Yungchia Chen

Yungchia Chen

An instructor at Fei Tian Academy of the Arts, Yungchia Chen was previously a lecturer in dance at the Dance Department of the Central University for Nationalities, Beijing. Before coming to the United States, he was the Artistic Director of the Best of Dance in Taipei and a council member of the Dance Association of the Republic of China. Trained in traditional Chinese dance, and Chinese folk dance, Mr. Chen is a winner of numerous awards, including the Gold Medal at NTDTV’s first International Chinese Classical Dance Competition, the International Cultural Exchange Award (top honor) and the Silver Medal in choreography at Japan’s Kitakyushu International Dance Competition, the Formosa Prize at Taiwan’s “Dancing on the Great Land” Competition, the Flying Phoenix Award granted by the Dance Association of the Republic of China, the Silver Medal (performance) and the Gardener Award (pedagogy) at China’s national Peach and Plum Cup Dance Competition, and the Gold Medal in the dance division of the Youth Arts Competition of Guizhou province. Mr. Chen currently serves as a choreographer and principal dancer with Divine Performing Arts.