H.T.Chen & Dancers Artist Bios

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Maki Shinagawa

Maki Shinagawa started her ballet training under Aiko Ohtaki at the Ballet Arts of Carnegie Hall in Japan, and has performed in Japan and throughout the US. Since arriving in NYC in 2004, she has been a member/ assistant of Nina Buisson Contemporary Move, H.T. Chen & Dancers and principal dancer and soloist with the Vangeline Theater. Maki has been featured in the short film “Scriptura Vitae” for BBC, performed at the Cultural Center at the Chicago Butoh Festival.

South of Gold Mountain: Maki Shinagawa from Chen Dance Center on Vimeo.

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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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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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Gary Champi

Graduate from Stanford University with a B.S. in Cognitive Science and a minor in Dance.

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Glenna Yu

Graduate of Princeton University, Glenna is an NYC-based movement artist.

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Yuki Fukui

Graduate of The New School University Eugene Lang College in Dance

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