Peter Chu
American dancer
Peter Chu is an American choreographer, dancer, educator, and director. Born in The Bronx and raised in Cocoa Beach, Florida, Chu is best known for his creative process combining Traditional Chinese Medicine practices like Qigong and Taiji with modern dance. Chu has choreographed and danced extensively both the concert dance and commercial dance industries during his decades-long career and has been described as a "sought-after artist" with "international acclaim.”
Early life and education
Chu first trained as a gymnast and cheerleader before beginning studies at Dussich Dance Studio, and advancing his studies at Dance by Holly Rock. He later graduated from The Juilliard School with a B.F.A. in Dance under the direction of Benjamin Harkarvy.
Accolades
In 2018, Chu received the Harvard Blogett Award for distinguished artist, for his creative process and work at the Theater, Dance, and Media Department at Harvard University. He was the winner of the 2010 Capezio A.C.E. Award for choreographing the work, This Thought. Chu was the featured choreographer during the 2008 Perry-Mansfield New Works Festival. Upon graduation from The Juilliard School, he was awarded the Hector Zaraspe Prize for Choreography.
As a performer
As a concert dancer, Chu has performed with dance companies Frankfurt RM, BJM Danse (Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal), EZdanza, Azure Barton and Artists, and spent seven years as a company member of Crystal Pite's Kidd Pivot. Commercially, he was principal dancer in the music video for Christina Perri's "Jar of Hearts" and was a performer in Celine Dion's A New Day.
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