After studying under legendary choreographers Lo Man-fei and Merce Cunningham, in 2011 award-winning New York-based contemporary dancer PeiJu joined the acclaimed Martha Graham Dance Company, the oldest in the US. She became the first Taiwanese dancer to receive the Bessie Award for Outstanding Performer for her work in the company’s 2017 show Ekstasis. She was also the sole Chinese dancer in the gala program of 2019’s The Eve Project, which celebrates female empowerment.