In 2008, Chien-Pott relocated to New York City through a Merit Scholarship at the Merce Cunningham Studio, where she studied with Merce Cunningham himself. After receiving her BFA in Dance, she performed internationally with the Taipei Crossover Dance Company as a leading dancer.Ģ008 – 2010: Relocation to New York While still a university student, she performed with the Taipei Crossover Dance Company as a lead female dancer and with the Taipei Royal Ballet. At the age of 15, she was selected as one of the top five dancers nationally for the seven-year dance program at Taiwan’s prestigious arts university, Taipei National University of the Arts. Early Life and Career 1984 – 2007: Childhood and education Ĭhien-Pott started her dance training in classical ballet and Chinese Folk Dance at the age of 10 and was a member of the leading competition dance group in her hometown. She currently resides in Jersey City, New Jersey. ![]() She has a daughter from her first marriage. Chien-Pott was starring in the Sia, Akram Khan, Zhang Jun, Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger-helmed kung-fu musical "Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise" at The Shed. Later that year, she received the Bessie Award for best performance in Martha Graham's Ekstasis. In 2017, Chien-Pott was invited to perform at the Taipei Universiade. ![]() She founded PJ Performing Arts in Taiwan. Ĭhien-Pott is described as "one of the greatest living modern dancers" and "the most dramatically daring and physically chameleon-esque Graham dancer of her generation", she has interpreted the iconic lead roles of Martha Graham's repertoire including Ekstasis, Chronicle, Cave of the Heart, Clytemnestra, Hérodiade, Night Journey, Errand into the Maze, Rite of Spring, Lamentation, Primitive Mysteries and others.Sought out by choreographers worldwide, she has created acclaimed lead roles in works by Mats Ek, Nacho Duato, Luca Veggetti and Andonis Foniadakis among many other significant artists. She joined the Martha Graham Dance Company in 2011, after her second audition, and became a principal dancer in 2014 before leaving the troupe in 2016. Chien-Pott continued to study dance under Merce Cunningham, and later performed with Buglisi Dance Theatre and Korhan Basaran and Artists, and Nimbus Dance Works. ![]() She later entered Taipei National University of the Arts' seven-year dance program developed by Lo Man-fei. Chien-Pott started dancing at the age of five, and began training aged 10. Choreographer, director, dancer, educator, and founderīorn in 1984, she was raised in Taoyuan.
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