Li Wentao graduated from the Secondary School of Beijing Dance Academy in 2013. He has worked in Dutch National Ballet and The National Ballet of Munich, in 2017 he entered the National Ballet of China.
He has cooperated with Christopher Weeldom, Wayne Mcgregor, John Neumeier, David Dawson, Ernst Meiser. Li Wentao has danced Solor in Natalia Makarova's La Bayadère. He also danced in many classic and modern ballets including Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, The Crane Calling, Songs and Dances of the Earth, The Red Detachment of Women, The Lady of the Camellias, Giselle, Chroma, Spartacus, The Wayward Daughter, Million Kissed on My Skin, etc.
2012 he won the Performance Award in the YAGP and the Silver Medal in the 9th National Dance Competition (Taoli Cup). While in 2013, he won the Silver Medal in the 2nd Beijing International Ballet and Choreography Competition and the Silver Medal in the 41st Prix de Lausanne. And in 2018, he won the Gold Medal in the 11th International Ballet Competition, USA. He performed in UK, America, Spain, Italy, France, Japan and Germany.