Studio Stories this week is with the CANDY BOX 2025 Featured Artist Cheng “Technica” Xiong for Episode 180 airing at noon on Thursday, April 17!
Cheng Xiong is a local artist, teacher, and community leader. Xiong grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota, and received his Bachelor of Arts in Dance at the University of Minnesota. Though he began his journey as a street dancer, through his studies, he broadened to different styles and professional skills. Xiong is also a Hmong dance artist/researcher who is among the first in Minnesota to fuse forms of breaking, contemporary, and acrobatic dance styles. He is currently a company member of Black Label Movement and has recently worked with local professional companies such as STRONGmovement, BRKFST Dance, and Minnesota Timberwolves’s First Avenue Breakers.
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Come see Cheng “Technica” Xiong’s premiere at the ninth annual CANDY BOX Dance Festival, April 24-26. Tickets here!