a performer

Jasmine Chiu 趙明 (she/her) is an actor, dancer, puppeteer, maker, and engaged practitioner. Now based in London UK, she was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Richmond, B.C., Canada.

Jasmine began her training at The Richmond Academy of Dance where she studied ballet and modern dance forms extensively, alongside acting and singing coaching from Vancouver locals.

She then went to The Boston Conservatory, graduating summa cum laude in 2014 with a BFA Contemporary Dance. There, she performed principal roles in D-Man in The Waters by Bill T. Jones, Blue Until June Suite by Trey McIntyre, Light Rain by Gerald Arpino; alongside works by José Limón and Karole Armitage. She’s taken part in professional advancement at Jacob’s Pillow, Springboard Danse Montréal, and Nederlands Dans Theater.

Following graduation Jasmine began freelancing in New York City where she worked with the Elisa Monte Dance company, Brice Mousset/OUI Danse on stage and on film, performed with the Chase Brock Experience, Francesca Harper Project at The Joyce Theatre, and Broadway Asia.

Jasmine then moved to London UK and began cultivating extensive relationships with makers of dance, theatre, music, and the visual arts. Notably she has worked with Wayne McGregor, Akram Khan, English National Ballet, and devised performances for Anthea Hamilton’s Tate Britain Commission The Squash, and Primetime at Southbank Centre. She’s featured in Biffy Clyro’s music video Space, and toured Europe with multimedia artist Ulf Langheinrich in Vortex.

Jasmine continues to work internationally and was brought back to New York City in 2019 to play the leading role of Little Phoenix in Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise produced by The Shed. The kung fu musical was co-conceived by Chen Shi-Zheng and Kung Fu Panda’s Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger; featuring songs by Sia, and choreography by Akram Khan.

Nowadays Jasmine is expanding her performance vocabulary by working with theatre practitioners, in Film and TV, and puppetry. She has appeared on screen in Jurassic World 3: Dominion (Universal Pictures), Father Brown (BBC), and Knuckles (Universal). She’s worked with UK’s leading physical comedy troupe Spymonkey, played Wild Girl in Wild (Unicorn Theatre), and was in the original cast of Royal Shakespeare Company & Improbable’s My Neighbour Totoro for two seasons.

Jasmine is also an interdisciplinary maker making solo performances. Her first R&D WILLOW was commissioned and presented by Dancin’ Oxford and Pegasus Theatre in 2021, and has since developed into a full-length solo work AT BROKEN BRIDGE which ran its sold-out performances at Camden People’s Theatre in 2022. Jasmine is a 2021 Choreodrome Artist at The Place and has been funded by Arts Council England National Lottery.

In 2022 Jasmine received a DYCP grant from Arts Council England to develop her practice to engage London’s local East and Southeast Asian elderly community through unique creative and movement experiences, and to continue refining her collaborative practice for devising with artists across various disciplines.

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Jasmine is represented in the U.K. by Narrow Road.