Yu’s choreography in the USA has been hosted by many venues in New York City such as Dance Theater Workshop, The Kitchen, Danspace Project at St. Marks Church, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, P.S. 122, La MaMa, Etc., Pace University, Taipei Theater; Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center. Also on the East Coast, her work has been presented at The Yard/A Colony for Performing Artists, and at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Massachusetts. Cheng-Chieh Yu’s choreography has been seen in southern California in Los Angeles at The Japanese American Theater, Skirball Cultural Center, Highways Performance Space, UCLA’s Center for Intercultural Performance, The CalArts Redcat Theater, Grand Performances, Los Angeles Women’s Theater Festival, Sushi Performance and Visual Arts in San Diego as well as the University of California at Irvine, Claire Trevor School of the Arts. Yu Dance Theatre’s international presentations have been staged in major venues in China, Singapore, and Taiwan.

Choreographic commissions include: Chinese Information and Culture Center, Yangtze Repertory Theater, Movement Research, and Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church in New York City; Beijing Modern Dance Company in Beijing, Guangdong ATV Academy for Performing Arts in China, and Sun Shier Dance Theater of Taiwan.

Yu has received funding from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, The James Irvine Foundation, the Jerome Foundation, the Durfee Foundation, The Jewish Federation, DTW Suitcase Fund, Atlantic Center for the Arts, the Cultural Council and the National Culture and Arts Foundation of Taiwan, Center for Intercultural Performance/UCLA, The UC Humanities Research Institute and UC Institute for Research in the Arts.