Chien-Pott relocated to New York City through a Merit Scholarship at the Merce Cunningham Studio where she studied with Merce Cunningham himself. After receiving her BFA in Dance, she performed internationally with the Taipei Crossover Dance Company as a leading dancer. Chien-Pott was invited to perform with the Taipei Crossover Dance Company as a lead female dancer and with the Taipei Royal Ballet. At age 15, she was among top five dancers nationally selected for the seven-year dance program at Taiwan’s prestigious arts university, Taipei National University of the Arts. She started her dance training in classical ballet and Chinese Folk Dance at age 10 and was a member of the leading competition dance group in her hometown. Sought out by choreographers worldwide, she has created acclaimed lead roles in works by Mats Ek, Nacho Duato, Luca Veggetti and Andonis Foniadakis among many other significant artists.

Chien-Pott has interpreted the iconic lead roles of Martha Graham's repertoire including Ekstasis, Chronicle, Cave of the Heart, Clytemnestra, Hérodiade, Night Journey, Errand into the Maze, Rite of Spring, Lamentation, Primitive Mysteries and others. PERFORMING ARTS of Taiwan and Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company of USA, is an internationally acclaimed contemporary dance artist, celebrated particularly for her work as a Principal Dancer for the Martha Graham Dance Company. Described as “one of the greatest living modern dancers” and 'the most dramatically daring and physically chameleon-esque Graham dancer of her generation', Ms. Retrieved 10 March 2018.PEIJU CHIEN-POTT, director of PEIJU C.

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