H.T. Chen & Dancers was in residency in Birmingham, AL from May 4-9 in collaboration with The Birmingham Chinese Garden & Asian Culture Center Foundation, presenting concerts, educational programming and outreach. Master classes were taught at The University of Montevallo and Birmingham Southern College, and the company performed their educational program Eight Strokes and the Moving Word for middle school and high school students. The concert program was comprised of Heart of Grace, and their newest premiere Between Heaven and Earth at Alys Stephens Sirote Center at the University of Alabama - Birmingham on May 8 & 9.