As a ballet dancer, Guo Xiaotian has danced "Xiaopang" in The Red Detachment of Women and "Military Officer" in The Little Mermaid. He also danced many repertoire of National Ballet of China, including Don Quixote, Raise the Red Lantern, The Yellow River, The Crane Calling, Swan Lake, Giselle, Romeo and Juliet, The Peony Pavilion, La Bayadère, La Sylphide, La Chauve-souris, L’ Arlesienne, Carmen, The Nutcracker (Chinese Version), Song of the Earth, Spring and Fall, Four Seasons, etc.

He won the Outstanding Performance Award in 2008 Beijing International Ballet Invitational for Dance Schools, and a full scholarship from Munich-Washington Ballet in the 39th Prix de Lausanne in Switzerland. In 2011, he won the title of "Advanced Individual" in the recognition activity for the young artists hold by the Ministry of Culture.