Calendar

Yu Dance Theatre
Artistic Director: Cheng-Chieh Yu
Production Designer: Peter Melville

Calendar

2007

June 15-Dec Sen-Shire Dance Theatre of Taiwan, “Hood, Vail, Shoes” premiere at National Theatre of Taiwan in Taipei, followed by domestic tour in Fall 07 and International tour in the Spring 08

June 7-10 “Swallow Touches the Water” Sushi Performance and Visual Arts, Dan Diego, CA

Feb 23 “Deflecting Intentions, Stanford Lively Arts, San Francisco

Feb 15 “Swallow Touches the Water” Glorya Kaufman Dance Theatre, UCLA

Feb 12 An excerpt of “Swallow Touches the Water”, Anatomy Riot, Zen Sushi, Silver Lake, CA


2006

Apr 9 “Water Raceway” at Skirball Cultural Center/Site works

May 31 “Deflecting Intentions”-a collaboration with Kenny Endo Lecture Demonstration Smithsonian, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

June 1 “Deflecting Intentions”-a collaboration with Kenny Endo Lecture Demonstration University of Maryland

July 24-Aug 5 “Hood, Vail, Shoes” Two-week Intensive choreographic workshop with Sen-Shire Dance Theatre of Taiwan

Aug. 15-Sept 1 “Swallow Touches the Water”, Hothouse Choreographic Residency, informal showing on Sept 1, UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures

Oct 1 “Swallow Touches the Water”, Glendale Unity fest 06, at Verdugo Park, Glendale

Oct 7 “Swallow Touches the Water”, Taiwanese National Day Dance Concert at Taiwanese Cultural Center, El Monti, CA


2005

May 5 “Deflecting Intentions”-a collaboration with Kenny Endo Lecture Demonstration at Pomona College, East Asian Studies

May 26 “Bowl Problems”, Grand Performances, California Plaza/National Critics Conference (2005)

June 26-July 24 Choreographic Residency “She Said He Said, He Said She Said Remix” at The Yard, a Colony for Performing Artists in Martha’s Vineyard, MA, Performance dates: July 21-23, 2005

July 30 “Bowl Problems”, American Chinese Dance Association at Japan American Theatre, LA

Oct 21-23 “Bowl Problems”, Faculty Festival of Performance of Dept. of World Arts and Cultures at Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater, UCLA

Nov 4-6 “Romp and Passage” a 10 min excerpt form “Trade”, SOLA Contemporary Dance Festival 2005 at James Armstrong Theatre, Torrance, CA

Nov 17-20 “Trade” an evening of Choreography by Cheng-Chieh Yu at Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica. Featuring performers from Vietnam, New York and LA


2004

Jan 29 & 30 Huayi-Chinese Festival of Arts, Face Series: Celebrated Intimacies/Yu Dance Theatre at the Esplanade Theatre on the Bay, Singapore, program including, “My Father’s Teeth in My Mother’s Mouth”, “She Said He Said, He Said She Said” & “Blind Eye Candy”

Feb 15 & 16 “She Said He Said, He Said She Said” & “Blind Eye Candy”, at The Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan

Feb 26-28 “Blind Eye Candy” Dept. of World Arts and Cultures, Faculty Festival of Performances at Studio 126, Kinross Building

Apr 3 “Deflecting Intentions” and an excerpt of “She Said He Said, He Said She Said” were presented at the Japan American Theater, LA, as part of the “Semba/Endo Collaboration Concert”

May 26, 27 & 30 “Bowl Problems” was presented at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre in Santa Monica as part of Emily Smyth Vartanian’s “Elevate” concert

June 20 & Sep 5 Structural Improvisation Performance “Any/Nano/Body”, a multimedia, site-specific, performance at LACMA West, Boone Gallery, Direction, Marianne Kim

June 4 Choreography & Performance for “Driveby” a film directed and edited by Marianne Kim, Dance Camera West, at Roy and Edna Disney/Calarts Theater (REDCAT), LA, “Driveby” has also been screened as part of Occurrences: the Performative Space of Video, Betty Rymer Gallery, The School of Art Institute of Chicago from Dec 11, 03-Feb 13, 04, as well as part of “Fasteners” MFA Upstarts Series: Marianne Kim in Studio 126, Kinross Building, UCLA on May 21, 04

June 28- July 18 Performance for “Bittersweet” a film by David Rousseve

July 7 “Deflecting Intentions”-a collaboration with Kenny Endo, Japan American National Museum, September 11: Bearing Witness to History

July 22-24 “Bowl Problems” (Quartet), Roy and Edna Disney/Calarts Theater (REDCAT), Now Festival

Aug 3 “Deflecting Intention-Solo” The Congress on Research in Dance (CORD) conference/showcase at Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan