Path to Self Identity

Founder and artistic director of Feng Ye Dance Studio. Found and CEO of Asian Cultural Foundation.Feng Ye is a “National First-Class Dancer '' in China. She was a seasoned professional, serving as Artistic Director and President of the dance company in the China National Song and Dance Troupe. As performer, choreographer, and artistic director, her works were presented in the Olympic opening & closing ceremonies three times in 2004, 2008, 2014 respectively. In the South Bay Area, Feng Ye launched the Feng Ye Dance Studio and Feng Ye Dance Troupe and successfully produced and performed a grand annual gala entitled "ENCOUNTER" at the San Jose Art Center Montgomery Theater in 2018 and "DANCE WITH NATURE" at the Cowell Theater in San Francisco in 2019. For three consecutive years, the Feng Ye Dance Troupe was selected as the only representative of Chinese dance to participate in the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. Feng Ye has emerged as an important figure in the region, promoting the integration of dance cultures from multiple ethnic groups. 

AL Abraham (he/him) an artist from the Philippines, he holds a diploma in creative performing arts at the University of the Philippines. He has dance professionally with Ballet Philippines, Alice Reyes Dance Philippines, Springfield Ballet company as a soloist and recently with Oakland Ballet Company. He has performed works of Phil Chan, Natasha Adrolee, Ye Feng, Adam Sage and Graham Lustig. Abraham has participated several competitions winning 2nd prize winner at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Ballet competition and Jury award Korea international modern dance competition. As a choreographer he has created 1x1x1x5 co-choreographed with Mark Robles, Kada-Paningkamot which was featured at the young choreographers showcase and later became a part of the touring repertory with Alice Reyes Dance Philippines, and Tuloy Ang Pasok,a dance film which later became an annual Christmas production of Alice Reyes Dance Philippines. Next season he will be dancing with Smuin Contemporary Ballet  

Katerina (Aikaterini) Bousleli, born in Greece is a dance artist, educator, choreographer, and

performer based in the Bay Area. She holds an M.A. in Theatre Arts from the San Francisco

State University, where she currently works as a dance Lecturer. Her movement vocabulary and

approach are influenced by the European contemporary style, interweaving different techniques

and focusing on the physicality of the body to address social, political, and personal issues.

Through her choreographies, she aims to create a space where movement, storytelling, and

dramatic elements intersect. She often emphasizes narrative and character development by

utilizing improvisation and applying dramaturgical thinking into the process.

Coming from Taiwan, Si-Yu’s career of teaching, performing, and choreographing has developed since 2014. She has been to LA, NY, Hungary, and Amsterdam for widening and deepening her dance experience, and her style has been influenced by jazz, street dance, and contemporary dance. In 2018, she joined the Budapest Dance Theater International Elite Program, immersing herself in contemporary dance/theater performance and working with dancers of different nations for a year. The experience in Europe inspired her to cooperate with dancers and theater artists to produce the evening-length shows "Float Live Dream", and "The Journeys" in 2020 and 2022 Taipei Fringe Festival. After moving to the Bay Area in 2023, she participated in SFMOMA Alexandra Pirici’s "Re-collectoin", and has been working with Kinetech Arts organization in "Dance I/O" and "Palladium". She also debuted her solo "Self Writing" at Zohar Dance Company.

 Maya received her BFA in dance from San Jose State University in May 2024 and is currently a working freelance dancer with a passion for choreography, teaching, and performing. Maya has had the opportunity to work with inspiring artists such as David Dorfman, Doug Varone, Jay Carlon, Cameron McKinney, Camille A. Brown, Lauren B. and many more. Maya hopes to continue building her community and exploring her curiosity through movement with every opportunity she is given.  

Production Manager and Photographer of Blue. Founder and Designer of K-Space, invited photographer of Feng Ye Dance Studio,  long-term collaborated with several modern dance companies in San Francisco for their performance photography; Master of Interior Architecture Design of the University of the Arts in San Francisco, PhD in Materials Science of the University of Wisconsin-Madison; During her working experience as an designer in the award-winning architectural firm Form4 in San Francisco and leading semiconductor equipment company Applied Materials in the Silicon Valley, Jingjing participated in the interior architectural design of a number of big-techs, and the research and development of cutting-edge semiconductor material products. She has published dozens of papers in well-known peer-reviewed academic journals and patents in semiconductor fields. She has never stopped exploring the connection of art, design, and science.