency Theatre after completing her master’s studies. In 2021, she joined Akram Khan Company for Jungle Book Reimagined and toured across several countries till 2023.

She returned to Hong Kong and joined CCDC as a Senior Dance Artist in 2023.