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Upcoming Events

April 2
11am - 1pm

Farmer QiGong

Join me at @riseandrootfarm for a QiGong based farmer warmup! This is my practice that last season, I used to get ready, mentally and physically for the work day on the farm. We’ll practice outside to connect to the land, so wear clothes that you can both move and get dirty in. Free! See you in Chester!

Rise & Root Farm, Chester, NY

April 27th-29th, 2023
8pm

You Are In My Everywhere, ∞therside collective at Gibney Dance

∞therside collective's New York residency culminates in 3 nights of performances at Gibney Dance Center. The performance is accompanied by a gallery exhibit of photos and media from the collective's unique collaborative process.

Gibney Dance Center

April 10-30th

∞therside collective New York Residency

I'm producing, hosting and performing in ∞therside collective's New York residency. For the past 5 years, I've traveled to Europe to work with them, but in April, I'm bringing the work home. We'll be in residency for a week at Salo Farm in upstate New York, then rehearsing in New York City, and finally premiering a new piece in Manhattan.

Granville, NY and New York City

Past Events

Jan 12th

Flying Low Master Class at Gallim

Teaching a master class in Flying Low technique as part of Gallim's Winter Intensive

520 Clinton Avenue

Jan 2 - 7, 2023

∞therside collective + Julyen Hamilton

Thanks to support from the EU Culture Moves fund, ∞therside collective returns to Thessaloniki for a gathering of instant composition performers convened with Julyen Hamilton! We are hosting his workshop and then present a separate evening of instant composition performance integrating Julyen, local Greek musicians and invited guests.

Thessaloniki, Greece

Oct 17- Nov 2

∞therside collective 2022 residency

I'm traveling to Poland for ∞therside collective's annual research and performance residency. Supported by PIK- POMORSKI INKUBATOR KULTURY, we'll spend two weeks creating a new evening length instant composition work.

Gdansk, Poland

Mondays in August

Teaching at Peridance

Mondays in August, I'll be teaching a guest series of Flying Low & Passing Through classes for Peridance's Independent Study Program. The class is closed to the public, but I am allowed one guest/assistant per class. So if you've taken my class previously, reach out and I'll get you in!

Manhattan, NY

July 30, 2022

Sarah Chien & Friends Open Rehearsal

I'm opening up my studio time for a special insider sharing of my art out east, and to celebrate some guests that are in town! Featuring, myself (dance!) + Kirin McElwain (cello/electronic music) and Ada Fernández (drama)

Mandala Yoga Studio, 10 Amagansett Square
This is a casual affair, no tickets. Just come to the studio at 7pm, and we'll welcome you into our practice. Please try to be on time as we lock the doors for privacy.

Mandala Yoga Studio, Amagansett, NY

3/18/22

Panelist at DanceNYC's 2022 Symposium

Dance/NYC’s 2022 Symposium: Life cycles. Livelihoods. Legacies., focuses on uncovering the generational continuum of lives in dance. I'm a speaker on a joint panel with Judith McCarty, moderated by Maya Simone Z.

Online

2/1/22, 2/8/22

Flying Low Professional Class

Flying Low and Passing Through classes geared toward the professional dance community. I will share: frameworks for investigations into walking/running/spiraling/sliding; specific pathways for moving efficiently in and out of the floor; tools for sharing yourself fully in unpredictable spaces.

Gibney Dance

1/15/22, 1/22/22

P I N E

I'm one of five performers in this epic endurance event created by micca. P I N E is an installation / performance conceived out of a necessity to mourn in a time of compiling obstacles. We're dancing amongst a forest of recycled pine trees installed on a wintery beach.

Rockaway Beach 81st

Thursdays, 11/18/22-12/16/22

Flying Low Winter Session

Teaching 4 weeks of Thursday morning Flying Low classes. I will share: frameworks for investigations into walking/running/spiraling/sliding; specific pathways for moving efficiently in and out of the floor; tools for sharing yourself fully in unpredictable spaces. Only 8 slots per class so pre-register!

Chez Bushwick, Brooklyn

11/18/21

CPR Open Studios

Performing two in-progress pieces, and hosting a facilitated feedback session to discuss the development of a new evening length work "Nothing But Us". Come see what I've been working on and help me figure out how to keep moving those ideas forward! Curated by FAILSPACE for CPR. Shared bill with Amelia Heintzelman

Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn

Oct 4- 18, 2021

Work/Exchange Residency at Le Moulin de La Belle

Supporting the build out of Mari Meade's new residency space, Le Moulin de La Belle at a reclaimed mill in southern France. I'll also be using the residency time for personal practice and dance career planning.

Mareuil en Périgord, France

Sept 18- Oct 2, 2021

∞therside collective in Italy

After 2 pandemic reschedulings, the 5 women of ∞therside collective are finally together Italy! Togehter with 3 musicians, we'll be researching ensemble improvisation during residencies at Centro Sociale La Resistenza (Ferrara) and AlmaDanza (Bologna), and teaching and performing throughout the region. Full schedule on our website.

