Cheng-Chieh YU

Yu’s choreographic language integrates BaGuaZhang, Contact Improvisation, and postmodern dance approaches, engaging long-standing inquiries into gender, diaspora, cross-cultural, and interdisciplinary practices. From 1989 to 2001, she was based in New York City, actively performing and creating with professional dance companies. Her work has been presented across Asia, Europe, and the Americas, with commissions from companies including Beijing Dance Company, Guangdong Modern Dance Company, and Taipei Dance Circle. Her dance film Martiality, Not Fight received multiple international awards. From 2001 to 2022, she was a professor at UCLA; she currently serves as Professor and Chair at the School of Dance, TNUA.