Shen Wei Presents Expressions In Dance, Art And Film

Asia Society New York will host an illuminating evening with acclaimed choreographer Shen Wei on March 27. Wei will discuss his artistic inspirations and working processes in a far-reaching dialogue on Buddhism, childhood memories, explorations of dreamscapes, and his journeys to Tibet with YiLing Mao, Executive Director of Art Collectives LLC. His dance company, Shen Wei Dance Arts, will perform some of his most iconic pieces including Folding, Re-Part II, and Neither. Selections of his paintings will be discussed in depth alongside a world premiere screening of his recent short film, Innerspace, a poetic exploration of how we navigate space, untethered from nature in our vast modern constructs-set in and around one of China's striking new works of architecture. The event is hosted in conjunction with Unknown Tibet: The Tucci Expeditions and Buddhist Painting, on view at Asia Society Museum through May 20, 2018.

Tickets are $30 for non-members and are available at the door and at AsiaSociety.org/new-york.

Born in Hunan, China in 1968, Shen Wei founded Shen Wei Dance Arts in 2000. Performing across five continents, in 33 countries and 138 cities, his dance company has garnered worldwide acclaim for its striking, lissom, and category-defying originality. The lead choreographer for the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic, Shen Wei has created dances for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal and Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo as well as the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam. Recently, he choreographed, directed and designed a new production of Carmina Burana for the ballet, chorus and orchestra of Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Italy. The recipient of the MacArthur "Genius" Award, Shen Wei has received numerous other honors including the U.S. Artists Fellow Award, a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, Australia's Helpmann Award, the Nijinsky Emerging Choreographer Award and the Algur H. Meadows Prize.

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