DanceParade
May 22 at 1pm: Join the virtual DanceParade with grand marshals Lisa Lisa, H.T. Chen & Dian Dong, Virginia Johnson!
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H.T.Chen & Dancers Artist Bios
Gary Champi
Gary Champi graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in Cognitive Science and a minor in Dance. He is the Administrative Assistant at the Merce Cunningham Trust and has participated in numerous Cunningham repertory workshops and special projects. In addition to performing with H.T. Chen & Dancers, Gary also dances with Dusan Tynek Dance Theatre. Gary recently appeared as a guest artist with Robert Moses’ Kin and has previously worked with Katharine Hawthorne, Daniel Roberts, Ronnie Reddick, and Natalia Duong.
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H.T. Chen
H.T. Chen is a leading Asian-American artist who has worked as a choreographer, performer, and arts advocate since the 1970s.
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Dian Dong
A graduate of The Juilliard School, Dian Dong studied with Shirley Ubell, Vladimir Doukodovsky, Alfredo Corvino and Doris Rudko.
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Renouard Gee
Renouard first performed and toured with H.T. Chen & Dancers in 1988, and was a lead dancer with the company for over a decade.
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Ari Someya
Received her certificate from The Merce Cunningham Dance School, and has been with H.T. Chen & Dancers for eleven seasons.
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Maki Shinagawa
Maki Shinagawa began training under Aiko Ohtaki at the Ballet Arts of Carnegie Hall in Japan.
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Keyasha Williams-Bailey
Graduate of New World School of the Arts/University of Florida, and has been with H.T. Chen & Dancers for six years.
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Dutch deCarvalho
H.T. Chen & Dancers Apprentice. Received a BFA in Dance from SUNY Brockport.
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