Sue Li Jue has been dancing, teaching and choreographing in the Bay Area since 1986. She holds a B.A. and Master of Fine Arts degree in dance from UCLA and Mills College respectively. Ms. Li Jue has danced in works by many local choreographers including: Krissy Keefer, Kim Epifano, Alonzo King, Kimi Okada, Joan Lazarus, and Sarah Bush, and in the companies of Asian American Dance Performances, June Watanabe In Company, Dance Brigade, and Sarah Bush Dance Project. Ms. Li Jue is the Artistic Director of Facing East Dance & Music (est. 1991) whose achievements include a myriad of performances in Bay Area festivals and in theaters both large and small. FEDM won an “Izzie” Award for Best Ensemble, and Ms. Li Jue was awarded a California Dancemaker Award, a James Irvine Artist Advancement Initiative, Zellerbach, Ca$H, Clorox, and Hewlett grants locally, which allowed touring nationally and internationally. She is best known for her full length, multimedia productions: Rice Women, The Nature of Nature, Held So Close: remembering the poets of Angel Island, and East/West Canvases: Questioning Beauty. Ms. Li Jue has served on numerous boards and granting committees such as the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards, Oakland Cultural Arts Fund, and Alameda Art Fund. She retired from teaching in 2019 after 32 years as a Lecturer in dance at UC Berkeley’s Physical Education Program -- the last three years serving as its Director. In July 2018 she was honored by Berkeley’s Mayor, declaring July 24th as “Sue Li Jue Day” in the City of Berkeley for her achievement in the arts. Post-retirement she has enjoyed dancing as an “elder” with Sarah Bush Dance Project’s productions and continues to be involved in the dance community by serving on the Izzies.