25 to Watch 2018: Connie Shiau

Watching Connie Shiau dance feels uncannily similar to watching a cat attack its prey. She’ll stealthily draw out a movement, building suspension, then charge into the next phrase so fast that you never even see how she got from point A to B.

But this Abraham.In.Motion dancer offers much more than just playful musicality. Although she’s only 28, Shiau delivers the kind of complex performances that artists typically only develop through years of digging deep inside their souls. With her intense inner focus, you feel her making choices right in the moment onstage, and you can’t help but be mesmerized, wondering what she might decide to do, where she might decide to go next.

Find out who else made Dance Magazine‘s “25 to Watch” list this year.