Bologna, Italy

ongoing

A4 Virtual Residency Gallery

The first ever Asian American Arts Alliance Virtual Residency culminated in a web gallery with a page dedicated to each of 23 artists' unfinished for the public–works-in-progress. See a window into the my and my diverse cohort's processes across all artistic disciplines.

Web

July 18- August 31st

The Sable Project Summer Residency

Selected to participate in a 6 week art farm residency including 2 weeks of personal practice while camping on the land and collaborating with Fat Dragon Farm, and 4 weeks of collective creative process culminating in an interdisciplinary public art event.

Stockbridge, Vermont

July 16th, 2021

¡Spontaneous Combustion! #12

Rescheduled from July 9th. On a summer night in Brooklyn, a secret rooftop gathering becomes a stage for spontaneous performance. Part party, part picnic, part perfomance. Performers: Sarah Chien, Oshiyi, Mai Le Ho, Kaitlin Kaufman, Lenna Pierce, Peter Redgrave, Gabriel Willow

Secret Bushwick Rooftop

May-June 2021

DANCE NOW 25th Anniversary, Chapter 6

Commissioned to create a new video dance work for the DANCE NOW 25th Anniversary season. Each chapter features a mix of archival and new commissioned work viewed in their online gallery and artist-to-audience celebrations on Zoom.

DanceNow Online

May 28th-June 18th

Friday Flying Low Classes

Teaching 4 weeks of Friday morning Flying Low classes, IN PERSON, INDOORS! I will share: frameworks for investigations into walking/running/spiraling/sliding; specific pathways for moving efficiently in and out of the floor; tools for sharing yourself fully in unpredictable spaces. Only 8 slots per class so pre-register!

68 Jay St.

June 18th, 2021

DanceNow Encore!

This outdoor, socially distanced event will feature a series of live performances and digital screenings highlighting some of the best of DN’s 2020-2021 season. I'm sharing a live performance with cellist Kirin McElwain, alongside a projection of our film "A Year Without Studios"

E 3rd Street Between Avenues A and B

June 11th, 2021

¡Spontaneous Combustion! #11: weeds

On a summer night in Brooklyn, a secret rooftop gathering becomes a stage for spontaneous performance. Part party, part picnic, part perfomance. Performers: Alisa Fendley, Evelyn Tejeda, Cora Laszlo and more.

secret Bushwick rooftop

April 23rd, 2021

The Kumah Festival

The New Shul, a progressive Jewish community, present The Kumah Festival of Faith, Art and Ideas. I will be sharing a shabbat-focused iteration of my made-for-zoom score "This Time", on a shared evening with Davalois Fearon. The evening also includes an artist talk moderated by curator Maia Wechsler.

Zoom

Dec 2020 - Mar 2021

Asian American Arts Association Virtual Artist in Residence

Selected to join an artist-led, cohort-based residency program of artists working across diverse mediums and at different career stages. Online residency gallery coming in April!

January 2021

∞therside collective Virtual Residency

In November 2020, ∞therside was finally forced to cancel our long-awaited annual residency set to take place in Budrio, Italy. In a desire to continue to find creative solutions and keep creating together, we committed to 3 weekend intensives on Zoom.

Zoom, around the world

January 9th, 2021

Arts on Site Virtual Performance Party

Salon-style event curated by Women in Motion. I'll be sharing "This Time", a short improvised work made for Zoom, about the challenges of art-making now.

Zoom & Facebook Live

April 17-19, 2020

Silo Master Class Series [CANCELLED for COVID19]

Teaching a master class at DeSales University, spending the weekend in residency Silo

Lehigh Valley, PA

March 25th, 2020

Moment's Notice Improvisation Salon [CANCELLED for COVID19]

Performing an improvised duet with percussionist Caitlin Cawley, as part of this ongoing salon curated by Cass Tunick and Olivier Besson. Free admission!

Boston Conservatory Boston, MA

March 8th, 2020

NexToNow

NexToNow is a studio salon for performing free improvisation, attended mostly by dancers, musicians and our audience supporters! Expect an intimate, low-key, experimental vibe. I'll be a featured performer (meaning I'll perform for at least 15 minutes). I believe donations are welcome from wtinesses.

Eden's Expressway | Soho, NY

March 7th, 2020

GroupMuse

GroupMuse produces intimate living room shows for classical music. I'm joining a night of classical guitar and flute thanks to the invitation of longtime collaborator, Lauren Hlubny.

Private Home | Upper West Side, Manhattan

Wednesdays from March 4th, 2020

All-level Dance Classes [SUSPENDED for COVID19]

Liberated Movement offers radically welcoming, hour long drop-in donation based class for all levels, all bodies. I'll be teaching a class based on my work with Flying Low and Passing Through, emphasizing connection, dynamic choice-making, and clarity through movement.

Battery Dance Studios | Manhattan, NY

Feb 7-9, 2020

Philadelphia Auto-Residency

Collaborating with Artist Chelsea Murphy to produce a self-powered artist exchange. We'll spend the full weekend sharing studio space, our personal practices and diving into shared interests in theatricality + physicality + improvisation

More Info

Philadelphia, PA

Jan 27th, 7pm, 2020

RECESS at Chez Bushwick

Featured performer for studio salon hosted by Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation.

Chez Bushwick | Brooklyn, NY

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