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Biography of Shen Wei
2000-07 Artistic Director, Choregrapher, Painter and Designer, Shen Wei Dance Arts, New York, USA
1995-99 Choreographer, Painter, Dancer, Various International, basic in New York, USA
1990-94 Founding Member, Choreographer, Dancer, Guangdong Dance Company, China
1984-89 Performer, Hunan Xiang Provincial Opera Company, China

Notable Performances and Exhibitions
2007

Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  Lincoln Center Festival, New York, USA
  Le Grands Ballets de Canadiens de Montreal, Canada
  Festival del Centro Historico, Mexico City, Mexico
  Disney Concert Hall (Frank Gehry), Los Angeles, USA
  Spoleto Festival, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
  Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom
2006

Hong Kong New Vision Arts Festival, Hong Kong, China

  International Dance Festival, Dublin, Ireland
  MODAFE Dance Festival, Seoul, Korea
  Rome Music Center, Rome, Italy
  Basel International Dance Festival, Basel, Switzerland
  American Dance Festival, North Carolina, USA
  Joyce Theater, New York, USA
2005 Lincoln Center Festival, New York, USA
  John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., USA
  Sydney Arts Festival, Sydney Opera House, Australia
  La Biennale di Venezia, La Fenice, Italy
  Montpellier International Dance Festival, France
  International Hamburg Arts Festival, Germany
  Luxembourg International Arts Festival, Luxembourg
  Melbourne International Arts Festival, Australia
  Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  Centre Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal The Esplanade, Singapore
2000-04 American Dance Festival (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004), North Carolina, USA
  Lincoln Center Festival (2003, 2004), New York, USA
  Dorothy Chandler Pavillion, Los Angeles Music Center, USA
  La Biennale di Venezia, Italy
  Israel Festival, Jerusalem, Israel
  Sadler’s Wells, London, United Kingdom
  John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., USA
  Steps International Dance Festival, Switzerland
  Oriente Occidente Festival, Revereto, Italy
  Edinburgh Festival Theater, Scotland, United Kingdom
  Brighton Arts Festival, United Kingdom
  Edinburgh Festival Theater, United Kingdom
  Germany Millennium Moves Festival, Germany

Notable Awards and Commissions

2005-07 Helpmann Award, Best Ballet or Dance Work, Australia
  Les Etoiles de Ballet, Cannes, Palais des Festivals
  Commission, Le Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal, Canada
  Commission, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., USA
  Commission, Het-Muziektheater, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
  Commission, American Dance Festival (2005 & 2006)
  Commission, Mondavi Center for the Arts
  Commission, Lincoln Center Festival, New York, USA
  Commission, New York City Opera, USA
2000-04 Nijinsky Award for Emerging Choreographer, Monaco
  Guggenheim Fellowship, New York, USA
  New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, New York, USA
  Commission, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  Commissions, American Dance Festival, North Carolina, USA (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
  Commission, Guangdong Modern Dance Company, China
1994-99 Commission, Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, New York, USA
  Commission, Dances We Dance, Hawaii, USA
  Commission, American Dance Festival, North Carolina, USA
  First Prize, Choreography, National Modern Dance Competition, China

Selected Works

2007 Re- (Part Two)
2006 Re- (Part One)
2005 Map
  Second Visit to the Empress
2004 Connect Transfer
2003 Rite Of Spring
2001 Near the Terrace (Part two)
 

Behind Resonance

2000 Near the Terrace (Part one)
  Folding
1998 The Wave of the Empty Lake
1997 When Ring Stops
1996 Last Montage
1995 The Bed
1990-94 Small Room, Insomnia, Color Relations, Racing With the Sun, Still Child, The Sun Rises As Before

 
 
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