Chia Ying Kao is an award-winning independent dance artist based in New York City since 2004. She recently received her MFA degree in Dance from Sarah Lawrence College where she earned the Bessie Schonberg Award in 2012
Her work has been presented at the Center for Performance Research, Chen Dance Center, Queens Public Library Auditorium, Northport Library Auditorium, Tribeca Film Festival, Manhattan's Union Square for a dance installation, Roulette NYC, the Taipei Cultural Arts Center and Hualien Cultural Arts in Taiwan.
Chia Ying has collaborated with important choreographers, dancers, and institutions such as Sara Rudner, Yvonne Rainer, Paz Tanjuaquio, Bill T. Jones, Hou Ying, Panoramasian Dance Project, Chinese Theatre Works, Chinese–American Arts & Culture Association, New York Chinese Cultural Center, and Earl Mosley Diversity of Dance, among others.
Chia Ying has received several awards and honors including the Best Performance Prize, New Tang Dynasty Television Chinese New Year Global Gala in 2006 and the Most Outstanding Asian Artist Award 2008 in Recognition for Excellence in Dance, given by the Chinese-American Arts Council.
Chia Ying is the recipient of the 2012-2013 TOPAZ ARTS Choreography Residency Program and was invited to take part in the 2012 ICR at the American Dance Festival-Henan. In April 2013, Chia Ying premiered a new work “The Strange Wait” originally commissioned by Ear to the Ground program of NY’s Chen Dance Center. In December 2013, Chia Ying will present her new piece at Triskelion Arts.
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