Shih-Ming Li Chang, Associate Professor of Theatre and Dance, Artistic Director of the Chinese Culture Performance Troupe in Columbus, and Vice President of Ohio Dance, is a performer, choreographer, and mother of four lovely children. At Wittenberg Mrs. Chang teaches modern, jazz, ballet, tap, Chinese folk dance, and Tai Chi, as well as dance composition and dance ethnology. She also directs Wittenberg’s Annual Dance Concert. She has performed with the Mount Holyoke Touring Ensemble, Smith College’s Celebration Dance Company, Tina Yan Dance Ensemble, Yao Ming-Lih Classical Ballet Company, Han-Sen Dance Ensemble, Van Pelt Dance and the Chinese Culture Performance Troupe both in Taiwan and in the U.S.A. She has given lecture-demonstrations in Chinese Dance at Smith College, Poland’s International Dance Conference, Ohio University, and elsewhere. Chang earned her B.A. in Dance at the University of Chinese Culture, Taipei, Taiwan and a M.F.A. in Dance at Smith College in Massachusetts. She joined the Wittenberg Faculty in 1986. Over the years living in the United States Chang has participated in ADFA in ’86, Jacob’s Pillow in ’87, Bates Dance Festival ’90, White Mountain Dance Festival in ’90-91, as well as in numerous American College Dance Festivals, and Ohio Dance festivals. Chang is currently working on a video of Chinese Dance. In past years she has visited China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, collecting materials and interviewing scholars. Mrs. Chang is also the Executive Director of the Weaving Pine, a non-profit organization for the Chinese Cultural Network in Ohio.
