CHEN Jia-wen

Dancer

Chen Jia-wen graduated from the 24th cohort of the Faculty of Choreography, majoring in Contemporary Dance, at Beijing Dance Academy. She has participated in several major performances and dance competitions, including the 2024 China Dancers Association’s environmental dance residency programme The Pool, and the concept short film Exception and Rule at the Aranya Theater Festival. In 2021, she appeared in The Great Journey, a large-scale dance epic celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, for which she was honoured with an Individual Excellence Award. She also performed in Family Letters at the 17th Beijing Dance Competition, where she was awarded Third Prize for Performance. In addition, Chen took part in Beijing Dance Academy’s Dance for the People project, which has featured one hundred dance pieces from the past century. She joined City Contemporary Dance Company in 2025.