陳柏潔 Po-Chieh CHEN
藝術總監 Artistic Director
畢業於美國紐約州立大學柏切斯分校（BFA cum laude, Purchase College, State University of New York）舞蹈學院，主修編舞。
曾任紐約Elisa Monte Dance專職舞者，隨團於歐美巡演。2004年返台，開啟幕後工作。曾任職蘭陽舞蹈團台北團參與日本交流演出及兒童舞劇製作，隨後加入雲門舞集2擔任舞團行政及校園巡迴演出主講。2009年加入表演藝術聯盟，參與「台北聽障奧運會開幕暨閉幕演出」人力統籌執行、「2010臺北國際花卉博覽會常態展演」國內外演出製作、2010–2013年擔任「華山藝術生活節」及2014年「衛武營玩藝節」國際連結系列之策劃暨製作統籌，2010年起聚焦於國際連結發展經營，策劃「國際表演藝術交流平台計劃」，2013年起擔任台日韓澳共同組成的Asian Producers’ Platform (APP) 籌劃暨執行委員。2015年受邀加入臺中國家歌劇院節目企劃部，參與開幕籌劃執行與節目製作。於2019-2022年3月，轉任歌劇院藝術教育部創意發展組組長，聚焦於創作孵育、表演藝術體驗推廣與藝術擴散行動之策劃。目前分別擔任社團法人中華民國表演藝術協會（表演藝術聯盟，PAA）及表演藝術網絡發展協會（PANDA）理事。
2020年與設計師陳鈺分共同創辦「藝術報國 Ars Association」團隊，聚焦於當代表演藝術與跨領域創作之思索與實踐，同時建立位於臺中的「藝術報國基地 Ars Association Base」作為當代表演藝術實踐暨展演的實體場域，凝聚藝文社群能量，激盪創造力與新思維，一處獨立且開放的交流平台。
Po-Chieh CHEN
Artistic Director
CHEN is curator, producer and art maker. She received her BFA cum laude in dance composition from SUNY Purchase College (U.S.A). After her graduation, she was invited to join Elisa Monte Dance (New York) as a professional dancer.
Chen has extensive experience in performing arts production, arts education, festival, cultural event, and international collaboration. Since 2004, Chen has worked with Cloud Gate 2 (Cloud Gate Culture and Arts Foundation) and one of Taiwan’s most important platform organization – Performing Arts Alliance (PAA) where she established significant international development initiative – Taiwan Performing Arts Connection during her service at PAA. In 2015, she was invited to join the National Performing Arts Center – National Taichung Theater (NTT) to participate in the curatorial development and project operations. In 2019, she was appointed as Associate Manager (Creative Engagement Division) of the Arts Education Department of the NTT until her leave in March 2022.
In 2020, CHEN co-founded “Ars Association” with designer Yu-fen CHEN.
CHEN is the board member of Performing Arts Development Network Association (PANDA) since 2015, and Performing Arts Alliance (PAA) since 2019, and member of the Asian Producers’ Platform (APP) since 2014.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 2020- | Co-founder, Ars Association |
| 2019-2022 | Associate Manager, Creative Engagement Division of Arts Education Department, National Taichung Theater |
| 2015-2019 | Programming Associate, Programs & General Planning Department, National Taichung Theater |
| 2015-2016 | Assistant to Executive and Artistic Director, National Taichung Theater |
| 2009-2014 | Project Manager, Performing Arts Alliance |
| 2007-2009 | Project Planner, The Eslite Corporation |
| 2004-2007 | Project Coordinator, Cloud Gate 2 (Cloud Gate Culture and Arts Foundation) |
| 2004 | Administrator, The Lan-Yang Dancers in Taipei |
| 2002-2004 | Dancer at the “ Elisa Monte Dance” (New York) |
| 2002 | Performed with “Thang Dao Dance Company” (New York) |
| 1998-2000 | Performed with “Purchase Dance Corp” (New York) |
TRAINING
| 1998-2002 | Purchase College, State University of New York Dance Conservatory B.F.A. in Dance with Composition Concentration Scholarship student 1998-2002 |
| 2001-2002 | Merce Cunningham Dance Studio, Scholarship student for the summer quarter |
| 1999 | Martha Graham Contemporary Dance School, Scholarship student for the summer program |
| 1996-1998 | Tsoying Senior High School Dance Division, Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
| 1994-1996 | Lin-Ya Junior High school Dance Division, Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
AWARDS
| 2002 | Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellent (The State University of New York) |
| 2002 | Bert Terborgh Dance Award (Purchase College) |
MEDIA
| 2003 | KI International Furniture Design Company (Work with Lois Greenfield) |
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
| 2004 | Performed at The Joyce Theater, NY (Elisa Monte Dance) |
| Performed at Kaatsbaan Theater, NY (Elisa Monte Dance) | |
| Performed at The Egg Theater, Albany, NY (Elisa Monte Dance) | |
| 2003 | Performed in DANCERS RESPONDING TO AIDS, New York (Elisa Monte Dance) |
| Performed at Tsai Theater with Thang Dao Dance Company in Boston, MA | |
| Performed at Catskill Mountain Foundation, Catskill, New York, American Theater, Kaatsbaan, New York. Nazareth College Arts Center, Rochester, New York, Hampton Art Theater, Hampton, New York (Elisa Monte Dance) | |
| Performed at The Joyce Theater, New York Season with Elisa Monte Dance | |
| Performed at Benefit of Craft Museum of New York (Elisa Monte Dance) | |
| Performed at Lake Placid Center for the Arts (Three-week Residency; Elisa Monte Dance) | |
| Performed at APAP Showcase (Elisa Monte Dance) | |
| 2002 | Performed with Elisa Monte Dance at the Remember Project, Dancers Responding to AIDS at St. Mark’s Church, New York |
| Performed in the Ponec Theater in Prague, Czech Republic; Slovak National Opera Theater, Bratislava, Slovak and World Financial Center, New York with Elisa Monte Dance | |
| Performed excerpts from “Legacy” by Lin Hwai-Min (Founder of Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Taiwan) in Global Dance 2002, Dusseldorf, Germany. (Purchase Dance Corps) | |
| “Possession” choreographed by Doug Verone (artistic director of Doug Verone and Dancers), performed by Purchase Dance Corps | |
| 2001 | Excerpts from “Psalm” choreographed by Jose Limon, directed by Sarah Stackhouse, performed as Soloist in Purchase Dance Corps “Grand Duo” choreographed by Mark Morris, staged by Megan Williams performed as Soloist in Purchase Dance Corps |
| 2001 | “Les Enfants Terribles” choreographed by Ayako Kurakake, performed in American Dance Guild Festival |
| 2001 | “Behind Resonance” choreographed by Shen Wei (artistic director of Shen Wei Dance Art), performed by Purchase Dance Corps |
| 2000 | “Story” choreographed by Neil Greenberg, performed by Purchase Dance Corps |
| 1999 | Performed in “Nutcracker ” directed by Kazuko Hirabayashi, performed by Purchase Dance Corps |
| “Wien” choreographed by Pascal Rioult (artistic director of Pascal Rioult Dance Company), performed by Purchase Dance Corps | |
| 1998 | Performed as Arabian in “Nutcracker ” choreographed by Kevin Wynn, performed by Purchase Dance Corps |
| 1997 | Performed in the 12th Annual Asia Pacific International Dance Events and International Dance Conference Dance Collection 1997- Australia and Taiwan Dancing Together |