Anita and Renaldo Kiel Cheng

Anita Cheng received her BA in English from The Colorado College and her
MFA in Dance from the University of Michigan. In 1991, she received a
Fulbright in choreography to complete her Post-Graduate Studies at the
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. She has danced for Ann Arbor
Danceworks, Whitley Setrakian & Dancers, and in the works of Betsy Fisher
and Tran T. Thuc Hahn, among others. In 1997, she was recognized with a
New York Emmy award as graphic designer for the series, The City, for
Thirteen/WNET New York. In 1998 and 1999, she received grants from the
Experimental Television Center to realize two dances with video, The
Secret Sharer and Home of the Gesture. And in December 1999, Cheng was
singled out in Dance Magazine¹s article "21 Leaps Into the Twenty-First
Century".

Cheng¹s dance, Daybreak, was selected for performance at the 2000 Eighth
Biennial Art and Technology Symposium at Connecticut College. In 2001,
her dances were presented in group shows at Colorado College, the Merce
Cunningham Studio, the Alvin Ailey Studio and the Joyce Soho as part of
the Downtown Arts Festival in New York City. In July of 2001, she was one
of four emerging choreographers invited to take part in a new lab at
Jacob¹s Pillow Dance Festival that paired choreographers with
compositional fellows at the Tanglewood Music Center. Also in 2001,
Cheng¹s video and DVD installation piece D¹Invenzioni, in collaboration
with artist Ronaldo Kiel, premiered in Sao Paulo and was then invited to
be part of the opening exhibition of the Santandar Cultural Center in
Porto Alegre, Brazil.


EDUCATION
1992 Professional Diploma, Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts, HK
1991 MFA, Dance, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1989 BA, English Literature, Colorado College, Colorado Spring, CO
1986 High School Diploma, Boulder High School, Boulder, CO

WORK EXPERIENCE
2000 Freelance Media Artist
1997-1999 Senior Designer (Broadcast & Print), Design Department. Thirteen/WNET, NYC
1999 Co-Creator, DownTime, CHENG&KIEL digital video project
1999 Co-Creator, Home of the Gesture, CHENG&KIEL web site project with Andrea Wollensak and Brett Terry
1998 Co-Creator, The Moment of Change Just Passed, CHENG&KIEL digital video project
1996-97 Creative Director, Marinex Multimedia (CD-ROM and Internet design), NYC
1996 Co-Creator, INS, CHENG&KIEL digital video project
1995 Co-Creator, ETC Readings, CHENG&KIEL digital video project
1995 Artist in Residence, Experimental TV Center, Owego, NY
1994 Co-Creator, Cityshore, CHENG&KIEL digital video project
1992-95 Freelance Graphic Designer.  Clients include:  Kidder Peabody, Bear Stearns, General Electric, Margeotes, Fertita and Partners and McGraw Hill & Co.
1991 Art Director, Channels, video, Center for Performing Arts Technologies, MI

FREELANCE WRITER
1994-present Auditor, Dance Program, New York State Council for the Arts (NYSCA)
1993-94 Arts Reviewer, The Village Voice, Elizabeth Zimmer, Editor.  NYC
1990-91 Contributor, The Michigan Daily, Alyssa Katz, Editor. University of Michigan
1986-89 Contributor, The Leviathan (literary journal), The Colorado College
1983-86 Editorial Editor and Reporter, The OWL, Boulder High School

TEACHING POSITIONS
1991-92 Arts in the Camps, Whitehead Detention Center. (Vietnamese Detention Camp), HK
1991-92 Continuing Education Staff, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, HK
1990-91 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Michigan, MI
1986-89 Tutor, The Writing Center at The Colorado College, CO

AWARDS & HONORS
2000 Experimental Television Center Finishing Funds Grant, NY
1999 The Third Eye, Group Video Showing at Art In General NYC
1999 Minds, Machines & Electronic Culture, Group Show in New London, Connecticut
1999 7th Annual International Media Arts Biennial, Group Show in Wroclaw, Poland
1998 Experimental Television Center Grant, NY
1997 New York Expo of Short Film & Video, Experimental Animation, New School, NYC
1997 Precursors and Contemporary Pioneers, Group Show in Paço Des Artes Museum, Saõ Paulo, Brazil
1995 Presenter, International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA), Montreal, CA
1991-92 Fulbright Fellowship to Hong Kong
1989-91 Full Graduate Fellowship, University of Michigan
1986 Silver Medal, News Reporting, Colorado Student Journalism Association.