Xiao Nan Yu (Chinese: 于晓楠; pinyin: Yú Xiǎonán; born 1977/1978) is a principal dancer in the National Ballet of Canada.

[3] She studied at the Shenyang School of Dance (part of the Shenyang Conservatory of Music) under Xie Huizhen, and in 1991 received a performance prize in the junior division of the national Tao Li Cup (桃李杯).

[4][5] She went on to the Beijing Dance Academy, and then moved to Canada in 1995 to attend the National Ballet School on a scholarship.

[6][7][8] In 2000, Yu, a second soloist,[9] performed the role of Tatiana in the ballet Onegin.

[10] In 2008 Yu took part in a dance show set to the music of the Rolling Stones.