Artist Statement
I am a dancer and choreographer. My dance training started with ballet and expanded to include Graham, taijichuan, wuxu, and postmodern forms. Across disciplines I find my movement practice always returns to a deep relationship with the ground and awareness of the spine. In my choreography I build from physical articulation and experimentation over time guided by an internal vision of the piece. As an immigrant and third culture kid my aesthetic comes from the feeling of belonging nowhere while experiencing American and Chinese culture both intimately and at a remove. My choreographic landscape is further informed by my other practices in textiles, watercolor painting, and spatial mathematics. Trusting in the body’s innate pluralism, I strive to make dance rooted in many different soils that allows imagined spaces to become, however momentarily, glimpsed and inhabited.
Photo Credit: Iki Nakagawa title: had my mouth created: 2023-2024 photo is from May 15, 2023 work-in-progress showing for Movement Research @Judson Monday series Full show premiered at Abrons Art Center Playhouse Theater January 18, 2024 Dancers: Annie MingHao Wang and Ching-I Chang Reader (on stage): Catherine Chen