Shen Wei, a choreographer for opening ceremonies, combines Eastern and Western ideas.
JULIE BLOOM
Thirteen years ago Shen Wei was a dancer, a choreographer and a founding member of the Guangdong Modern Dance Company, the first of its kind in China. He was a rising star in his nation but craved to know more about Western dance than he could learn there.
In 1995 a fellowship from the Louis- Nikolais Dance Lab brought him to New York, where he has lived ever since. Now a citizen of the United States, he is returning to his native country as a principal choreographer of the opening ceremonies of the XXIX Olympiad .
Given China’s reputation for insularity, the decision by members of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games to look outside China for the ceremony’s artists is notable.
“I’m surprised that they asked me to join the team,” Mr. Shen said. “I left China a long time ago.
In one of his best-known works, “Folding,” his dancers wear long red skirts, white face paint and conical headdresses as they skim across the stage. His movements combine Eastern and Western ideas .
Mr. Shen is also serving as an unofficial adviser to members of the core committee . “They have to think that this is for the international audience,” he said. “The Olympic Games, it’s happening in Beijing, but that doesn’t mean it belongs to Beijing. It belongs to everybody.”
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