Cheng-An Wu trained at the School of Dance, Taipei National University of the Arts. He danced for Focus Dance Company, Taiwan in D-Man in the Waters by Bill T. Jones, Milky Way by Hwai-Min Lin, No Lander by Riccardo Buscarini, Landscapers by Bulareyaung Pagarlava. He was awarded a scholarship by Chin-Lin Foundation for Culture and Arts to attend the American Dance Festival in 2011, where he worked with Bulareyaung Pagarlava. He joined Akram Khan Company in 2013.