獨立編舞者、表演者、舞蹈教師和非裔樂舞研究者，目前就讀於國立交通大學社會與文化研究所。主要的研究領域為街舞與其相關之文化研究，多次赴美、歐跟隨街舞脈絡中的重要原創者和世界知名舞者學習。自2019年，長期跟隨數位極具代表性的中生代舞者學習至今，擅長Locking、Popping、Animation、Hip Hop等風格外，也曾接觸佛拉明哥、日本舞踏與巴西柔術的訓練。舞蹈歷程長期聚焦於跨文化、跨領域的學習和探索，嘗試透過創作的實踐，使相異的身體、 美學、文化、知識能夠超越分歧而進行對話。

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視創作為一個擾動體制、常規和固態結構的行動實踐，過往的作品聚焦於性別、認同、權力分別與身體所開展的對話關係。冀望透過創作和每一次的身體實踐，以女性的視角和經驗，挑戰街舞生態中僵化的性別框架，為長期由男性宰制和擁抱陽剛氣質形象的街舞藝術，注入更多元的樣貌。現階段以學術研究和藝術實踐的雙重探究路徑來回辯證，相互援引，積極回應街舞放置在亞際社會語境中的發展，以及與劇場交融可能性的提問，並開展不同創作媒材如多媒體光桌和影像與身體對話的創作探索，期待以創作者、舞者、研究者不同的身份和視角，探尋街舞在創作與研究視野上更寬廣的可能性。

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近年曾與驫舞劇場、蘇威嘉、吳素芬、田孝慈、碧斯蔚．梓佑（Pisui Ciyo）、陳瑩芸等藝術團體與藝術家合作，作品曾發表於紐約Ladies of hip hop藝術節、墨爾本Dance Massive藝術節、臺北藝術節、跳島舞蹈節、嘉義新舞風等平臺。

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2023  獲選「第21屆文化部選送文化相關人才出國駐村交流計畫」- 美國舞蹈節國際編舞家駐村計畫Adf

           icr program」駐村地美國 

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2022  獲選  新竹市鐵道藝術村短期駐村計畫  駐村地新竹

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2015   獲選  Fragment 31 x CCDC -「臺澳舞蹈交流計畫」 駐村地澳洲

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YU-HSIEN WU

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Wu Yu-Hsien is an independent choreographer, performing artist, and researcher based in Taiwan. After years of intensive dance training as a young person, Wu began to question the limiting power dynamics at play in institutionalized dance education and embarked on a journey of self-directed training. As a dance artist, Wu focuses on exploring dance forms and bodily aesthetics historically excluded from institutional dance training such as Street Dance (Locking, Popping, Animation, and Hip Hop), Flamenco, Butoh, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

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Wu’s works have appeared at Ladies of hip hop festival(new york), Melbourne Dance Massive, Taipei Arts Festival, We Island Dance Festival, and Chiayi New Style Choreography. In addition to their independent works, Wu has collaborated as well with fellow artists in the fields of music and theatre to develop works in different forms and media, such as Horse Dance Theater, Su Wei-Chia, Wu Su-fen, Hsiao TzuTien, Pisuy Ciyo, and Chen Ying Yun.

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Wu regards choreography as a rebellious energy and consciousness and tries to transform this consciousness and energy into a specific dance language. In this way, the dancing body becomes a form of resistance and social participation with the power to create new ways of being in the world. They also respond to the gender conventions of street dance and explore the possibility of creating a degendered street dance body.

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2023   Selected artist by "The 21st Taiwan Ministry of Culture overseas residency

            exchange program"- American Dance Festival International Choreographers

            residency Program"

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2022   Selected artist by Hsinchu Railway Art Village

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2015   Selected artist by Fragment 31 x CCDC - "Taiwan - Melbourne Dance Exchange

           Program"