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Wang Yunyu

Wang Yunyu

CEO of Chinlin Foundation for Arts and Culture, Distinguish Professor of Beijing Dance Academy

Wang Yunyu

Biography

Yunyu Wang received the MFA degree with Performance and Choreography from the University of Illinois, USA. Yunyu is a founding dancer of Cloud Gate (CG) Theatre, the first professional modern dance company in Taiwan. She was a full-time professor in Illinois Wesleyan University (1984-85); the University of Georgia (1985-89 & 1990-91); and Colorado College (1991-2002). She danced with CG between 1973 – 81. Wang is a certified Labanotation Teacher (1984), Restager (1985) and Laban Movement Analysis (1996). She restaged 26 master dances from Labanotation and choreographed 21 dances for dance companies and the university dance programs internationally. Wang is actively engaged in dance in Asia and USA. 

 

Internationally, she co-directed the $1.5 million dance technology project funded by the Ministry of Economic using Laban Movement Analysis to understand human body motion and emotion. Through the project, she has created and sold three patents for health industry. Wang co-direct the project of integrating arts and medicine (2013-2015) in Taiwan; and writes the issue in dance about Taiwanese female choreographers, human rights, and for elderly and community. She was the President of World Dance Alliance, Asian-Pacific (2009-2017) and was the Chief Production Director of 2017 Universiade sponsored by FISU: International University Sports Federation held in Taipei. She is Professor Emerita of Colorado College, and Taipei National University of Arts. Currently, she is the CEO of Chinlin Foundation for Arts and Culture and is appointed by Beijing government as the Distinguish Professor based in Beijing Dance Academy.