Cherrie Yu
Daily Diversions (World Premiere)
November 12–14, 2026
7:30pm
Daily Diversions is a performance work about community building through the practice of table tennis, created in collaboration with Manhattan Chinatown–based table tennis players and multigenerational contemporary dancers during Cherrie Yu’s Performance AIRspace Residency . Daily Diversions explores the shared vocabulary between postmodern dance and everyday athleticism. Cherrie Yu has been living and working in the U.S. since 2013, has shown films and performances across the country and was included in Cultured Magazine’s 2025 Top 27 Young Artists List.
Image by Maria Baranova
About Cherrie Yu
Cherrie Yu is an artist born in Xi’an, China and lives in the United States. She works in choreography, moving images, writing and installation. Her practice explores the transmission of embodied knowledge, the critical functions of the archival form, and the idea of the artist as amateur. She received a BA in English from the College of William and Mary in 2017 and an MFA in performance from the School of the Art Institute in 2019. She has produced dance films, lecture performances, and documentaries in the past few years, and she continues to form collaborative relationships with artists and non-artists alike.
She has been an artist in residence at the Fine Arts Work Center, Yaddo, Macdowell, Kala Art Institute and Sharpe Walentas Studio Program. Her works have been exhibited at ICA Maine, Stove Works, Prismatic Ground Film Festival, Essex Flowers Gallery, Movement Research at Judson Church and Pageant Space.