Chih-Hsien Lin (she/her/they/them), a native Taiwanese, is an independent movement artist, embodied thinker, and a clinical counselor specialized in somatic-based approaches. Currently she is a founding member and collaborator of IS/LAND (a performance collective group), a working artist with Khecari, and running her solo practice Embodied Way Psychotherapy for mental health services.
As an immigrant artist, Chih-Hsien works passionately to create an integrative and authentic sense of self through movement directions. She forges continuous collaborations, focusing on inclusive embodiment and emotional experiences in her own being and dance making practice. Her movement language, rhythm, and aesthetics reflect a rich cultural bearing from traditional Taiwanese and Chinese ethnic dances and martial arts to a vast array of somatic modern integrations. She creates circular worlds of kinesthesia, juxtaposition, and reflection, elucidating the subtlety, complexity, and fluidity of living.
Open Diary – Shedding, Shredding, Forgetting which debuted at Bridge Fest 2024, is her most recent dance brainchild, exploring topics of witnessing, grief, otherness, home, blessings, acceptance, and the intersection between language, movement, psychology, and human ecology. As a therapist, Chih-Hsien believes that by engaging in embodied realities where differences and uniqueness’ are present, brings wholeness and authenticity in processing pain and struggles.
Featured Artworks
Steeping Pace, 2015
Image by Ben Law
Wash ashore, 2017
Open Diary - Shedding, Shredding, Forgetting, 2024
Image by Chih-Jou Cheng
Open Diary - Shedding, Shredding, Forgetting, 2024
Image by Chih-Jou Cheng
Steeping Ice, 2015
Image by Ben Law
Thawalls In-session Six: Red and White Tale/Tail, 2017