Chan, Yu-chun (Yogi ) holds a B.F.A. degree in dance from the National Institute of the Arts majoring in choreography. Yu-chun joined Dance Forum Taipei Dance Company in 1991. Her works have been presented by the company in more than thirty sites throughout Taiwan since 1992. She has been commissioned to make dance works for the Crown Arts Festival (1999, 2000, 2002, 2005), The Lincoln Center Out-Door Festival, New York (1995), The Mulberry Theater, New York (1998), Taiwan Dance Umbrella (2000), and The Feet Dance Festival, Philadelphia (2000). Yu-chun was the choreographer representing Taiwan in the Little Asia Dance Exchange Network Tour in 2003 and 2004. Yu-chun was guest faculty member at The Colorado College through the Taipei Artist Village Exchange program and the Asian Studies program of Colorado College 2005. Yu-chun is a talented and recognized dancer and choreographer and has received a grant from the Cultural Council [to study in New York City for a year in 1998]. She is also a recipient of the Choreographer Award from the National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan.
Anna Cheng Anna is a versatile talent in performing arts crossing the roles of a producer, writer and performer in theatre, dance, film and advertisement. She began her career as a professional arts administrator after her graduation from the University of Hong Kong in 1997, majoring in Comparative Literature. She was then hired by the Chung Ying Theatre Company, Hong Kong Arts Centre (Theatre Department) and Hong Kong Arts Festival (Programme Department). Since 2003, Anna became an independent producer and arts manager presenting both local and international performing arts events including theatre, dance and music in HK and abroad, including Little Asia Dance Exchange Network 2004 (tour to Taipei, Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore, HK and Melbourne), Conference on the Business of Performing Arts, Ketchup: Another Freaky Show, Japanese Theatre Series 1 and 2, Youya Shinjo’s performance in HK Dance Festival, Audience Development Scheme for Cattle Deport Theatre, etc. Anna has extensive writing experience in dance and theatre reviews, creative writing and commercial copywriting and her articles appear in newspapers and magazines throughout HK, Taiwan and China. She was invited by Radio Television HK to host a TV programme on dance called Art Blog in 2006. And her most recent theatre appearance was CRAVE written by Sarah Kane. She is now the assessor of Dance Committee, HK Arts Development Council, professional member of International Association of Theatre Critics/HK, member of Hong Kong Drama Federation, and also the Congress Manager of IDEA 2007 (6th World Congress of International Drama/Theatre and Education Association).
Natalie Cursio primarily creates live performance work but also explores dance in the context of public space, film, photography and fashion. Her work has been presented in Taipei, Seoul, Busan, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide and Melbourne. She has received support/funding from The Australia Council, Arts Victoria, The City of Melbourne, The Besen Family Foundation, Asialink, The Next Wave Festival and Chunky Move’s Maximised program. Most recently Natalie made Anonymous for Korea’s Dance Theatre CcadoO and earlier in 2006 Natalie produced, curated, choreographed for and performed in the highly successful With a Bullet : The Album Project. Other works include Small Square (Busan International Dance Festival, Korea 2005), In the Clearing (Little Asia Dance Exchange Tour, 2004), Spinning Yarns (dance film 2003), Offside (Quantum Leap, Canberra 2002), and space engravers (Dance Elixir 2000). As a choreographer Natalie has also worked with Circa, not yet it’s difficult, Arena Theatre Co. and audio-visual duo Mink Engine. Recent performance work includes This Side of the Blue [Doo Dance Theatre, Seoul 2006], Blowback [not yet it’s difficult, Sydney Opera House 2006], Subclass 26a [Bagryana Popov Company, Melbourne 2005] Double Happiness [Little Asia Dance Exchange 2004], Scenes of the Beginning from the End [not yet it’s difficult, Slovenia 2003] and Indelible [Simon Ellis 2003]. www.natcursio.com
Motoko Ikeda was born in Tokyo, and at the age of 3, began to study contemporary dance and ballet under the tutelage of her mother, the renowned modern dancer Shinko Ikeuchi. In Japan Motoko received numerous prizes and awards for her performance work including the prize for Expected Young Dancers by the Dance Association of Japan. In 1997 she received a scholarship to participate in the International Tanz Wochen Wien in Vienna. In 1998 she was granted a fellowship from the Overseas Study Program For Artists sponsored by the Agency For Cultural Affairs of Japan. She has danced in Need by Doug Varone at it’s premiere at the Japan Society in New York. She has performed her own piece Tunnel’s End at Joyce Soho Presents series in May 1999. In the last three years she has choreographed many dance pieces including collaborating on Double Happiness for the Little Asia Dance Exchange Network Tour 2004, and also presenting her solo work Untitled in Taipei, Hong Kong, Singapore and Melbourne. Motoko has danced in Innocent Chekhov by Min Tanaka, and in ie and 7 x 7 x 7 by Yoshiko Chuma [School of Hard Knocks] in New York.
