Teacher, choreographer, and professional dancer with over 15 years of experience.

Proficient in dance teaching, coaching, choreography, lecturing, and production coordination.

Education

1992–1997: National Institute of the Arts, Dance Department (now Taipei National University of the Arts), BFA in Dance Performance & Choreography.

Dance training included: Modern Dance (Martha Graham, Limón technique, Release Technique, Merce Cunningham), Ballet, Improvisation, Contact Improvisation, Chinese Opera, Martial Arts, Tai Chi.

Additional training: Gaga, Movement Research.

Company Experience

Stadttheater Bern Ballet (Konzert Theater Bern) – Dancer, Teacher (Bern, Switzerland)

Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Taiwan – Dancer (Taipei, Taiwan)

NDP Project – Dancer (Paris, France)

Dance Forum – Guest Dancer (Taipei, Taiwan)

Other Experience (as Dancer, Choreographer, Rehearsal Director, Teacher)

2017: Choreographer with Progetto Palcoscenico (Italy); taught at Cloud Gate Dance Studio training program, TNUA Graduate Institute of Dance, Tsoying, Chung-Cheng, Chia-Chi Senior High School (Taiwan).

2016: Guest teacher at Cloud Gate Dance School (Taiwan); choreographed Young Generation for Kaohsiung Spring Arts Festival.

2015: Choreographer for Tsoying Senior High School Graduation Performance (Taiwan).

2014: Creative Fusion Residency, Cleveland Foundation, Ohio, USA.

2013: Founded HuiDance productions; choreographed Scenery (live music vs. dance) performed in Tainan Cultural Center & Taipei Red House; choreographer for TNUA Graduate Institute of Dance Graduation Performance; created site-specific works Wings (Tainan Arts Festival) & Phantom (collaboration with J.J-W Culture Design Hotel, Tainan).

2012: Founded HuiDance, premiered The Door (Kuandu Arts Festival, Huashan Living Arts Festival, Kaohsiung WeiWuYing, Tainan Cultural Center, TNUA Dance Theater); participated in ArtsCross DansCross (Beijing).

2007–2012: Soloist at Konzert Theater Bern, Switzerland. Worked with choreographers Alexander Ekman, Andonis Foniadakis, Cathy Marston, Doug Varone, Didy Veldman, Hans Van Manen, Jiri Kylian, Karole Armitage, Mark Bruce, Medhi Walerski, among others. Principal roles included Clara (Cathy Marston), Momo (Didy Veldman), Medea (Mark Bruce). Performed in London Royal Opera House (2010). Taught contemporary classes, choreographed for Tanz – Made in Bern.

2010: Teacher/choreographer at Taipei Dance Elite Academy (TNUA).

2009: Participant in International Young Choreographer Project (Kaohsiung).

2007: Dancer in duet with choreographer Xiao-Xhong Chang for Taipei National Theater 20th Anniversary.

2006: Contracts with Staatstheater Darmstadt, Cirque du Soleil, Stadttheater Bern (joined in 2007).

2003–2006 & 1998–2001: Dancer with Cloud Gate Dance Theater. International tours: Hong Kong Arts Festival (2006, 2000), Shanghai Arts Festival (2005), Chekhov International Festival, Athens Festival, Tanec Praha, Basel Tanz Festival, Sadler’s Wells (UK), Bolzano (Italy), Tokyo, Olympic Arts Festival, Lyon Biennial, New Zealand, Munich Festival, among others.

Repertoire: Bamboo Dream, Cursive, Pine Smoke, Wild Cursive, Moon Water, Portrait of the Families, Songs of the Wanderers, Nine Songs, Dream of the Red Chamber, White, Legacy.

2005: Choreographer for TNUA MFA graduation performance (Taipei).

2003: Selected choreographer, New Idea Dance (Taipei National Experimental Theater).

2003: Assistant to Xiao-Xhong Chang for Dream Butterfly Valley (TNUA, performed at Taipei National Theater).

2002–2003: Contracts with ABC Dance Company (St. Pölten, Austria) and NDP Project (Paris).

1997–1998: Guest dancer with Dance Forum Taipei in Orfeo ed Euridice (Taipei & Staatstheater Dortmund, Germany).

Important Reviews

Praised in Dance Europe (2009) and Dancing Times (2012) for powerful stage presence and charm in principal roles.

Positive choreography reviews in Der Bund (2009), Solothurner Zeitung (2009), and Berner Zeitung (2011).

Choreographer Experience (Collaborations)

Worked with: Alexander Ekman, Andonis Foniadakis, Andrea Miller, Cathy Marston, Doug Varone, Didy Veldman, Hans Van Manen, Jiri Kylian, Karole Armitage, Mark Bruce, Medhi Walerski, Lin Hwai-min, Xiao-Xhong Chang, and others.

Awards

Misplaced Relationship (1996), Painted Bird (1997), Seal Scenery (1998) – Bronze Medal, Silver Medal, Excellent Work with Best Costume Design in Taiwan Creative Dance Competition (Ministry of Culture / National Dance Association R.O.C.).