Rachel Hsu is a New York City-based artist working across contemporary, martial arts, and improvisational forms. Ongoing engagements include directing her movement collective RH Moves, performing and choreographing for contemporary-street fusion companies Ah-Molla Dance Collective and Umami Playground Dance Company, as well as teaching and creating commissioned work for Dartmouth College and Taipei American School. Through her movement practice, Rachel bridges and explores the worlds of concert/commercial dance, athleticism/intricacy, and physicality/storytelling.

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Raised in Taiwan, Rachel relocated to the United States in 2019 to attend Dartmouth College, where she was the sole recipient of the Hieman-Rosenthal Award for Dance and spearheaded campus dance programming through Dartmouth Ballet and Dartmouth Dance Workshops. Working closely with artists including John Heginbotham, Rebecca Stenn, and Marianne Hraibi, she organized campus residencies for guest artists and created performance opportunities, while choreographing, performing, and teaching original work. Rachel graduated summa cum laude in 2023 with a degree in Computational Linguistics.

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Since then, her work has been presented at the Rockefeller Center, New York Design Week, Peridance Presents, Arts on Site, Anthology33, and more, including collaborations with Taiwan’s Overseas Community Affairs Council and international performances spanning more than five countries. Most recently, Rachel toured with Queensboro Dance Festival as Director, Choreographer, and Dancer with RH Moves and is currently Assistant Choreographer for Ah-Molla Dance Collective’s upcoming full-length production, Wanderlust, which premieres December 2026 at 3AM Theater.

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Other creative involvements have included directing her one-shot dance film, Stranger, in collaboration with filmmaker Wan Rong Tseng; training with Capoeira Luanda, Hoolin Taekwondo, Wing Chun Kung Fu, and Krav Maga; and featuring in music videos by pop artists Eileen Yo and highvyn.