Po-Chieh CHEN
Born in Kaohsiung and currently based in Taichung, Po-Chieh Chen is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice spans creation, performance, curation, and teaching. She is currently the Artistic Director of Ars Association
Chen graduated cum laude from the Conservatory of Dance at the State University of New York, Purchase College, majoring in Dance Composition. During her time in New York, she received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence and the Bert Terborgh Dance Award. She performed in works by renowned choreographers, including José Limón, Mark Morris, Doug Varone, Ayako Kurakake, Pascal Rioult, Thang Dao, and Shen Wei. In 2002, she represented the Purchase Dance Corps at the Global Dance 2002 Festival in Düsseldorf, performing Legacy by Lin Hwai-min. Following her graduation, she joined Elisa Monte Dance (New York) as company dancer.
After returning to Taiwan in 2004, Chen expanded her career into arts programming, production, and curation, working with Lan Yang Dance Theatre, Cloud Gate 2, and the Performing Arts Alliance (PAA). In 2015, she joined the National Taichung Theater (NTT) as Assistant to the Artistic Director, later serving as Associate Manager of the Creative Engagement Division. Her role involved curatorial development, arts education initiatives, international cultural exchange, and the production of interdisciplinary programs.
In 2021, Chen co-founded Ars Association with designer Yu-Fen Chen, focusing on body-centric creative practices that explore personal history, social awareness, and the body’s essence.
Recent works include Welcome to My Dance Floor (2022), premiered at the We Island Dance Festival: Shulin Jump, and Ayla – The First Visit (2022), co-produced by Ars Association, Weiwuying Circus Platform, Yunlin International Puppet Theater Festival, and Taoyuan Iron Rose Festival. In 2024, she created Locus, touring in Taichung and Kaohsiung, and Sketch Series 1: The Near Elsewhere, in the Geography of Seeing and Not Seeing, co-created with Yu-Fen Chen and premiered at the 2024 Want to Dance Festival. She also presented work-in-progress Possibility of Presence at Cloud Gate Dance Theatre’s Spring Riot. Additionally, Chen was invited to serve as Movement Designer and Coach for Das Land des Lächelns (The Land of Smiles) at the National Taichung Theater (NTT) in 2024.
In 2025, her new works will be presented, including The Other Among Us, Possibility of Presence, Sketch Series 1: The Near Elsewhere, in the Geography of Seeing and Not Seeing (Theater Version), and the Ayla series.
Chen is actively involved in the international performing arts community as a Board member of the Performing Arts Development Network Association (PANDA) and a member of the Asian Producers’ Platform (APP). She is also part of the Taiwan Dancing Forward Collective and was selected for Mekong Cultural Hub’s 2024 Curated Conferences Project.
陳柏潔
出生於高雄，現定居台中。
現任雙人創作組合「藝術報國」藝術總監。從事創作、表演、教學與策展。
畢業於美國紐約州立大學柏切斯分校舞蹈學院，主修編舞 (BFA cum laude, Conservatory of Dance, State University of New York at Purchase)，2002年以最高榮譽紐約州立大學首長獎畢業，並獲頒Bert Terborgh舞蹈獎。
於就學期間演出過多位編舞家作品，包含：曾演出過編舞家José Limón、Mark Morris、Doug Verone、Ayako Kurakake、Pascal Rioult、沈偉等多部作品，並於2002年代表Purchase Dance Corps 參加於德國杜賽道夫舉辦的Global Dance 2002，由臺、美、港、澳洲四國大學共演臺灣編舞家林懷民作品《薪傳》。並於畢業後，受邀加入紐約Elisa Monte Dance擔任專職舞者。
2004年返台後，開展藝術領域企劃、製作、策展等全方位面向，曾任職於蘭陽舞蹈團台北團、雲門2、表演藝術聯盟及臺中國家歌劇院節目企劃部與藝術教育部，從事演出製作、節目與活動策劃、藝術教育與國際交流等工作。
2021年與設計師陳鈺分共同成立「藝術報國 Ars Association」。現為表演藝術網絡發展協會(PANDA) 理事、臺灣舞蹈生態行動協會會員、亞洲製作人平台工作營 (Asian Producers’ Platform Camp) 成員，2023年獲選為湄公河文化中心 (Mekong Cultural Hub) 2024 Curated Conferences計畫成員之一。
近期創作：《歡迎來到我的練舞場》於「2022樹林跳—跳島舞蹈節」演出，2022年創作戶外大型偶戲舞蹈作品《艾拉—第一次造訪》(Ayla – The First Visit)，擔任導演及編舞，此作品由藝術報國、衛武營馬戲平台、雲林國際偶戲節及桃園鐵玫瑰藝術節共同合作推出。
2023年，啟動以肢體為主體的創作實踐，探索身體、本質、個人歷史與社會意識。2024年陸續發表新作：《發現之地》（Locus）於臺中、高雄巡演；與設計師陳鈺分共同創作及演出— 速寫系列1 《近他方，在見與不見的地理》（The Near Elsewhere, in the Geography of Seeing and Not Seeing）於「2024艋舺國際舞蹈節」發表；並受「雲門舞集」邀請於「2024春鬥—編創旅程」系列當中，發表獨舞作品《在場》(Possibility of Presence) 的階段創作呈現。2024年受邀擔任臺中國家歌劇院2024 NTT 遇見巨人―雷哈爾輕歌劇《微笑之國》動作設計暨指導。2025年推出新作品《舉起手指向星辰》(The Other Among Us)、《在場》、速寫系列1《近他方，在見與不見的地理》（劇場版）以及《艾拉》系列演出。