Chu partners with dance world’s leading performers and choreographers in wildly popular cross-country dance convention
DALLAS – This spring, critically acclaimed artist, choreographer, and dance teacher Peter Chu will participate in the first-ever 24 Seven Dance Convention as an exclusive member of the company’s prestigious dance faculty. The convention will visit 15 cities across the United States during the 2012/13 season, culminating with a national dance competition in Las Vegas from July 14-19. The convention stops in Dallas at the Hyatt Regency DFW from May 10-12.
“I am thrilled to have been selected as a faculty member for the first-ever 24 Seven Dance Convention, and am honored to be working alongside so many talented and hardworking performing artists,” says Peter Chu. “I consider it a privilege to share my dance experience and education with America’s next generation of emerging dance artists, and will be working hard to ensure that every student has a positive, yet challenging experience.”
A remarkably talented artist, Chu has developed a multi-faceted and enviable dance career, keeping a strong foot in both the commercial and concert worlds over the last decade. After graduating from the prestigious Juilliard School in 2002, Chu joined Montreal’s BJM_Danse Company and then toured the world with Crystal Pite’s acclaimed contemporary company Kidd Pivot. He wowed audiences in Celine Dion’s Vegas spectacular A New Day and starred as the lead character in Christina Perri’s Jar of Hearts music video.
As a choreographer, Chu has created expressive, imaginative and thought-provoking works for Naomi Stikeman’s Caturn, Houston Metropolitan Contemporary Dance Company, and San Diego Dance Company. As artistic director of his newly launched dance company, chuthis., Chu has developed a memorable and haunting show, Nothing Sticks, enthusiastically received by audiences in New York City and Vancouver, B.C. He is also the recipient of the prestigious 2010 Capezio A.C.E. Award for Choreography.
Most recently, Chu’s choreography was featured on Season 9 of the world’s most recognizable televised dance show, So You Think You Can Dance? – which showcased his signature style of contemporary dance to mainstream audiences.
Chu will join fellow contemporary, tap, jazz, hip hop, and ballet artists at 24 Seven Dance Convention, which features an immensely talented faculty of Sonya Tayeh, Danny Wallace, Lauren Adams, Brooke Pierotti, Twitch, Anthony Russo, Jess Hendricks, and Francisco Gella. The team will work with thousands of America’s top aspiring dancers, from the ages of five to 19, at various events across the country through all-day workshops, special choreographed performances, and adjudicated competitions.
Tour dates include Chicago on Nov. 9-11 (2012), Rochester on Jan. 4-6, Ogden, UT on Jan. 11-12, Phoenix from Jan. 18-20, Meadowlands, NJ from Jan. 25-27, Denver from Feb. 1-3, Los Angeles from Mar. 1-3, Seattle from Mar. 15-17, Atlanta from Mar. 22-24, Houston from Apr. 5-7, Dearborn, MI from Apr. 12-14, Orlando from Apr. 26-28, Washington, DC from May 3-5, Dallas from May 10-12, and Santa Clara from May 17-19. The 24 Seven Dance Convention will conclude with a national competition in Las Vegas from July 14-19.
Photo Credit Levi Walker.