Jung, Young-doo is the founder and director of Doo Dance Theater and is one of the most exciting and significant choreographer/performers Korea. His company was founded in 2003 and has since won the “Grand-Prize” and “Special Award” from the 2004 Yokohama Dance Collection Solo & Duo Competition. Jung’s works have been recognized from the very first year of their performance, marking notable growth in Korean contemporary dance. The cross over between plays and dances has been a unique appeal to his audience. The Doo Dance Theater is continuously exploring the world of psychology, expanding its choreographic field. It performs various experimental works, trying to coordinate different types of movements into each work. Jung Young-Doo’s performance and choreographic work have been seen at Seoul International Dance Festival and International Modern Dance Festival, Korea, the Whitewave Festival in New York, The Centre Choregraphique National de Tours, France and also Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan. He is a graduate of the Korean National University of Art.
Daniel Yeung has been recognized as one of the most innovative dance artist in Hong Kong for his multi-media and cross cultural theater achievement in dance making. Yeung started to create dance in 1994 as a self-trained dancer/ choreographer upon his Graduation from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with major in Western Painting & minor in Chinese Music. From 1995 on, he was invited as guest performer and choreographer for some of the City Contemporary Dance Company productions when he was the Program and marketing manager of the company until he received a scholarship to further his studies in Holland in 1996. He returned to Hong Kong in 1999 and created his full-length work, Dance Exhibitionist - a paradise for Natural Body. It was highly acclaimed by international critics and has been invited by important festivals such as the Lyon Biennale 2000 in France and Big Torino in Italy, as well as touring in Taiwan, Japan, Australia, and Sweden. The piece was also awarded the Hong Kong Dance Alliance Dance Award 2000. In 2002, Yeung was commissioned by the Hong Kong Arts Festival for his dance drama Play Boys which won him critical acclaim and an invitation from the Teatri di Vita International Centre for the Performing Arts in Bologna, Italy. In the same year, Yeung was nominated as ‘The Choreographer To Look At’ by the BalletTanz year book in Europe, and the year after he was awarded the ‘Rising Artist Award’ by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. In 2005, with his full-length multi-media dance production Metalove, Yeung received his Dance and Choreography Year Award from the Hong Kong Dance Alliance again. Metalove has been touring in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Australia and Italy from 2004 to 2005.
Elizabeth Boyce is a visual artist and writer with a rapidly evolving practice that incorporates installation, object making, collaboration and dialogue. She trained at Melbourne’s RMIT in Fine Art (Painting) from 1994 to 1999 and has since made site-specific installations for art and public spaces. Her collaborative work - with choreographers, visual artists and, on one occasion, 70 primary school students - has seen her work diversify. Elizabeth’s first association with dance theatre was her 1999 design of set components for Anna Smith’s Red Rain and Simon Ellis’ Semi-detached (poss. 2nd bdrm). Her collaborative relationship with Simon has grown as his practice has shifted out of traditional performance contexts. Devising aspects of the design for Simon’s Full (2001), Elizabeth then worked on site-specific adaptations of the work on tour. In 2003 Elizabeth created a stand-alone installation to house Simon’s Indelible and in 2005, Elizabeth and Simon undertook Collaborative Laboratory, a residency at Performance Space, Sydney.
Kim, Sung Yong attended Hanyang University and Graduate School. He is president and artistic director of Dance Company MOO- E, a chief member of Garimda Dance Troupe and Lecturer at Hanyang University and Goyang Arts High School. As a dancer, Sung Yong was awarded a Gold Medal at Donga Dance Concours - the youngest to receive this prize - and became the first Korean runner-up at the Japan Concours. Thereafter, he performed with professional groups in Paris, France and was invited to the commemorative performance for the opening of Art Center Deneuve. He has been a leading performer in a variety of performances, including at the National Theater of Japan. Sung Yong received the Arts Fund for New Performers and the International Culture Exchange Fund in 2003, and has become a leading advocate of modern dance. He has been invited to Seoul Dance Festival, MODAFE, Dance Biennale, International Choreographer Competition in Bagnolet and is participating in both domestic and overseas festivals with small or large scale.