PeiJu Chien-Pott
PeiJu Chien-Pott (Chinese: 季綾; birth name 簡珮如; born 1984) is a Taiwanese dancer.
Born in 1984, she was raised in Taoyuan.[1] Chien-Pott started dancing at the age of five,[2] and began training aged 10.[3] She later entered Taipei National University of the Arts' seven-year dance program developed by Lo Man-fei.[4] 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.[5][6] She joined the Martha Graham Dance Company in 2011, after her second audition,[7] and became a principal dancer in 2014 before leaving the troupe in 2016.[8] She founded PJ Performing Arts in Taiwan.[3] In 2017, Chien-Pott was invited to perform at the Taipei Universiade.[9][10] Later that year, she received the Bessie Award for best performance in Martha Graham's Ekstasis.[11][12] In 2019, 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.[13][14][15][16] In 2020, Chien-Pott choreographed a solo ISLAND on herself primiered at the opening night of the Iron Rose Festival in Taiwan, part of the celebration of the theater's re-opening .
Personal life
PeiJu Chien-Pott has a ten year old daughter Sofia Pott[17][18]. They live in downtown Jersey City, New Jersey.[19]
References
- ^ Kourlas, Gia (1 April 2016). "Living and Breathing Martha Graham". New York Times. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ Poon, Kah (9 June 2017). "The Architecture of Simplicity". Spirit and Flesh. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ a b Mead, David (21 February 2018). "Peiju Chien-Pott returns to Taiwan with the Martha Graham Dance Company". Seeing Dance. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ Baker, Diane (10 March 2018). "Loving Graham ... and danbings". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company to Bring CROSSCURRENT IV to Flushing Town Hall". Broadway World. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Taiwanese dancers celebrated at CrossCurrent IV". Queens Ledger. 28 February 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Spotlight: This Graham Dancer Found Audition Success Post-Baby". Dance Magazine. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ Huang, Timothy; Kao, Evelyn (20 March 2016). "PeiJu Chien-Pott set to bid farewell to Martha Graham dance troupe". Central News Agency. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Tickets for Universiade opener sold out: official". Taipei Times. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ Diane, Diane (19 August 2017). "Taipei Universiade: Dancers welcome world to the Games". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "OUTSTANDING PERFORMER: BESSIE AWARD TO PEIJU CHIEN-POTT". Neu Records. 9 October 2017.
- ^ Burke, Siobhan (10 October 2017). "Jewels and Resistance on Bessies Night". New York Times. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ Scherr, Apollinaire (July 1, 2019). "Dance is the winner in Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise at The Shed, New York". The Financial Times.
- ^ Ugwu, Reggie; Yalkin, Devin; Sadek, Mohamed (2019-06-19). "Can a Kung Fu Musical Get (Way) Off the Ground?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
- ^ Green, Jesse (2019-06-27). "Review: In 'Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise,' Eyes Wide Mind Numb". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
- ^ Fox5NY (2019-07-03), 'Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise': A Kung Fu Musical with the Songs of Sia, retrieved 2019-07-12
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Peters, Jen (1 November 2014). "Your Body: Working Out with PeiJu Chien-Pott". Dance Magazine. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ Ouellette, Jenny (23 March 2017). "Letter to My Teenage Self: PeiJu Chien-Pott". Dance Spirit. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Jersey City dancer takes lead in Martha Graham production". NJ.com. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2018.