Jiemin Yang is a cross-disciplinary artist who combines movement, text, visuals, and sound to create works that are inspired by Chinese culture, the immigrant experience, and LGBTQ stories.
He is a professional graphic designer/art director/illustrator and also teaches Yoga & Pilates
Commissions
Here We Root by Queens Council on the Arts 2022
Us Around the Table by Queens Council on the Arts 2021-22 (In progress)
Carry a Dream with You by City Artist Corps 2021 of New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
Wo/我 (dance film), commissioned by Queens Council on the Arts 2020
Configuration of Us, commissioned by Making Moves Dance Festival 2019
Beneath the Skin, commissioned by Mare Nostrum Elements 2016-17
Honors / Awards
Artist of Exceptional Merit 2022, Asian American Arts Alliance
The Artist Commissioning Program Awardee, Queens Council on the Arts 2021
City Artist Corps 2021, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs & New York Foundation for the Arts
CUNY Dance Initiative Residency 2020-2022
New Work Grant, Queens Council on the Arts 2020 & 2022
Other Dance Works:
Flux/Convert, 7MPR, Arts on Site, Aug 2021, NY
Entwine II, Ailey Citigroup Theater, KoDaFe 2019, Jun 2019, NY & Mark O’Donnell Theater, First Look 2019, Jul 2019, NY
Entwine I, Parque da Devesa, Jul 2018, Portugal
Twine and Fall, Schaeffer Theatre, Jul 2016, ME
Past Performances
Breathing with Strangers by KINESIS PROJECT (Artistic Director: Melissa Riker)
Riverside Park, Aug 2019 & Sep 2020, NY
Arts on Site, Jan 2020, NY
Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Oct 2019, NY
Chinese Folk Dance by Grant Zhuang (New York Chinese Cultural Center),The MET Museum, Feb 2020, NY
Tilted Glass by Issac Iskra, Little Theatre, Feb 2020, NY
Cabin Dance by Lauren Butler, Dixon Place, Sep 2019, NY
Silver Quantum by Yuku Hasegawa, The Sheen Center, May 2019, NY
Vision of You by Brendan Henders, 7MPR at Arts on Site, April 2019, NY
Searching for a Phase Change by Lane Gifford, Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Jun 2017, NY
While You Were Here/ Unraveling by Lucy Kerr, Center for Performance Research, Apr 2017, NY
Education
MA in Contemporary Dance, London Contemporary Dance School
BS in Dance and Graphic design, Macaulay Honors College at Queens College