Ann
WOO
Executive Director |
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Ms.
Woo, dancer and producer, has long been instrumental
in introducing Chinese dance to the local communities.
Her productions have been presented regularly in
major theatres such as Herbst Theatre, Palace of
Fine Arts Theatre, Flint Center, and San Jose Center
for the Performing Arts.
Ms. Woo
served as Executive Director of the Chinese Folk
Dance Association of San Francisco for ten years.
She co-founded the Asian Heritage Couancil in the
South Bay in 1984 and Chinese Performing Artists
of America in 1991. Drawing upon her vast experiences
both in high-tech industry and performing arts production,
Ms. Woo initiated CPAA’s ties to the local communities.
Under Ms. Woo’s management, CPAA has grown significantly
in the past ten years and served over 400,000 in
audience.
Ms. Woo currently serves as the Chair of the Arts
and Culture Committee of the Cupertino-Hsinchu Sister
Cities Association. For her outstanding services
to the community, she was honored as a “Citizen
of Achievement” in February, 1999, by the Sunnyvale-Cupertino
Branch of the American Association of University
Women. She is recently awarded the “2002 Women’s
Achievement Award in Art” by Women’s Fund.
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