JENNIFERCHINdance has been performing and teaching throughout the US and abroad since 2010. They have performed in the National Theatre of Varazdin, Croatia; the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland; Breaking Ground Festival, Tempe, Arizona;. Florence Dance Festival, Italy; International Dance Festival of Nicaragua; XI June Arts Festival- Guatemala City; FIDCDMX- International Contemporary Dance Festival, Mexico City. They have an ongoing collaboration with WADE (Wandering Avian Dance Experience), operating at the intersection of performing arts, activism, and social change.

Artist's Statement

The inspiration for my choreography can be visceral, visual or theoretical. I strive for the viewer to be transported to the world I have created and/or stimulated to create their own narrative. Each piece begins with a seed of a thought- sometimes a physical gesture, a still image, a piece of literature or perhaps a speculative question. I am consistently intrigued by the way movement can explore ways of communication, either between dancers or between the performers and the audience. I want my work to take the viewer on a journey. In ‘The Weight of Lightness’, a solo dancer moves with lush, broad strokes. Another dancer, drops red petals on the floor around the soloist, like a spirit guide. By the end, the soloist becomes confined in five red concentric circles and must decide whether they are trapped or if they are at a new beginning. 

A Love Letter is a celebration of Asian identity through the lens of biology, biography, and migration, bringing a continually evolving perspective of change in a love letter to the world. It is an exploration of how inherited culture shapes thoughts and movement. In what way does it move blood, flesh, and bone? With performances by Jennifer Chin, Richard Sayama, Hye Jin Kim; original music by Sun Hee Kil; video by Ian Chen; costumes by Patti Gilstrap; stage design by Colleen Kong-Savage. Join us in this deep dive into our past, investigating ancestral history and how it lives in our genes.

Photo by Giada Matteini, Costume by Patti Gilstrap