H.T.Chen & Dancers Artist Bios

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Tsubasa Nishioka

Tsubasa Nishioka was born in Japan where he studied ballet, modern and contemporary dance. In 2017 he was accepted to The Ailey School and received a scholarship in 2018 when he performed “Battlefield” at Lincoln Center for Ailey’s Sprit Gala. Tsubasa has worked with Fumihito Shimizu, NBA Dance Company, Omar Roman de Jesus, Darshan Bhuller, Marcus Jarrell Wills, and is currently a member of i KADA contemporary Dance Company, Vashti Dance Theater and Yu.S.Artistry. He received 1st place in the Chiba Select Young Dancer’s Performance, 3rd place in the Saitama Dance Competition, 3rd place in the Dance Competition in Sendai and 2nd place in the NBA National Ballet Competition.

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H.T. Chen

Co-Founder & Choreographer

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Dian Dong

Artistic Director

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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 thirteen 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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Glenna Yu

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

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Richard Sayama

Graduate of Marymount Manhattan College with a BFA Modern Dance and B.A Business.

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Seneca Lawrence

Received rigorous training from the Boston Ballet and a BFA from SUNY Purchase.

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