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Born in Yilan in 1971, she went to New York on a scholarship in 1994 and danced with Elisa Monte. The Graham company took her on as an apprentice in 1995 and promoted her to soloist in 1997. She returned to Cloud Gate in 1999 and to New York as a Graham principal in 2004.
She founded Fang-Yi Sheu & Artists in 2011 and began her Happy Body project the following year. Her teaching reached beyond professional dancers: on school visits she took students through warm-ups before opening the floor for questions.
In Salute, director Yao Hung-i intercuts staged scenes, documentary and contemporary dance. Sheu choreographed thirteen dances that revisit episodes of her life. The film earned her the 2022 Golden Horse Award for Best Action Choreography.
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Updated 2026-11-11
Photo credits: Rico Shen / CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2008-02-16 · resized · Photo year 2008 · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0
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