Ching-Ying was born in Taiwan and is a graduate of National Taiwan University of Arts’ Department of Dance.

She began working with AKC in 2013, as a dancer in iTMOi, followed by Until the Lions and Outwitting the Devil. Her performance in Until the Lions won the Outstanding Female Performance (Modern) at the 2016 National Dance Awards (UK). She also acts as a rehearsal director and regularly teaches workshops for the Company.

Outside of theatre, she was the dancer and choreographer for musician Plan B’s Stranger music video and a few videos for British electronic band The Chemical Brothers. Together with Akram Khan, she co-created a duet for Can We Live with Robots, a TV documentary commissioned by Channel 4.

In 2020, she started working with James Thierrée-Compagnie du Hanneton in the creation of MO’s and ROOM.

Her latest piece, Vulture, was selected as one of the twenty pieces in Aerowaves 2023 and has been supported by LMF Dance Fund, National Culture and Arts Foundation (Taiwan) and Akram Khan Company. Performances have included at The Place, the Lilian Baylis Studio of Sadler’s Wells and Weiwuying National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts.