[2] She then studied at the National Institute of the Arts (now Taipei National University of the Arts) in Taipei, where she studied the Graham technique with Ross Parkes, a former Martha Graham Dance Company principal dancer.

The following year, she joined the Martha Graham Dance Company in New York City, was promoted to soloist in 1995 and principal in 1997.

[3] She was praised by the New York critics, with some calling her 'finest present-day embodiment of the Graham technique and tradition.

[1] In 2011, she founded Fang-Yi Sheu & Artists, which led to her working with dancers such as Wendy Whelan, Tyler Angle and Craig Hall, and choreographers such as Christopher Wheeldon and Akram Khan.

[7][8] In Taiwan, Sheu started a campaign named "Body art" in 2012, which promotes dance to the general public.