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ANNELIESE CHAREK // Artistic Director , Choreographer , Dancer

Anneliese Charek is a choreographer, performer and arts facilitator from Los Angeles.  She trained in Classical Ballet at the Performing Arts Center Los Angeles’s pre-professional program before studying Modern Dance and Choreography at California Institute of the Arts.  Upon graduating, she joined the Li –Chiao Ping Dance Company.  She started SLATE Contemporary Dance Company in 2014 and received a scholarship to Shanghai Theater Academy where she received her Master’s Degree.  An active member of the Shanghai arts scene, she has initiated a number of grass roots projects including co-founding independent art space Basement 6 Collective and the performance platform IN THE FLESH, where she curated and produced the work of dance and theater artists.  Her studies have extended to film and art direction.

Her choreography has been presented as The Sharon Disney Lund Theater (Los Angeles), Shanghai International Dance Center Theater, Chronus Art Center, Spazio Diamenti (Rome, Italy), Himalaya Art Museum, Hangzhou International Dance Festival, Power Station of Art Theater, Pudong New Theater, 1933 Micro Theater, Minsheng Art Museum, MOCA Shanghai and more.  As a performer she has been invited to work with Li Chiao-Ping, Theater Director Huang Fangling, Aly Rose, Sofy Renier, Uma Body Theater, Inch Dance, Hege Haagenrud, Nan Nan Liu, etc.  As a dance educator, she has trained dance practitioners and presented orkshops and talks at Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai Vancouver Film School, Shanghai International Dance Center Theater, Matrice Center (Rome), IFTR International conference on Theater Arts, TED X, iPanda, SLATE Movement Workshops, Theater Branaccio (Rome) , Suzhou Dance Company, Shanghai American School, Shanghai Theater Academy, The British International School, Dulwich College and the American Consulate.

She has been trusted by brands to extend her artistic work into bespoke performances and events for Vanke Real Estate, Route Six, PUSH Media, Labelhood, AD magazine, MU, Fengyi Tan, Fourmor, Howie Li, LELEAS, Artelier So, Brownie Art Distributors, Capital Land, Raffles City, Didi , GQ, Salone Di Mobile .  Her screen dance work has been presented at The Sharon Disney Lund Theater in Los Angeles, Video Dance Festival in Buenos Aires, Shanghai International Dance Center Theater, Nowness China, CinemaDance Festival, Art Site Fest in Italy and the American Consulate in Shanghai.  As a creator, she believes in moving fast, taking up space and telling real stories through a surreal lens.

https://www.anneliesecharek.com/

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ANNELIESE

JINGLIN

MISHI

MAYKOL

EVELYN

SIYU

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