University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Ph.D. in Performance Studies
Zhenhao Wen
Curriculum vitae
Performer, researcher, photographer, and educator.
Education
The University of Edinburgh
M.Sc. Dance Science and Education
Shanghai Theatre Academy
B.A. Dance Performance
Publications and presentations
The Grammar of Improvisation
In preparation; target journal: Dance Research Journal
From Corrector to Listener: A Practitioner’s Method for Dance Teachers
Dance Education in Practice, pp. 1–6. Published online 2 September 2026. DOI: 10.1080/23734833.2026.2706421
When the Body Becomes an Archive Across the Trans-Pacific
AAAS Annual Conference; panel with SanSan Kwan and Rosemary Candelario
Dancing Health: Disability Performance and the Construction of the Embodied Self
Proposal accepted for the 41st Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability; not presented.
Legacies of Trauma, Dances of Transformation
25th International Graduate Student Conference, East-West Center
Awards and funding
Langhans Student Enhancement Fund
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, $1,200
Graduate Assistantship Supplemental Award
Department of Theatre and Dance, UH Mānoa, $2,200
MIE Grant
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, $400
Performances and production
Performer, EPIC
Directed by Pei-Ling Kao; choreography in collaboration with Sunny Nai-Hsuan Yang and the cast. Earle Ernst Lab Theatre, Kennedy Theatre, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu.
Dance-film screening, To Leave a Trace
Seoul International Dance Festival in Tank, relay dance film programme, Seoul.
Performer, International MDD Collaboration
Ninth ARTSinTANK Dance Festival, Oil Tank Culture Park, Seoul. Festival residency 28 June to 3 July 2026, public showcase 3 July 2026.
Choreographer and performer, About Breath
Music by Yunxin An. Composers’ Symposium, Department of Music, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Orvis Auditorium, Honolulu.
Performer, 25th Festival a Corps
KOMMOS and Tides of the Moon, Poitiers, France
Intercultural Roots Workshop
The Place, London
Narrative and Creative Producer
Dancing in the Diaspora, Center for Philippine Studies 50th Anniversary
Performer, Urban Makahiki Festival
UHM Dance Company, Waiwai Collective, Aala Park, Honolulu
Lead role, Yellow River
Symphonic dance epic, Shanghai International Dance Center
Top 24, Blackpool Dance Festival
Viennese Waltz; more than 3,000 competitors
Teaching
Instructor of Record, DNCE 131
Beginning Contemporary Dance, UH Mānoa
Teaching Assistant, DNCE 360 and DNCE 255
Dance Kinesiology and Global Perspectives on Dance
Guest Lecturer, Sichuan Conservatory
MAIA Framework and Ballroom Dance Pedagogy
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