Biography
Cher Anabo is a somatic educator, multidisciplinary artist, and collaborator who has taught, choreographed, and performed in the United States and throughout Southeast Asia. Cher extensively studied Okinawan dances under the tutelage of Classical Okinawan Dance Master, Cheryl-sensei Nakasone and Balinese mask dances under I Ketut Wirtawan of Kakul Mas and I Made Widana of Segara Madu.
As an educator, Cher taught at The School of the Arts in Singapore, Damansara Performing Arts Centre and Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris in Malaysia (UPSI), St. Mary’s College of California,
University of California Santa Cruz, San Francisco Ballet, Northwestern State University, Texas Tech University, Texas Woman’s University, and University of North Texas.
As a researcher and choreographer, Cher investigates the effects of colonization, decolonization, and neocolonialism on the formation of identity and analyzes movement traditions and practices surrounding Southeast Asian dances and contemporary movement practices in the diaspora.