In partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Master of Fine Arts degree in the Department of Dance at California State University, Long Beach, two original dances were choreographed and premiered at the Martha B. knoebel Dance Theater, California State University, Long Beach as part of Hemisphere: A Mixtape Side B on March 15, 2019 at 8 pm and March 16, 2019 at 2 pm. The two works include The Tower Under the Moon, an 11-minute solo dance and Elastic Me, a 14-minute group dance. The Tower Under the Moon is inspired by ancient Chinese poetry, Yijianmei, visualizing and physicalizing in theatrical form the romance of the poetic imageries and the genuine, rich, emotional expressions found in the literature. Elastic Me delves into humanity from a manifestation of sensitivity as a human characteristic in order to create empathy in and conversation with the audience. These two dances were choreographed under the research experiment of testing the compatibility of movement vocabularies from Chinese folk and ethnic dance with modern dance choreography. This project report presents and explains the experimental approach of each choreographic work in relation to goals established upon entering the program and from their inception in the written thesis proposal to the key methodologies employed while choreographing, and the post-performance analysis. At the end of the report, the artist statement contextualizes the choreographies in relation to larger artistic goals and vision.