Jin-Wen Yu, Ed.D & MFA, is a Professor in the Dance Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has created, performed, directed, and produced more than 80 works for the stage in the Americas and Asia including 35 commissioned works for professionals and institutes. Before coming to the United States, Dr. Yu was a soloist with Cloud Gate Dance Theater, which has been invited to perform in major theater and dance festival all over the world. He co-founded Artifact Productions with Ed Groff in Philadelphia 1995. The company performed in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Taipei, and New York. Dr. Yu has been invited to present, teach, and/or perform in many national and international dance festivals and conferences, including Festival International de Video-danza de Buenos Aires, Taiwan International Dance Festival, World Dance 2000 Seoul Event, 2000 FEET international Dance festival in Philadelphia, Guangdong International Experimental Theater Modern Arts Festival in China, DANCE ON'97 International Dance Festival in Hong Kong, JADE International Dance Conference and Festival in Tokyo among others. In 1999, he founded Jin-Wen Yu Dance based in Madison, Wisconsin. The company has performed nationally and internationally: New York, San Francisco, Los Angles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Cambridge, Seattle, San Jose, Dallas/Fort Worth, Eugene, Buenos Aires/Argentina, Seoul/ Korea, Salvador/Brazil and three major cities, Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung /Taiwan, R.O.C. In addition to the supports of UW-Madison, Dr. Yu has received numerous grants, honors, commissions, residencies, and awards such as Outstanding Dance Artist Award from Taiwan, Wisconsin Arts Board Choreographer Award, the first Madison CitiARTS Commission Signature Grant and Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment. Grants includes the National Culture and Arts Foundation of Taiwan , Residential Arts of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst , Chinese Information and Culture Center in New York, Jih Sun Foundation for Culture and Education, Wisconsin Arts Board, Madison CitiARTS Commission, Madison Civic Center Foundation, Madison Community Foundation and Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission.