Join the Department of Performing and Media Arts for Professional Directions: A Conversation with Dancer & Choreographer Jie-Hung Connie Shiau on Monday, September 28, at 10:00 am in Room 220, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. Shiau will share her journey as a choreographer, and a teacher. Free and open to the public. Coffee and bagels will be provided.
The decision to become a dancer, a choreographer, and a teacher is the beginning of uncovering the multidimensionality of self. A journey of trust, play, grit, doubt, the unknown, and be-ing.
This year's distinguished guest artist, Jie-Hung Connie Shiau (she/her), raised in Tainan, Taiwan, is an award-winning dancer, choreographer, and teacher. One of the most exciting choreographic voices working in New York City today, Shiau has been presented the Summer Outdoor Series at Lincoln Center, Little Island, Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center, and Abrons Arts Center, alongside choreographic commissions for leading contemporary dance companies, such as Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Gibney. Most recently, she is a recipient of the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Choreography and the Baryshnikov Arts Center Artist in Residence, alongside being named in Dance Magazine’s prestigious “25 to Watch” list.
As a performer, Shiau has been a principal dancer and collaborator with prominent artists and companies, including A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, Adam Barruch/Anatomiae, Brian Brooks Moving Company, Chuthis, Danielle Russo Performance Project, Gallim Dance, Gibney Company, Hélène Simoneau Danse, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Kevin Wynn Works, Obremski/Work, and Robyn Mineko Williams & Artists, and as the leading female role in Huang Ruo’s opera Angel Island, which premiered at BAM Harvey Theater in 2024.
