Brenton Cheng
Adjunct Professor
Part-Time Faculty
Biography
Brenton Cheng is a teacher, performer, and director of movement-based performance, as well as a core faculty of Integrated Movement Studies Laban/Bartenieff certification program and adjunct faculty at the University of San Francisco. In addition to directing his own work, he has performed with internationally-acclaimed Contraband, Zaccho Dance Theater, Angus Balbernie, Kim Epifano, Jo Kreiter & Flyaway Productions, Megan Lowe Dances, and many others, at such places as Jacob's Pillow, Bates Dance Festival, and the Festival d'Avignon, France. He teaches contact improvisation, Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies, and somatically-based performance skills to professional and non-professional movers in classes and workshops around the world.
Expertise
- Movement education
- Contact improvisation & partnering
- Laban/Bartenieff movement studies
- Composition & performance
Research Areas
- Somatics
- Improvisation
- Movement notation
Education
- Integrated Movement Studies, CLMA, CMT-SE, 2005
- Moving On Center, 2002
- Stanford University, MSME, 1993
- Princeton University, BSE, 1991
Prior Experience
- Adjunct Professor, USF
- Core Faculty, Integrated Movement Studies
- Faculty, Moving On Center